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Dried Foods

Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture (51) food helped to preserve it, and that the easiest way to do this was to expose the food to the sun and wind. In this (52) the North American Indians produce dried meat and make it into cakes, the Scandinavians make (53) fish and the Arabs make dried dates.
All foods contain (54) , cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75%, and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending (55) how fatty it is. If this water is (56) , the activity of the bacteria which causes food to go bad is stopped.
Now day most foods are dried mechanically. The most common （　） of such drying is to put food in chambers. This is the usual method for drying such things (58) vegetables, minced meat, and fish.
Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and
A. empty
B. waterless
C. dried
D. dry

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Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture (51) food helped to preserve it, and that the easiest way to do this was to expose the food to the sun and wind. In this (52) the North American Indians produce dried meat and make it into cakes, the Scandinavians make (53) fish and the Arabs make dried dates.
All foods contain (54) , cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75%, and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending (55) how fatty it is. If this water is (56) , the activity of the bacteria which causes food to go bad is stopped.
Now day most foods are dried mechanically. The most common （　） of such drying is to put food in chambers. This is the usual method for drying such things (58) vegetables, minced meat, and fish.
Liquids such as milk, coffee, tea, soups and
A. away
B. from
C. off
D. out

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Dried food
Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture from food helps to preserve it, and that tile easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American indians produce pemmican (dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians make stockfish and the Arabs dried dates and ’apricot leather. ’
All foods contain water—cabbage and other leaf vegetables contain as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish anything from 80% to 60% depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria which cause food to go bad is checked.
Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, anti also in California, South Africa anti Australia. The methods used vary, but in general, the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun. In order to percent darkening, pears, pe
A. cabbage and other leaf vegetables
B. potatoes and root vegetables
C. lean meat
D. very fatty fish