While I was reading this thread, I was drinking a banana, mango smoothie from my Vita Mixer. Both the bananas and the mangos came from my back yard and I am so glad to have them. BTW, the smoothie was delish. The last bunch of bananas we got, yielded about 106 bananas on the stem from one tree. We gave lots away to neighbors and friends and then I peeled about 30 of them and froze them. They are great to take out of the freezer for smoothies any time you want. Same with the mangos, they all freeze well.