14/02/2025
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In a first for space cuisine, ESA project astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski will bring pierogi, the traditional Polish dumplings, to the International Space Station during the upcoming Axiom Mission 4.
Sławosz is bringing a taste of home to space with a special menu created together with a celebrity chef and a family-owned company in Poland. The food selection includes pierogi stuffed with cabbage and mushrooms, tomato soup with noodles, Polish “leczo” stew with buckwheat, and apple crumble for dessert.
Taste of Poland in space
Any food delivered to the International Space Station must be crumb-free, lightweight and keep for at least 24 months.
Most of the space menu consists of canned or freeze-dried meals in plastic packages. Fresh fruits and vegetables are a luxury, only available when a spacecraft arrives with new supplies.
Bonus food catered for specific crew members makes up around 10 percent of their menu. Astronauts say this bonus food adds variety to their dishes, boosts their mental wellbeing and helps them bond with the crew in orbit.
“I wanted a truly Polish menu that I could share with my fellow astronauts. Food brings psychological comfort, and I instantly thought it would be worth taking some Polish delicacies into orbit,” says Sławosz.
The pierogi challenge
Pierogi have been part of Polish cuisine since the 13th century. These dumplings remain a staple of Polish home cooking and an essential part of Christmas Eve celebrations.
“When I heard
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PaulHoule
My polish relatives would spend all day Dec 24 make and boiling Pierogi for our Christmas Eve celebration. My wife learned later that goose eggs are a great binding material for them if you make them in the spring.
ddalex
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maxvu
/r/polandball has a running gag about Poland and space.
https://www.polandballwiki.com/wiki/Poland_cannot_into_space
alamortsubite
> Sławosz is bringing a taste of home to space with a special menu created together with a celebrity chef and a family-owned company in Poland.
> Any food delivered to the International Space Station must be crumb-free, lightweight and keep for at least 24 months.
It sounds like they went to a lot of trouble perfecting the space pierogi. I wonder if a 20 kg bag purchased in bulk from a random milk bar might not have worked almost as well.
margorczynski
> Pierogi with cabbage and mushrooms
Here worth noting is that the superior variant has been chosen, well done.
kamil55555
POLSKA GÓRĄ
bi409
Best food in the world, period!
ge96
I prefer gyoza but to each their own
DecentShoes
You know, this was one of those article titles I was really expecting to not be literal.
_sys49152
would freeze dried pierogies be commercially viable?