page_title: Dried fish
section_title: Types
hierarchical_section_title: Dried fish / Types
caption_attribution_description: English: Assorted dried fishes at Eema Bazaar, Imphal, Manipur. (Eema - Mother, Eema Bazaar - a bazaar in Imphal "manned" exclusively by women.)
context_page_description: Fresh fish rapidly deteriorates unless some way can be found to preserve it. Drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of microorganisms. Open air drying using sun and wind has been practiced since ancient times to preserve food. Water is usually removed by evaporation but, in the case of freeze-drying, food is first frozen and then the water is removed by sublimation. Bacteria, yeasts and molds need the water in the food to grow, and drying effectively prevents them from surviving in the food.
  Fish are preserved through such traditional methods as drying, smoking and salting. The oldest traditional way of preserving fish was to let the wind and sun dry it. Drying food is the world's oldest known preservation method, and dried fish has a storage life of several years. The method is cheap and effective in suitable climates; the work can be done by the fisherman and family, and the resulting product is easily transported to market.
caption: Assorted dried fish in Imphal, Manipur, India
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