Welcome to the Space station, welcome to our
kitchen! What are we eating today?
Well, there’s a standard menu that kind of
recycles itself about every two weeks.
It’s very healthy and very good, but it’s nice to have variety,
so every astronaut has personalized menus as well. So, about every month and a half or so,
I can open one of these boxes. There’ve been sent by automated cargo vehicle.
We catch them with Canadarm2 out of the Cupola, and it contains
food that I have chosen myself. So, it’s good for variety. For example, we have
some Canadian smoked salmon, which is always a great treat for my Russian colleagues,
they love it. There’s some… a classic, Canadian maple leaf cookies. Of course!
Can’t leave Earth without them. Other kinds of little Canadian snacks, like these.
But maybe to me… most precious, these packets of chili. Not just any chili,
this is our a family recipe. These have been made by my wife Véronique so as you can imagine it’s
quite a special treat to have home cooking here in
space.
It's quite special when I open one of those up.
Well, that’s how we feed ourselves on the Space
Station.