Dehydrating Problems

[UndeadCircus]

Originally Posted by Andy M.

Did the Dehydrator come with an instruction manual?

It did. One of the banana recipes actually said to mix the 1/2 cup honey with 1/4 cup water mixture, which is why we were surprised when it turned out horrible, thus me posting on the forum here haha.

I guess from now on, I'll ditch the in-book recipes and just do things simple from now on. :P

[UndeadCircus]

Well, me and the fiance actually took another crack last night at dehydrating the bananas. Didn't turn out well at all this time either and I think the taste was even worse.

The bananas turned out to be very chip-like, which is perfect. The texture is the exact way we wanted it. But the taste... Uggghhhhh.. It was so putrid that it was horrible. Do you think the bananas should have any sort of pre-treatment done to them to keep the banana taste? These didn't taste anything at ALL like bananas.

[GB]

The only treatment I have ever heard of is dipping them in lemon water, but that is just for the color (so they do not turn brown) not for the taste.

[susan497]

The banana chips you buy at the store have been fried which makes them chrispy and have also been sugar coated. I would also love to be able to get the same taste and texture with just dehydrateing.