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'Haute Cuisine' on Mars
Roland Piquepaille writes "If you're lucky enough to be a crew member of one of the next European Space Agency (ESA) long-term missions, you will have the choice between eleven new delicious recipes, such as 'martian bread and green tomato jam' or 'potato and tomato mille-feuilles' when it's time for dinner. In 'Ready for dinner on Mars?,' ESA says that these recipes will use fresh ingredients grown in greenhouses built on Mars colonies or other planets. The future astronauts -- should I write 'farmonauts'? -- will grow potatoes, onions, rice, soya or lettuce. And it's interesting to note that the new menus were elaborated with the help of Alain Ducasse, the French chef who has almost as many stars in the 'Guide Michelin' as there are planets in our Solar system. This overview contains more details and references about eating in space."
I used to want to go into space...but if I have to eat that damned Frenchy food while I'm up there, forget it.
(Note: This post may seem like flamebait, but I really do hate the French, so I feel I'm justified.)
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Unfortunetly, all plants grown on Mars will still be freeze-dried before eaten.
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omg... they mentioned spirulina ! smart astronauts !!
my girlfriend takes a heaping spoonful of it and mixes it with warm rice milk. she loooves it, and i think it smells like raw chicken.
i'm sure Monsanto will find a way to get in on this, to ensure the first seeds planted on Mars are genetically modified and prevent strange new martian diseases that only Monsanto knows about.
Once you pick the antennas off, and drain all the green ichor, the stuff's pretty good! Looking forward to the first Martian fast food restaurant to open "Barsoom King", with its slogan "Take me to your eater!"
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-- should I write 'farmonauts'? -- No... you should not. Some things can not be un-read.
I have not noticed any posts from Roland in a long while. It was nice while it lasted.
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And it's interesting to note that the new menus were elaborated with the help of Alain Ducasse, the French chef
No specific offense to the French intended, but as a vegetarian, I can think of much better choices to have designed the menu (not to mention, not everyone likes real French-style food).
Indian food, for example, has a truly huge variation of veggie-only dishes, as does Spanish (though on that, I'll admit, my experience with it involves mostly South-American-Spanish, not Southern-Europe-Spanish food). Greek has a decent selection as well, and you replace the lamb with falafel for most of the rest.
But French? The French have a reputation for taking perfectly good, otherwise healthy and veggie safe foods, and drenching them in lard. Wrapping them in thinly sliced meat. Stuffing them with unnameable mollusks and cephalopods.
Not the best choice, IMO.
'martian bread and green tomato jam'
But the book isn't named How to Cook For Humans on Mars, it's named How to Cook Humans on Mars!!
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"The Helium Special". Four-armed green martian basted in its own ichor. Favorite of John Carter.
"The War of the Worlds". This blobby Martian is served to you live, at which point you sneeze on it, and your Earth germs instantly render it dead...and tasty.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
I was in fifth grade. I then used the "Tang" as wine in a school play, getting the kids pretty well buzzed. It was incredibly funny at the time. The nuns did appreciate that I was able to change "Tang" to Wine.
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I know they take up space, oxygen, food... but can't those be overcome by just building a place with more space, oxygen, and whatever the animal eats?
Would it hurt that much to bring a few frozen chicken eggs on the voyage and then raise some chickens on Mars?
You know, that was a great idea. But no one would have thought that Dr. Smith would decide that a "nice omelette would hit the spot!" halfway through the voyage.
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
Will they also grow cows up there? I mean, seriously, what fool would submit to years-on-end leaf-eating? If I have to live on another planet, I'm going to be compensated with prime rib every now and then.
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The French and Poles have, however, a fantastic sense of humour. In particular, while talking with two uncles (one French, one Polish), the topic switched to similarities between the two countries. Of course, that led to my Polish uncle mentioning how the Poles bought the idea of the Maginot Line from France. With the most subtly sarcastic tone ever, my French uncle looked at him and said "yeah, I see it worked out really well for you guys, too."
Laughed for days, we did.
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