
Mmmmmmmm
Shurely the British Space Dish would be chicken tikka masala.
Mines the one with a couple of cans of wife beater in the pocket.
Indian scientists have been tasked with tackling a mission-critical part of their country's plan to get a man into orbit by 2015: Just how to cook up a decent space curry. According to the Times, military boffins from the Defence Food Research Laboratory face considerable culinary challenges in presenting traditional dishes …
Quote: "... South Korea’s first astronaut, Ko San, last year visited the International Space Station suitably supplied with kimchi, a national delicacy of fermented cabbage. ..."
I dunno, eating fermented cabbage while you are living in what is essentially an air-tight tin can doesn't sound like a good idea to me. I bet his crewmates were thrilled.
<< Mines the spacesuit with the odor-eater gusset insert.
They'll regret it the following morning.
1) The space bog'll look like it's been resprayed in British Leyland Harvest Gold by a drunk using a lawn sprinkler.
2) Any "side effects" will have to be lived with as opening the windows to let some fresh air in is off the cards. Looking at six more weeks in an environment of mixed curry sweat and bowel-processed fried onion would cause anyone to go batshit insane.
3) The recycled water'll have a suspicious cardamon flavour for weeks afterwards.
4) The zero-gee environment will prevent the puke from forming a convenient and easily removed puddle on the floor.
Also, the weight of the requisite bottles of Kingfisher is going to be a logistics nightmare in the payload of the next resupply.
Can't they just swing it around really quickly to give at least a WEAK pull outwards? It's not zero-gravity- and it 's certainly not easy or cheap. But it'd work okay.
mmm.... space Lager.
On a more serious note, I'm really quite glad that they're concentrating on the important bits of space travel- what you'd eat.
Pot Noodle is already a close technological second to space curry. Every pea, noodle, indeterminate meat bit and so on is individually coated with non-stick stuff to allow even warming/softening, and all have to cook through (not sure that's quite the right term) in 2 mins. It can be stuck on shelves for years, yet with a bit of hot water and stirring, no two pieces of sweetcorn will stick together. It's a notable achievement.
>>I dunno, eating fermented cabbage while you are living in what is essentially an air-tight tin can doesn't sound like a good idea to me. I bet his crewmates were thrilled.
Especially given the other major ingredients are garlic (lots) and red pepper. Breath, pores, and flatulent emmisions
They've already developed charcoal filtered underwear here on Earth. The Indian (...and Brit) space flights need to be combined with a shipment of these space shorts to allow the rest of the crew to live with the discharge.
Geek Chic glasses enclosed.