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Posted @ 5:39 PM Central Time
Monday, June 15, 2009
The corned beef sandwich that went to spaceDid you know that a corned beef sandwich was the object of (mild, for NASA) controversy during the 1965 Gemini III flight?
"The crew of Gemini III snuck a corned beef sandwich on their spaceflight. Mission Commander Gus Grissom loved corned beef sandwiches, so Pilot John Young brought one along, having been encouraged by fellow astronaut Walter Schirra. However, Young was supposed to only eat approved food, and Grissom wasn't supposed to eat anything. Floating pieces of bread posed a potential problem, causing Grissom to put the sandwich away (although he did enjoy it) and the astronauts were mildly rebuked by NASA for the act. A congressional hearing was called, forcing the NASA deputy administrator George Mueller to promise no repeats. NASA took special care about what astronauts brought along on future missions."
(From the "Space food" entry on Wikipedia.)
Posted @ 8:25 PM Central Time
Saturday, June 13, 2009
The Mavwich!"A patented system from Europe (“Croustwich”) for the preparation, presentation and distribution of fresh, healthy and nutritional sandwiches. Cold or hot fillings in fresh baked warm bread. Rapid, efficient with a variety of custom sandwich offerings."
