The International Space Station . Photo : NASA .
SAUSAGE IN SPACE
A PERSPECTIVE FROM SPACE
“ Every trip is more about discovering yourself than other places . And for some reason , it takes all this technology for us to come up here and understand the simplicity of things . From up here , it is really difficult to understand borders , wars , and hate !”
Sunita Williams
One of her favorite memories of her stay on the International Space Station between December 2006 and June 2007 was the time spent with the Russian cosmonauts during dinner . On one such evening she shared with her Russian colleagues a Kranjska sausage , a signature Slovenian dish , which her mother had sent her . But before the sausage managed to fly to space , the butcher Bill Azman from Euclid ( Williams ' birthplace ) received an interesting call from NASA : “ They wanted to know the sausage ingredients . I told them it ’ s a very simple recipe , just salt , pepper , garlic and pieces of pork . They were interested because the space station doesn ’ t have a physician . Had the sausage contain any allergens , it could be a real disaster .” Azman was also requested the recipe in writing .
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