Dried Bananas
The demand for Samoan dried bananas, which have now been on sale in New Zealand shops for several months, is steadily increasing, with the result that within a new months 350 acres of banana trees will be planted specially for the preparation of dried fruit. Samoa is claimed to be the only place in the world where bananas are dried commercially. The process originated when the manager of one of the New Zealand Reparations Estates at Samoa dried some bananas to send to his daughter at school in New Zealand. There was a prompt demand for more, and the manager suggested using for this purpose some of the copra driers which were no longer needed now that Samoan copra is desiccated. The bananas are first allowed to ripen thoroughly on the stem until all the starches are converted into sugar. They are then sliced in half and dried in hot air for about 20 hours. No preservatives are used. Wrapped in cellophane, 16 bananas to the lb., they are then ready for shipment.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 33, 26 May 1947, Page 7
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175Dried Bananas Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 33, 26 May 1947, Page 7
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