>From: "Sheila Graham" <sheilagraham@b...> >From: "Sheila Graham" <sheilagraham@b...> >>I believe that 'Mellow Yellow' refers to the rumour, prevalent at the >>time, >that banana skins were hallucinogenic. I think you were supposed to bake >them very gently, for a long time in a low heat, until they crumbled to a >powder and then smoke that. >
Actually, a book I had on "Fads and Follies" suggested that the rumor *started* with "Mellow Yellow." But, who knows for sure?
Me, I bake bananas only in the context of banana bread.
Elizabeth Finkler Sunnyvale, California mightymezzo@h... http://home.earthlink.net/~mightymezzo
"If you must be wrong, be wrong at the top of your voice!" --Lucy Van Pelt
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