Fruitcake in Space

Gravy by Mary Beth Lasseter

Jan 21, 202627:29Arts

In “Fruitcake in Space,” Gravy reporter Bronwen Wyatt explores a bizarre footnote in the annals of human space travel. In 1968, a scientist at a military research facility developed a very unusual recipe: a nutritionally...

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