call me naive, but i actually believed my old babysitter when she told me that banana chips were healthy. after all, they're just dehydrated fruit.

i was seven. i liked banana chips. i was willing to accept any justification to consume banana chips.

then we got a food dehydrator when i was ten or eleven. one of those ronco knock-offs. and i tried making my own dehydrated banana chips. what i got were sour, rubbery warped pieces of overly-sticky/overly-chewy morsels.

did you know that they first fried the banana slices in coconut oil before they dehydrate? coconut oil! the most unhealthy fat in the world. more cholesterol and saturated fat than LARD! i sure didn't.

i was a fool.