Woman's 'genius' banana peeling hack goes viral on TikTok

But we put it to the test, so you don't have to. 

Some things in life don't need to be overcomplicated.

Things like peeling a banana, for example. 

I mean, they come in their own casing! It's literally intuitive that you should peel back the skin and eat the banana from the top.

But alas, someone on TikTok has decided to fix what's not broken and share a "better" method for peeling a banana, but the internet (and us) had thoughts.  

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It just looks... so easy. Image: TikTok

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"It's not as violent as everyone thinks"

Taking to TikTok, Kiwi hiking guide Isabella Jackson shows her followers how to 'snap' a banana in two and then squeeze out the flesh. 

Demonstrating the hack, she shows herself vigorously breaking a banana in half. 

“You snap them open, then you can just squeeze the bottom, and they come out like a glue stick,” she explains. 

She effortlessly presses the bottom of one side and as described, the fruit squeezes out the top like an iceblock.

“Every time! It’s very efficient and not nearly as violent as everyone thinks,” she says. 

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"That snap is one of the most satisfying things I've ever seen/heard"

Her tutorial quickly went viral, amassing nearly four million views and 2100 comments. 

“Well, hell it only took 58 years to learn this banana magic,” someone wrote. 

“That snap is one of the most satisfying things I’ve ever seen/heard,” admitted another. 

“I'm going to buy a banana just to try this,” said someone else. 

And then another replied, “This feels so cathartic and convenient.”

But not everyone was mesmerised by the hack, with some claiming it would only work on an unripe banana. 

“I don't trust a banana that snaps that easily to not leave my mouth feeling starchy,” someone pointed out.

“It snaps if it's riper, but it doesn't squeeze and just turns to mush,” a second echoed.

“How can you eat that? It isn't even ripe yet,” another woman mentioned. 

I put the banana peeling hack to the test so you don't have to

Naturally, I was intrigued after watching the video. 

So with an inflated sense of confidence that only a seemingly easy TikTok hack video can instil, I ducked down to my local Coles in search of a banana.

I grabbed two (you always need a backup!) and went on my way. 

Back at home, I sat at my kitchen table, ready to give it my best shot. I knew that the success of the hack was almost entirely dependent on how hard I snapped it.

After mustering up all the energy I could, I attempted to break the banana in half... but I heard more of a disappointing, muted 'snap' not a 'SNAP!'

There was no clean break, but rather two sides still joined by a rogue piece of skin that just. wouldn't. break. 

I had failed. 

I had SO much hope. Image: Supplied

But I put the disappointment aside as there was still the second, more crucial part of this two-step process to complete. The squeezing.

With more ill-informed confidence, I pinched and I squeezed and...

No beuno.

There was no glue stick... no popsicle perfection... just a big ol' mushy mess all over my hands. 

And yes, I tried it again with the backup banana and it also failed, perhaps even more spectacularly than the first time. 

My final thoughts:

1. Kiwi hiking guide Isabella is either lying or a magician
2. OR she snapped that banana more violently than she admitted
3. This hack may actually work better with an unripe banana, but who the heck wants to eat that?
4. Just peel your goddam bananas like a normal person

Originally published as Woman's 'genius' banana peeling hack goes viral on TikTok