Banana peels

[S-Cackalacky]

I'm building a pot still, but it's a very slow-go due to money issues. So, to fill the time I've been doing a lot of reading about recipes, fermenting, mashing, etc. At some point I became somewhat intrigued with the idea of banana peels potentially containing the enzyemes necessary to do starch to sugar conversion.

I've done some reading on the subject, but didn't find a lot of definitive information. Seems that some folks may have tried it, but I'm not sure if their experiments were entirely successful. Question is - could someone successfully do an AG mash using banana peels as the enzyme for conversion, or maybe a banana peel/beano combination?

Also, in what form would you use it - that is, fresh scrapings of the white part of an over-ripe peel, dehydrated scrapings, or even let them dry til they are completely black and hard and grind them up? And, would they be added to the mash after cooking the grain and reducing the heat to 155 degrees F as you normally do with a malted grain?

Just curious,
S-C