According to a book published in 1799 (
Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, Volume 2 --
https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=7TkPAAAAYAAJ&dq ), bananas ripened during the winter months (December through February) in Cairo, Egypt. "The ripening fruit of the banana-tree adorns the gardens of Rofetta with its yellow hue during the three winter months. . . . A few may be seen likewise at Cairo, but none further south."
I think those bananas were ready to eat during March and April.
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Originally Posted by mledt
Interesting coincidence? The coronavirus covid-19 began to spread worldwide during the 2020 Chinese New Year celebrations for the Year of the Rat. Here is an excerpt from my novel of witness UNFINISHED SURVEILLANCE, first published in June 2018.
"The Secret Mahdi, promised redeemer, ageless avenger, he liked you, David. He watched over you in Egypt, those years ago, and his messages are clear. He touched you. He understood your moles, the moles from Allah answering the believers.
"Soon after your relocation to the great city Cairo, a rat in the night leaped from the banana tree and through the hole in the roof door. It snuck to your bed and chewed on your big toe! What a poet, the Secret Mahdi—he told you the future: Long ago, the rat carried the Black Plague to the unbelievers through the boot that is Italy. You see? The Mahdi, who is the divinely guided one, was telling you, ‘ When the bananas are ripe, the rat will harry the infidel devils, the heathen doubters, the atheists and backsliders, as an assassin. From the banana tree of temptation to the Italian toe, the rat will sneak and spread affliction.’ It all came true! From the tree of lust came Satan biting the blasphemous on their naked feet . . . And your father patched the hole (and for you alone). And who was your father? The possession of the blessed will of the Mahdi! The door upon which no one knocked was repaired."
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