Rose Banana with Walnuts

20210510, #breakfastdiary 86, 12°C/mostly cloudy Rose bananas — sweet, creamy, and said to contain tocopherol, which helps maintain health through its antioxidant effects — sliced lengthwise and lightly pan-seared. Toast the walnuts too, in the pan's remaining heat. Even the first refrigerated cargo ships were designed for transporting and storing bananas, and barcode tracking systems were likewise developed to trace a banana's journey from farm to consumer. (Banana, Imago, 2010) That book raised the worry that bananas might go extinct because of Panama disease, which withers banana leaves, and from what I could find in the news, no ideal solution has been found yet. As a last resort, developing genetically modified bananas resistant to Panama disease to stave off extinction is gaining traction — but is that really the right approach?