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Yes, but how do they compare to those staples of space travel - Astronaut Ice Cream and Space Food Sticks?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeze-dried_ice_cream
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Food_Sticks
Are these products freeze-dried or just contained in thick foil bags?
Tang! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang_%28drink%29
I remember being on a school field trip and buying freeze dried ice cream from the Air and Space museum in DC. At the time they had a mock up of a space station (might have been Skylab) you could walk through. My mind was made up, I was going to be an astronaut. Not so much for the food but because all the equipment they dealt with was so cool. Everything seemed so "Venture Industries SUPER SCIENCE" back then, but I guess a lot of that was just me being new to the world and wandering around such a great museum. We were so optimistic about the future of space travel back then....
Is the one on the left really called college potato or am I mistranslating?
NASA space foods: http://www.spacetoys.com/products.php?cat=58
And why is it called "University Potato"?
I thought everyone knew:
"Space foods are marshmallows, asparagus, ice cream..."
http://www.strimoo.com/video/10237009/Shonen-Knife-Riding-On-The-Rocket-MySpaceVideos.html
The title font they use is reminiscent of Transformers; compare the lower parts of the "A"'s to http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/transformers3.jpg
Have you had real takoyaki and if so, how does it compare? I've always wanted to try it and can't get it here.
I was wondering about the whole university bit. Turns out that it's a commonly served food at Japanese university festivals.
http://www.justhungry.com/daigaku-imo-japanese-university-sweet-potatoes
But where's the Pickled Giant Space Squid?
You can buy space yuoghurt with a two year shelf life in room temperature over here for 40 sek per 1 dl bag:
http://www.arla.se/Default____21194.aspx
The page is in Swedish but a google translation turns out fairly ok.
I bought it myself for about four years ago and it tasted good but sweet after three years.
It makes me sad that Japan is the only country with a space VLBI program. My attempts to raise interest in infrared rainbow heterodyne space VLBI in the English speaking world have been met with ignorance, derision, and the stunned silence of minds living under a scientifically repressive military-industrial-puritan-fundamentalist regime for so long that they have forgotten what basic physics tells them is possible.
Also, this leaked U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency report says Japan is also among the top centers of fusion research.
For a much, much weirder review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCMjB1ESPqk
Is the space takoyaki like the bagged/boxed snack versions of takoyaki that you can buy at the supermarket?
This is so weird, I was just in Japan/Tokyo for the first time and I actually thought that along with 6 flavors of kit-kat they must have rad astronaut food. Dang... too bad I didn't go to a science museum.
Not bad for a country that's had (only?) 7 people in space.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_space_travelers_by_nationality
oh man! when i was living in my small town in western japan, hitting the takoyaki truck every day was one of the joys of being alive. every small town in japan seems to have a slightly different recipe, and they're all good. still. i would love to see what irradiated or dehydrated takoyaki is like.
if you make it up to the bay area, i would gladly volunteer to be your taste tester!
When I was at Space Camp, not only could you get the classic astronaut ice cream and freeze-dried strawberries in packets like these at the store, but we got to try the stuff they actually eat up in space. It's totally normal food that gets rehydrated with hot or cold water, for the most part; we had some sort of chicken rice dish packed in a tube, and it was quite good. A lot better than the stuff they fed us at the cafeteria; we all asked if we could get some of that instead!