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Saturday, 2 December 2006

What? No Tang?

Last week, the astronauts about the International Space Station had the arduous task of trying out a new "celebratory" menu designed to mark special occassions during long space missions. The menu included:
Main dishes:
  • Effiloché de volaille en Parmentier (shredded chicken Parmentier)
  • Dos d'espadon façon Riviera (Riviera style swordfish)
  • Volaille épicée, sauté de légumes à la Thaï (spicy chicken with stir-fried Thai vegetables)
  • Cailles rôties au Madiran (quails roasted in Madrian wine)
  • Magret de canard confit, condiment aux câpres (duck breast confit with capers)
Side dishes:
  • Carottes de sable au goût d'orange et coriandre (sand carrots with a hint of orange and coriander)
  • Céleri rave en délicate purée à la noix de muscade (a light puree of celery with a hint of nutmeg)
  • Caponata (tomato, aubergine and olive dip)
Desserts:
  • Gâteau de semoule de blé fine aux abricots secs (semolina cake with dried apricots)
  • Morceaux de pommes fondantes (apple fondant pieces)
  • Far de l'espace Space (a Brittany 'far' tart)
  • Rice pudding aux fruits confits (rice pudding with candied fruit)
This would be impressive, if it hadn't all come in tins

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