Perfect Canoe
can be made, which will look very much like those used by the Indians at the time when Columbus discovered America. You know, of course, that a banana has several ridges on its surface with wide, smooth spaces between and that the stem end curves up more decidedly than the other. Along the middle of the smooth space which takes the upward curve of the stem you must make a slit with the sharp point of your knife, as shown by the black line on the banana in [Fig. 580]. Open the slit carefully, cut the banana in small pieces and take out one piece at a time ([Fig. 581]).
Fig. 580.—Make a slit with the point of your knife.
Fig. 581.—Take out one piece at a time.
