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Re: Food in Space
# 17277 byHuebner, Jay on Jan. 5, 2003, 1:42 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

Some fairly simple ideas about food preparation and storage in space
colonies which may be amusing to consider are: The storage of many foods on
Earth involves low temperatures, vacuum, and drying (which would occur in a
cold vacuum). These conditions would be inexpensive to achieve in an
orbiting habitat. And popping pop corn would give bigger and more fluffy
"flowers" in vacuum. Jay Huebner

# 17278 byXenophile <xenophile2002@... on Jan. 6, 2003, 11:57 p.m.
Member since 2022-08-22

> Some fairly simple ideas about food preparation and storage in space
> colonies which may be amusing to consider are: The storage of many
> foods on Earth involves low temperatures, vacuum, and drying (which
> would occur in a cold vacuum). These conditions would be
> inexpensive to achieve in an orbiting habitat. And popping pop
> corn would give bigger and more fluffy "flowers" in vacuum.
> Jay Huebner

Cool. Please see also _Obital Kitchen:

Xenophile (who wonders what could be done with brewing, winemaking,
and distilling)