Astronaut Ice Cream – Better Than Ever #astronauts #icecream

[image error]You can still get astronaut ice cream. I remember this from my misspent youth (all youth is misspent, just ask us old farts.)

I seem to remember flat squares of freeze-dried ice cream. This latest version really looks exactly like an ice cream sandwich.

It’s sweet and bland. Ben and Jerry’s has nothing to fear. The real treat is how it melts in your mouth, which is weird because it’s actually a bit hard to break. I think the flat, mouth-sized squares would work better in space because this sandwich makes crumbs. Crumbs are bad in zero-g from what I read – they clog up the air filters.

You can buy freeze-dried ice cream in many places. Mountain House makes it for backpackers, and craft stores carry it as an ice cream novelty. Amazon of course has various sized packages,

But if there’s not an astronaut on the package… Well! It’s just not the same at all. Better yet, get it from the NASA gift shop. Hmm. I bet that’s run by some contractor who has definitly never put anyone into space. BTW, the manufacturers admit the current treats were not developed for Apollo misisons and, apparently, don’t travel to the ISS either… because of those crumbs I bet. Still – fun.