Cooking On Mars - SpaceX Engineer Discusses Cooking And Eating Bugs

More and more people are coming around to the idea of eating bugs, and that’s a good thing because when traditional sources of protein grow scarce chances are there will still be tons of bugs.

(YouTube Link)

SpaceX engineer Andrew Rader created this deliciously informative video to demonstrate how easy it is to prepare a meal made from mealworms and crickets (and a lone scorpion) and dine like a space colonist.

Here's what Andrew is proposing:

We're going to Mars - but what are we going to eat? If we want to become a spacefaring people, we should consider broadening our culinary horizons.

Non-synthetic meat in a space colony makes no sense. At least most kinds of meat: shellfish and some kinds of fish might be options, but the best option in terms of efficiency and ease of production is to do what billions of people on our planet already do: eat insects.

As I discovered, it takes some getting used to :)

-Via Laughing Squid

We dish up more neat food posts at the Neatolicious blog

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It's a "cake scoop". The makers of ice cream scoops, with their button to release the ice cream from their special spoon, thought that they could repeat their earlier success with a special fork that could release their piece of cake when they pressed the button as well.

Geek for Life, XL, Black
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This is a fork for extracting olives from an olive barrel. It has a convenient device for ejecting impaled olives from the tines. I'm surprised they still make these.
Jedi Academy, XL
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It's a s'more roasting fork. Just layer the ingredients, clamp it shut, then hold over the fire. It could use a longer handle though.
Doberman, 2x, Silver
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This is a Puritan courting fork from colonial New England. Using it, the happy couple could enjoy a meal together, while propriety was ensured by the sturdy central barrier.

Never Grow Up, black, ladies M.
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It's a 70's sheep afro comb. Everyone got groovy back in the day.
If you need a visual check out
http://www.mrkate.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/ballsheep.jpg

Zissou of Fish, Silver, Ringspun T-Shirt, M
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Saw one at a flea market and asked Grandpa what it was. He said it was a separator. I asked how it worked. He said wait around a while and you'll see it separate some fool from his money.

Serenity service manual, lg.
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