text: Best way is to use a needle and thread.  Push needle through the banana in a pattern forming a square.  At each corner feed the needle back through the same hole that it and the thread came throug.  When you get back to the start hold both ends of the cotton and gently pull the cotton out of the banana.  This neatly cuts the banana without mashing it (like the other idea).  If you do this 3 or 4 times you can peel the banana and eat it in ready made segments.\n\nI remeber the same book of magic tricks.