Cool Edible of the Day: Space Food

Astronauts get all the perks. They get cool suits, awesome space vehicles, alien encounters (both romantic and work related), and awesome chow. Nowadays they get some good food, but in the beginnings it was awful – gelatin cubes and toothpaste food. And then Pillsbury decided to kick it up a notch and create Space Food Sticks – a “non-frozen balanced energy snack in rod form containing nutritionally balanced amounts of carbohydrate, fat and protein.” Yum. And then they released it to the public. Yay.

And now we have found a box of space goodies that includes 2 Space Food Sticks (painstakingly reproduced from the original recipe). You’ll also get a bunch of freeze dried goodies and some spacey drink mixes. And you get a neato little fridge magnet which has a reproduction of an actual Space Food Sticks advertisement. Why? Cause retro food is fun (so long as it is not “retro” because it’s been in grandma’s pantry since WWII).

Space Food Sampler

Contains a variety of space foods and drinks.
What You Get:
Freeze Dried Ice Cream Sandwich (1.1oz)
Freeze Dried Strawberries (0.5oz)
Freeze Dried Cinnamon Apple Wedges (0.5oz)
Space Food Stick – Chocolate (1.05oz)
Space Food Stick – Peanut Butter (1.05oz)
Splashdown Drink Mix – Orange (mixes with 16.9oz of water)
Splashdown Drink Mix – Lemon-Lime (mixes with 16.9oz of water)
Space Food Sticks Magnet – for sticking on things

And all that crams into a 5″ box, to take up as little room as possible in your space luggage.

Try a Space Food Sampler today from ThinkGeek here