Dehydrating Outcome

For my first dehydrating attempt, I added bananas, kiwi, mushrooms, and cantaloupe. I used a egg slicer to cut the kiwi and bananas into 1/8 inch slices (the same thickness as 2 quarters stacked). For the cantaloupe, I used the quarters as my guiding tool to cut them 1/8 inch. I didn't cut the mushrooms since I bought them pre-sliced ones from the store and broke the slices into little chunks. I turned on the dehydrator and set the temp at 130. Looking at the trays before they went into the dehydrator, I had high hopes.

Banana Results:

Chewy like leather. Mine don't taste, look, smell, or feel anything like the banana chips found in the store. How do they do this??? My bananas are icky and I plan to put them in some bird food. 

Kiwi Results:

Chewy and bitter. I've had dried kiwi before from my co-op and it was quite sweet. Boy oh boy was I surprised when I chewed on my first piece of kiwi. Yuck! I think my face puckered up like they do in the cartoons. These kiwis might be going in that bird food mix along with the bananas.

Mushroom Results:

Crisp all the way through. I can't wait to try these in some homemade soup mix!

Cantaloupe Results:

YUMMY! The slices were crisp and sweet. Cantaloupe has been my fruit of choice since my childhood days so I am super excited to dry as many cantaloupe as I can get my hands on.