You cook the fruit in a sugar syrup.
Fruits do not retain their shape when stewed, because the cooking process breaks down the cellular structure. Lemon juice is often added to stewed fruit to retain their color, but that does not effect their shape. ... starrskitchen.com
No, even without the shell, a boiled egg will still retain its egg-shape.
Plants cells retain their shape using a cell wall whereas animals cells retain shape with their cell membranes.
Freeze drying fruit is different from other methods of preserving fruit because it involves freezing the fruit and then removing the water content through a process called sublimation, which helps retain the fruit's original shape, color, and flavor better than other methods like canning or drying.
A dried fruit will weight less than one that isn't dried (both of the same size and shape).
No. Solids are resistant to changes in both shape and volume.
If you freeze fresh fruit it tends to completely lose its shape when it is defrosted. This happens because the cells are broken when the water in them expands as it freezes. You can freeze fruit puree, fruit juice or foods with fresh fruit in them, but the fruit will not retain its texture. It also loses flavour the longer it is stored. Some berries can be frozen but special techniques are used; it's worth buying the pre packaged ones because you'll waste a lot of berries trying to work out how to do it.
Yes
Solids retain their shape. It is liquids, gasses, and plasmas that take the shape of their containers.
The most obvious appearance of spoiled fresh strawberries would be the white mold that tends to grow on them. Another clue might be a dull, sunken appearance on the berry's surface. Fresh strawberries should firm and maintain their shape. If they seem to be soft and losing their own shape, they are not very fresh.
Their own gravity keeps them together.
It depends on its chemicle its dipped in