Raisins
are
dried
____________________
that
have
been
eaten
for
____________________
of
years
.
Nearly
3
,
500
years
ago
,
the
first
raisins
were
____________________
as
grapes
that
were
drying
in
the
sun
on
a
vine
.
In
medieval
Europe
,
raisins
were
used
as
sweeteners
,
medicine
,
and
even
as
a
form
of
money
!
In
America
,
raisins
were
first
grown
after
an
1873
heat
wave
in
California
destroyed
its
valuable
grape
crop
,
leaving
only
dried
,
wrinkly
,
but
tasty
grapes
on
the
vines
.
Soon
,
____________________
began
developing
seedless
grapes
in
California
that
were
thin
-
skinned
and
sweet
.
These
grapes
would
be
____________________
dried
in
the
sun
and
became
the
popular
____________________
raisin
we
eat
and
enjoy
today
.
Later
,
a
golden
variety
of
raisin
was
made
by
treating
grapes
with
a
chemical
called
sulfur
dioxide
and
using
special
methods
to
dry
them
.
Today
,
central
California
remains
the
center
of
the
____________________
?
s
raisin
industry
,
producing
nearly
95
percent
of
the
world
?
s
raisins
.
Its
green
valleys
,
____________________
climate
,
and
hot
____________________
provide
the
perfect
conditions
for
____________________
that
are
dried
into
raisins
.
