[header] How to store bananas [title] Choose bananas based on their degree of ripeness. [step] Depending on when you want to use them and how you wish to store them, you may want them to be more or less ripe. If you're shopping just for yourself, then you may want greener bananas so they aren't all ripe right away. 
If you're shopping for a family or a few people who will eat them quickly, then ripe bananas are the way to go. Here are some things to keep in mind when choosing your bananas : [substeps] Green bananas are not ripe yet.