Be sure to use soda water or club soda. Tonic water, a very similar beverage, has a strong flavor that doesn’t pair well with bananas.
Lemon juice is the most commonly used juice for this hack and adds a subtle, complementary tang to your fruit. If you’re making a fruit salad, consider tossing all the cut fruits in the juice. Pick a juice that brightens the salad, like pineapple or grapefruit. Some users of this hack prefer diluting the juice with a 1 to 1 ratio of water, so it doesn’t have such a strong flavor; however, this can weaken the acidity and cause the bananas to brown.
These powders typically have no taste, but some argue that adding too much could alter the taste of the fruit.
Try adding cinnamon or brown sugar to the mixture for an extra sweet snack.
The ascorbic acid may leave a slightly bitter, acidic flavor on your bananas, so consider this trick when using sliced bananas to decorate desserts. This way, the difference in taste won’t be as noticeable among the other ingredients.
Try adding lemon juice or citric acid to the slices before storing them in a container or between wax paper, so they last even longer. With an added layer of lemon juice or citric acid, bananas can last 3 to 4 days stored this way.
