Jordi Cruz is more than a chef known for his role on a MasterChef jury or for being the owner of the three-Michelin-starred ABaC restaurant in Barcelona. Because Cruz abandons this role of haute cuisine chef to appear at … social networks like content creator with friendly language and helpful tips.
Lately, Jordi Cruz devotes a good part of his videos to discover unknown uses or seemingly hidden benefits of many foods or kitchen products. Even when he is considered useless and his destiny seems to be trash.
In his last video on his networks (TikTok and Instagram) he mentioned the banana peel. From this white, fibrous layer which is attached to the fruit and which is generally thrown away once the banana is consumed.
“The banana never ceases to surprise me, it has a thousand little things that seem incredible to me, like for example that it’s radioactive. It contains a component, an isotope called potassium 40, which is slightly radioactive, but you have to eat a lot of it for it to be bad,” explains Jordi Cruz, who, yes, sees greater appeal in the banana peel, on which he focuses most of his video.
Jordi Cruz and the usefulness of banana peel
Jordi Cruz spoke about the multiple benefits of banana peel. A way to cook efficiently…even if this reuse of banana peel is not intended for specific purposes in cooking.
The popular leader talks about the most everyday situations, such as a high sun exposure which causes burns. Considering this, Jordi Cruz advises using banana peel and rubbing it on the affected area. Likewise in the case of get a glow and that it is very integrated.
Also, closely associated with summer, a mosquito bite. “An insect bites you and you find yourself scratching, finally, a little piece of banana peel.” This is due, explains Jordi Cruz, to the fact that “the banana peel is super hydrating “and it’s amazing for the skin.”
Even if Jordi Cruz discovers two other uses that are not associated with people’s well-being. First in the garden: “If we have a plant with very beautiful ornamental leaves and we want to clean themThere is nothing better for cleaning large plant leaves than banana peel.
And finally, “it’s going to drive you crazy,” anticipates the chef, because it has to do with fashion. “If we run out of bitumena little banana peel. You wipe it with a good cloth and the shoe is like new,” emphasizes Jordi Cruz.
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