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<p>My favorite food to toss in the dehydrator are bananas. The sugars caramelize as the slices heat up. I&rsquo;ll leave them in for 7-8 hours if I want them to dehydrate fully, so that the final product is like a chip. But my preference is to leave them in …</p>

<p>My favorite food to toss in the dehydrator are bananas. The sugars caramelize as the slices heat up. I&rsquo;ll leave them in for 7-8 hours if I want them to dehydrate fully, so that the final product is like a chip. But my preference is to leave them in for only 6-7 hours, so that they&rsquo;re still a bit chewy, like candy. <a href="https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Starburst_%28confectionery%29">Starburst</a> doesn&rsquo;t have anything on these!</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmonkey/4822191003/" title="Dehydrated Bananas and Strawberries by Pig Monkey, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4822191003_0161c94a21.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Dehydrated Bananas and Strawberries" /></a></p> <p>On <a href="http://pig-monkey.com/2010/07/20/a-few-days-in-the-glacier-peak-wilderness/">our recent trip</a>, Kevin mentioned how much he liked the dehydrated strawberries that he recently had. I thought I&rsquo;d give them a shot.</p> <p>I cut them up in 1/4&rdquo; slices, which is the same as I do for bananas, but they turned out too thin after coming out of the dehydrator. <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Bells-Complete-Dehydrator-Cookbook/dp/0688130240">Mary Bell&rsquo;s Complete Dehydrator Cookbook</a> claims that strawberries are 90% water, whereas bananas are only 76%. So in retrospect it makes sense that the strawberry slices would shrink down a bit more.</p> <p>No matter. They&rsquo;re still tasty! But the bananas remain my favorite.</p> <ul class="thumbs"> <li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmonkey/4822811682/" title="Dehydrated Strawberries by Pig Monkey, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4134/4822811682_6dd586d23c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Dehydrated Strawberries" /></a></li> <li><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pigmonkey/4822809590/" title="Dehydrated Bananas by Pig Monkey, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4115/4822809590_5316710916_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Dehydrated Bananas" /></a></li> </ul>