page_title: List of dried foods
section_title: C
hierarchical_section_title: List of dried foods / Plant foods / Dried fruit / C
caption_attribution_description: English: Chenpi (陳皮), preserved tangerine or mandarin orange peels) being dried in the sun on shallow baskets/trays in Hong Kong. Photo taken along a busy street in Hong Kong, with many people that were passing by on the sidewalk. Photo taken with a Canon PowerShot A95 digital camera.
context_page_description: This is a list of notable dried foods. Food drying is a method of food preservation that works by removing water from the food, which inhibits the growth of bacteria and has been practiced worldwide since ancient times to preserve food. Where or when dehydration as a food preservation technique was invented has been lost to time, but the earliest known practice of food drying is 12,000 BC by inhabitants of the modern Middle East and Asia.
context_section_description: Chenpi is sun-dried tangerine (mandarin) peel used as a traditional seasoning in Chinese cooking and traditional medicine.
  Dried cherries
  Chipotle, a smoked, dried jalapeño pepper.
  Coconut can be dried whole or halved. A common product is coconut that has been dried and shredded.
  Dried cranberry is made by partially dehydrating fresh cranberries, a process similar to making grapes into raisins.
caption: Chenpi drying in the sun in Hong Kong
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