Banana bread — the comfort carb of the Covid crisis

摘要

Banana bread has become a food hero during the current crisis. Its ingredients are cheap, bananas are (still) fairly easy to find, it's easy to make - and it's the ultimate comfort food.Interest has surged on social media and there are now over 1.3 million posts mentioning "banana bread" on Instagram. By comparison, sourdough bread - one of the biggest food fashions of the last five years - has 2.8 million.It's a global trend with banana bread featuring in Instagram posts not only in the US, UK and Australia but also in Russia and France. Everyone wants a slice of warm, sweet and carb-loaded comfort food in the middle of a crisis (40% of Americans say they are now eating more indulgent and comforting foods than before Covid-19).