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Have we tried "lembasnana bread"?

I think I did? It's been long enough that I don't remember, though.

Okay. These are things I have tried, along the lines of my current theory that we are in fact looking for a portmanteau of banana bread and lembas bread:

banabas
lembasna bread
bananalembas bread
balembas bread
banalembas bread
lembanas
lembanas bread
lembananas wafer
lembananas bread
Iembanana bread
lembanana bread
lembananas
lembana
lembana bread
lembanana bread
lembananas bread
lembanana bread
lembasnana bread
lembanana bread
lembanana
lembas banana bread
banana lembas bread
lembans
lembananas
lembanana
banana bread
banana lembas

None of them worked, obviously.

Hrm hrm hrm. Either this puzzle is going to drive me bananas or I'm gonna smash it.

Bananasomething!

Bananabas bread?

Hang on is this about the PhoneWave in Steins;Gate? It starts with a banana... and then jel-banana.

Congrats on solving this symbol! The answer was "Bananabas bread".

For those of you wondering how this answer could be arrived at, here's a quick explanation.

In an August 6th 1989 article, we meet Bambolinetta and Lyall, a Struth couple who both use she/her pronouns and have produced a clutch of 3 eggs. We also learn in this article that Lyall is apprenticing as a baker at Let Them Eat Lembas, an elvish bakery that makes lembas for sailors going on long voyages. In the March 14th 2023 note, we see Lyall (mother of Sylviornis) request that the harbormaster give her a shipment of too-old bananas so that she can use them to "feed all of the volunteers". She's making a banana bread/lembas combo!

BANANA.