[Stoves] banana skins

[ajheggie at gmail.com]

On Sunday 04 December 2011 13:31:11 Alex English wrote:

> The numbers here
> http://ejeafche.uvigo.es/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_view/gid,
>495 don't add up but other sources suggest peels are around 15% ash.  8%
> potassium, a component of fire retardant, might be the reason. I think
> they sub'd manganese for magnesium.

Which seems to show they should be a good animal feed, I've never tried to 
eat a banana and its peel but baana peel was the preferred titbit for our 
dairy bull.
>
> You could try blending the peels with water which should remove a lot
> of the soluble K and then after drying it, or even before, make a holy
> briquette :)


When pelleting & briquetting has been discussed here I've often wondered 
id pressure cooking, draining under pressure and then flashing the 
residue would be a means of quickly leaching out soluble salts.

Thanks for finding the info Alex, I eat a banana most days so will try and 
save a few skins for experiment.

AJH