China's astronaut food over the decade: from fast food to customization (3)

Four days with different food choices
◎ Quantity of food: At least 80 kinds
◎ Launch time: June 16, 2012

The kitchen of Shenzhou-9 stored at least 80 kinds of food; astronauts eat different types of meals every day. These mainly included staple food, side dishes, condiments, beverages and other categories.

Shenzhou-9 astronauts can eat fried rice three meals a day. In addition to the staple food, dishes like black pepper beef, pickled cabbage and shredded pork were also on astronauts' menu. In addition, there were other quite delicate side dishes.

There may be a temporary degrading of taste for astronauts in a weightless environment. In order to avoid tastes change, Shenzhou-9 also offered a variety of condiments such as pork sauce and Sichuan pepper sauce.

To prevent the feeling boring, astronauts' recipes changed every four days. In other words, the astronauts will not eat same kind of food in four days.