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Optimal Peanut Butter and Banana Sandwiches
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#22I always mash the banana on. I find it has a nicer texture than slices somehow. I also recommend toasted "wheaten bread". A form of wholemeal soda bread popular in Northern Ireland. https://www.thespruceeats.com/traditional-irish-wheaten-brea...
[Edit] add word toasted.
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#23First off, I love this project.
I would modify the fitness function to do something like subtract from the score the area of the largest circle which could be drawn over a bread-only section. This would deal with your having a very unsatisfying empty bottom right corner in your last example.
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#24I love this post...I also love his wife's answer of cut the banana long ways
Would make a better sandwich too as there would be fewer gaps. Could also stack more readily using the entire banana if one wishes.
Honestly, I never considered slicing that way before so besides an interesting read I also learned a new technique for making these kinds of sandwiches!
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#25While this is delightful, my favorite method is to make banana bread, and make peanut butter sandwiches out of it.
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#26While this is delightful, my favorite method is to make banana bread, and make peanut butter sandwiches out of it.
Without the banana, isn't the sandwich uncomfortably dry/sticky?
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#27Why not slice the bananas longways? Could probably achieve more efficient stacking?
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#28I initially assumed the challenge was to fit the entire banana on the bread in a single layer; I am disappointed that problem was not solved, but it seems like it should be a relatively trivial extension of the package provided (produce a packing for [N, M] slices of banana, pick the number of slices which covers the bread without any left over pieces). (Of course, as someone who does not eat banana sandwiches, I hav…
It'd be a very tall sandwich! The preferred solution is just eat the rest of the banana, or pawn it off onto a significant other.
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#29For the ultimate PBB experience,after assembly into standard sandwich form,grill said sandwich like a grilled cheese. After removing from the pan, spoon spread a mixture of cinnamon and sugar (small amount is my preference)and consume with a fork. The PB and banana are slightly melted. You could become addicted!
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#30Wow this guy can really see something through to the end. I have had some good ideas that I give up on once things become complex but he carefully saw this “meaningless” but super difficult project through from beginning to end. That alone is a sort of sacred skill, regardless of the task.