Bananas: Dehydrating vs Freeze Drying 

I don’t even have to watch the video before I smack that like button as everything you do, I love. I have been watching videos on the freeze drying... it is on my wish list. But saving up for it... no debt here. I like and appreciate so much that you explain the scientific process in layman’s terms. Good to know as well that freeze dried stores longer than dehydrated. I did not know that. Thank you so much. P.S. looking forward to the root beer video.

I'm 51 years old and starting on my dehydrating journey. Thank you so much for still bringing your excellent teaching skills to all ages!

Your my favorite RU-vidr, Rose. Your SO humble and honest which says a lot! Bless you and your family.

I love how you named your freeze dryer. Your science humor always has me smiling and I look forward to it with every video. I do wish I could get a freeze dryer; I believe that I will be keeping a little savings just for this. Save a little each week and a little each month, it would be nice to get something like this someday. 😊 ❤️ ~~Sharon

My favorite dehydrated treat is ginger banana! I squeeze the juice out of some fresh shredded ginger root into a big bowl, add the chopped banana slices and toss them around. I let them sit for a couple of hours at least, or overnight if i want them extra hot and spicy. Then i dehydrate as usual. They end up a little slimy and a.bit messy when you lay them out on the trays. They take a little longer and sometimes are a bit darker but they are delicious!!! Like candy! 😋

I am so grateful I discovered your videos! So much knowledge and motivation. Thank you!

Thank you so much for another fantastic video. I’ve been eyeing up freeze dryers for A number of years, and just haven’t made the leap yet. Your description of how de hydrating and freeze drying work are the best and most succinct I’ve ever heard. Thank you again for all you share with us!

Thank you for explaining how the freeze dried worked. I’ve wondered and now know! 👍🏼

Wow, I enjoy your videos so much! I love the way you present each & everything topic, from all angles. And you have a delightful sense of humor. I’m so blessed to have found your channel. Sounds like you & Jim are happy campers 💕

As always, another great video. Thanks for sharing.

You are my favorite u tuber! You are so knowledgeable I never get bored with your videos , plus your straight to point and do not waste a lot of time! Thank you for what you do. You are a invaluable person for us to learn from!

Your videos are always interesting and full of good practical info. I look forward to new ones and when time allows, watch your older ones.

Thank you for this video and you explain it so well. I love freeze dried bananas!

Thank you for the great explanation on difference in processes! Love your videos.

See, one of the many reasons I love this channel-- YOU'RE A PROFESSOR! I always learn something new when I watch your videos. Thank you for this.

Another wonderful video

Thank you very much for sharing your time with us. I enjoy your videos 💖

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. God Bless you and your family

Such a great explanation and comparison!! We are looking at the freeze dryer too.

We too dehydrate as you recommended a while ago - extremely happy with the outcome. Love them as a snack!

My chickens get all my peels. I grow Bananas so I'm looking forward to doing them.

How cool!! Love your videos!

So glad to see your videos on freeze drying been waiting for this.

Thank you!! I sun dehydrate my fruits and veggies and all the you tubers use freeze dried so I have been wondering if it was that much better. The freeze dried fruits I have tasted, do not taste as good as what I make sun dehydrating. I have been a sub for couple months and LOVE your videos!!! So helpful!!!

I sure wish you would have been my science teacher in school. Much respect to you🥰

I just love these videos. Such a wealth of information it’s amazing. 🤩🤩

You are so adorable! Thank you for the informative video! I enjoyed watching it!

Kelvin. That's hysterical.

Thank you for sharing your incredible wisdom backed up with science. I'm in the process of adding more fruits and veggies into my diet and has always been curious about how to preserve them longer to avoid waste while maintaining their nutritional value ! 👍☺️💖

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, very helpful!

They both look great. I love your chanel!! Can’t wait for the bread baking videos. Thank you 💞

Helpful explanations of both. We, too, are trying to eliminate all refined sugars....and greatly reduce fructose. Old dog...new tricks....soooooo not easy. We’ll hang in there, though! Thanks for another great video.

Thank you for your videos. I greatly appreciate them I am new to dehydrating

Thanks for the great explanation

I'm looking into this process for hiking & camping food. Thanks!

I enjoyed this comparison but I must say the grey blouse you are wearing is gorgeous!

Love it, thank you so much!

I bought a big box of bananas and am now in the process of dehydrating them to make into a powder for smoothies and such things. I also found some recipes for using banana peels, so I have decided to keep the peel ON when I slice and dehydrate the bananas for the powder. Will see how it turns out!! Thx for all the inspirational videos!!!! Also love the skittles idea lol, I heard that dehydrated marshmallows are good :)

interesting comparison! the freeze dryer looks really cool, I'll get one one day

I finally received my freeze dryer, I love it. Haven't done bananas yet, but soon. love doing cheese, raw eggs. Keep up the great videos 🤗👍

Enjoyed the video 🙂.

Love your videos, thank you!

Wow great tutorial. I had no idea

I am so thankful for all your factual and insightful teaching! I grew up with my dear Grandmother in our home - even after I was married and had my own young family. Having gone through the Great Depression, she imparted the values of personal independence and food security along with a few of the basic skills. We are now in our own elder years and able to focus on this important investment. Unfortunately, I feel as if most everything I knew about meal prep and preservation has to be re learned from a low to no carbohydrate skill set as hubby was recently with diagnosed Type II diabetes. I've learned all kinds of new baking with alternative flours, sugars, and fiber etc. Now I'm struggling to learn how to store items like these that are higher fat and don't freeze dry well long term. 🤷🏼‍♀️💕

hope this message finds you well... very informative video... felt like I was back in science class in middle school😀

Thank you from Kazakhstan!

I’m glad you called it a tie. I have a dehydrator, but am chickening out of getting the freeze dryer, not the cost, more the maintenance and maneuverability, and space to put a freeze dryer. Therefore, knowing the shriveled browner bananas will have to do. Thank you for the comparison. I always enjoy your lessons and experience in these videos.

I LOVE dehydrated bananas! They're like taffy and don't last long enough around here to worry about moisture issues.

I would like to see some more competitions like this!

This is off topic, but I received my first Weck jars today and I thought of you! They are tulip shaped jelly jars and they are soooo cute. The first use will be to store my yogurt made in the instant pot.

Just a thought…I have found that the easiest way to lift dehydrated bananas off the wire shelf’s that I have is to turn the shelf over a sheet pan. Then, I use a table knife to poke each one. It doesn’t work with larger produce like apples. I just pull them off, using a spoon if they are stuck too tightly. I am with you! I can’t eat just one, either! 😁. Blessings to all!!!

I received my Corsoi Dehydrator 04/06/22 & bananas are next. But, I did strawberries for the 1st time during the night, & they really stuck. I read you can put parchment on the trays to keep fruit from not sticking. Have you used that before? I like how your trays are built with close holes. The holes on the Corsori are large. Can you let me know what brand dehydrator you have? Thx so much for your fabulous videos. 😀

Thank you so much love your videos 🥰 I kind dehydrator you use ?

Pam, thank you. Would you consider doing an Intro to Freeze Drying or Freeze Drying for Beginners? We just hot our Harvest Right and are trying to figure out what to do first. 👍🏼

Powder the freeze dried bananas for banana bread, smoothies, etc. I love them texture of the freeze dried banana. It closely resembles the texture of the banana just after taking a bite.

Something interesting I read in one of my canning books. Said to freeze green beans first after branching then put in regular dehydrator. Well tried it! Amazing the difference. They were more the size and shape as before drying crispy I could bit into them without breaking a tooth, they powdered in my mouth. Haven't tried anything else as just used the last of beans before fall freeze last year. Will. Try again with more things as they come on. Kinda like freeze drying?

You're the best

Can you vacuum seal the dehydrated Bananas in a glass ball jar. Also can you vacuum seal dehydrated apples that are not crispy but pliable in a glass jar. For some reason my Apples did not get crispy this time. I cut them just a little thicker that i normally do hoping they would be just a tad bit thicker than paper thin. I love your videos !!

I just dehydrated bananas & the internet said they had to be dipped into a juice before. So I used fresh lemon juice. Well, that made them tart. So if i do them again I won't be using juice, I will do your method!

Love bananas either way.

I have a question. Which do think holds more nutritional value between the two? Great tutorial, both look delicious 😋 thank you

OK, YOu didn't mention if you could Vacuum the bananas? Can I use the jat and do it or will they have to be in the freezer after dehydrating? And if so, how long will they last dehydrated and vacuum sealed?

Pam can we do banana chips with same process-jars and silicone but dehydrate them longer🤗

Pam, try the freeze dried ones in Oatmeal. I'd love your opinion.

Tip: if you let your bananas get ripe almost to the point where they start to get brown spots, they are so much better tasting. I blend mine to make a powder for smoothies, banana bread etc. Yummy ❤️

I love my freeze dried bananas .

BLESSINGS 💖

Your videos are making me focus on a freeze dryer now! Can you please make a recommendation on one or is there another video you made covering this? There are just two of us, retired, looking to preserve and prepare for who knows what may come. Thank you!

I was just thinking last night that I needed to ask you to try freeze drying Zucchini !!!! (And other summer squash)

I was wondering if you have ever drizzled these bananas or apples, dates, etc..... freeze dried and/or dehydrated, with maple or date syrup or perhaps honey? I wonder how they would do? I have both machines. Thank you for your thoughts and suggestions. I love your videos. Thank you so much.

Is DH'd long term storage not an option...OTHER than freezer?

I had bananas dehydrating when your video came out! LOL. What a coincidence!

So can we put the dehydrated bananas in a mason jar and vacuum seal? Just beginning 😍

QUESTION: I don't know if you'll see this since this video was posted quite some time ago.....but I'm wondering how the freeze dried Bananas are after re-hydrating? Do they go back to similar consistency as fresh, or are they slimy/mushy? Mostly why I'm asking is because my mom LOVES to put sliced fresh Bananas in her cold cereal. I'm just starting my freeze drying adventures. My 3rd load is in right now! I soooo appreciate all your content & time! 😊

The freeze dried can be used for good banana bread

Ma'am I have a question to ask. Why do you dehydrate food when fresh food is available? Just curious as I live in Pakistan as we eat fresh food You are sooo tech savvy. Bless you ma'am .

Would you please create a video on rehydrating meat from the freeze dryer? I'm considering a home freeze dryer but am worried that the meat will have a unappetizing texture when rehydrating. I've watched other videos but no one explains or considers different aspects and elements the way that you do.

Love the freeze dried bananas. One way to increase the amount you can process when freeze drying is to slice the banana leaving it together like still whole and run a wooden skewer (you can buy at most dollar stores) through it then gently separate them on the skewer. Now you can fit 4-6 bananas on each tray depending on the size freeze dryer you have.

If you vacuum seal the dehydrated bananas, in a jar or bag, how long can you keep them on the shelf?

Do dehydrated banana chips have to be frozen for longer storage? Or can they be vacuum sealed in jars? Ty for all your videos👏

I am new to your channel and to dehydrating. What dehydrator do you use? Thankyou

I just watched your strawberry dehydrating video wondering how that egg slicer would do on the bananas 😍

Invest $8.00 and get a banana slicer... Wow, this simple tool will rock your banana slicing world!

you mentioned mylar bags will last years longer, is that the case for most dehydrated foods?

Can you still put the Bananas that were hydrated in a pint jar and seal it up with a food vaccum sealer?

I'd definitely prefer the crunchy over the chewy bananas.

Can you recommend a decent medium priced freeze dryer?

Even dipped they go brown. When I dehydrate them in rhe airfryer at 130° they don't brown as much as my set temperature 165° dehydrator.

Oh my dog loves banana but I don’t give her a lot because it’s so sweet. I don’t eat them because I’m on keto. I’ll pick some up for her and dehydrate them.

How about blackberries, mangoes, oranges, kiwi, pomegranits/seeds, any fruit not to dehydrate?

My bananas darken much more than that in my dehydrator. Is it a temperature thing? I've tried 140 and 145 degrees F.

When I spoke to a representative at harvest right I did in fact ask them if I had to freeze foods first and they said no.

This is my favorite channel, however I try to fast forward on the freeze drying information. I’m only interested in dehydrating.

I really disliked the Skittles I freeze dried, but some people just love them. I make the sacrifice, like you do, and eat the misshapen ones. I think I read that this is a requirement, not an option. Can't cite my source on this ;) Any thoughts on keeping bananas from sticking to the freeze dryer pans?

I only tasted freeze dried ice cream from Dicks Sporting store in the camping department. I did not liked it. It tasted like eating dry crumbs. Powder. I have made dehydrated banana chips with my Excalibur dehydrator. And also dehydrated strawberries, and frozen mixed veggies. I have vacuum sealed them using my gamesilver Foodsaver in mason jars.

I love freeze dryer but a bit expensive for me 😀😀😀😃😀,

What kind of Freeze Dryer did you choose?

Have you tried to reconstitute the freeze dried bananas?

Can you make powder out of the banana

you missed a main point. Dehydrating destroys about 35% of the nutritions in that where as Freeze Drying retains about 90+% of the nutritions.