In Batatal, most of the land is obtained by heritage or with a provisionary land title (66%), followed by banana share-croppers (19%), who are generally entitled to half the harvest.
And to judge by supermarket figures, this love of the banana is shared by millions.
(Primatologists now frown on the friendly banana-sharing that so endeared Jane Goodall to readers of National Geographic decades ago).
The desserts follow the same script, with a mango and banana tarte Tatin sharing the page with chocolate beignets, lemon profiteroles and nougat glace.
Paul was famous, notorious maybe, for the eclecticism of his ingredients (it was quite possible to find cucumber, banana and sweetbreads sharing a plate, or Horlicks with foie gras and hare) and for sending out multiple courses on a whim and a prayer (24 or more weren't unknown).
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi became the latest public figure to join the campaign when he posed for reporters, sharing a banana with Italian football coach Cesare Prandelli.
Nor was any of the logistical planning made easier by tension that has arisen between Mr. Schumer and Mr. Corzine, who famously began a joke to a Washington audience by noting that "sharing a media market with Chuck Schumer is like sharing a banana with a monkey".
www.maho.org St. Kitts and Nevis Timothy Beach Resort shares its banana tree patch with monkeys scampering along St. Kitts' Caribbean coast.
Yesterday, he and his fiancée, Christine Schultz, who is in a wheelchair, shared one banana and a cup of coffee bought with the 82 cents left on it.
And the chocolate, peanut butter and jelly sandwich with banana ice-cream we shared for dessert (absolutely gorgeous, if you like a huge slab of carbs drowned in glossy chocolate sauce) showed it's also capable of utter indulgent wrongness.
(One banana shipment from Ecuador shared a container with a large quantity of cocaine, but his company said it owned only the fruit, not the entire container, and no charges were filed).
