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i thought this was pretty humorous and since it is food related... ;)

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Wasabi Spill Spices Up Mealtime for ISS Astronaut
By Mike Schneider
Associated Press Writer
posted: 3 March 2007
7:56 a.m. ET

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Astronauts are always are on guard against toxic
spills that could contaminate the International Space Station.

But there is nothing in their training manuals about how to clean up flying
wasabi.

The spicy greenish condiment was squirted out of a tube while astronaut Sunita
Williams was trying to make a pretend sushi meal with bag-packaged salmon. The
three space station crew members are given a certain number of bonus packs of
their favorite foods to help endure their months in space where most meals are
the equivalent of military MREs.

Since everything is weightless, spilled food is no ordinary clean-up challenge.

"We finally got the wasabi smell out after it was flying around everywhere,"
Williams told her mother this week in a conversation arranged by Boston radio
station WBZ. "We cleaned it up off the walls a little bit."

Williams, whose father was born in India, has several Indian dishes in her
bonus container, including Punjabi kadhi with pakora - vegetable fritters
topped with yogurt and curry - and mutter paneer, a curry dish. The dishes are
packaged to have a long shelf life in space.

Her U.S. crew mate, astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, is an even bigger
"foodie." Lopez-Alegria, who was born in Madrid but grew up in California, had
Spanish muffins known as magdalenas, chorizo pork sausage and latte in his
bonus container.

"Psychologically, it's very important," space station dietitian Paula Hall said
of the gourmet extras. "It's really important to have variety, to have
surprises. It's important to have food that makes you happy, that makes you
smile."

Unfortunately for Williams, the wasabi tube has been banished to a cargo
vehicle where it will stay packed away.

"I don't think we're going to use it anymore," she said. "It's too dangerous."
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