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The banana ring hack was born out of the chaos of a new apartment. After our first grocery trip, the kitchen counter was a mess and there was nowhere to put the produce. But there was a box of shower curtain rings on the bathroom floor.

We used a hinged, circular ring that snaps closed. Slide the open ring between the stems at the top of a bunch of bananas, and close it around any accessible bar or hook where it can swing freely, so the bananas will ripen evenly. If the ring is closed all the way, you should be able to yank a banana off the bunch without undoing anything.