Space Food by Claire Daniels
food has changed over the years lathe early days of space
staveled insa acerz, where there was
room for bod. Freshfoods in early space travel were not practical Thes
spoiled wook up tech space, and were too heavy
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As a result astrona in space ate freeer-dried foods Freeze dried
foods doet spoil. They don't weigh mech and they don't take pech
pace. Add water and you have fresh peas, mashed potatoes steak
macaroni and cheese. There is een freeze-dried ice cream
3 Foods are freeze-dried in a food plant. First, vegetables and fruitsze
wasbed and cut up Foods like meats and pasta are cooked. Secondthe
food is free to -40 degrees Fahrenheit. Then workers grind the food
into scale pieces or into a powder. Finally, the foods
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are dried to remove percent of the water.
4 Today, astronauts travel with Freezers and ovens Grde words in
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