Could be a tasty meal on another planet?

People are concerned about what we need food to survive on other planets. But how to change the taste of food beyond the Earth? And can it be that familiar foods - for example, fries, soda or chocolate - will taste better in space than here?

Anna-Lisa Paul, a researcher at the University of Florida, said that many factors affect the taste of the food. Among them - the wavelength of light, soil structure, the force of gravity and the pressure of the atmosphere. Therefore, trying to predict what will be the taste of the food to a particular planet, should take into account all the nuances of the environment.

For example, the spectrum of sunlight on the opponent planet can change the smell of food. The wavelengths of red, blue and even green light is incredibly important for the process of photosynthesis. spectral balance and light intensity have a huge impact on the taste, color and aroma of food. Perhaps on another planet grown plants will look the same as on Earth, but the flavor and taste characteristics of these products will be different.

We are mindful of the Mars One plans to colonize the red planet. In preparation for this event scientists create strategies housekeeping on Mars. It seems that the future of the settlers have to get used to the new taste of food - because the composition of Martian soil completely different, and the earth culture grown on it, change its characteristics. Breakfast, lunch and dinner can be quite different than here on Earth. So far, researchers have focused on how to determine the conditions necessary for the cultivation of the most simple and clear products. So ice cream and tequila colonizers of Mars to calculate long as it is not necessary.

What will be the taste of the food on other planets, it is very difficult to predict. But it is possible: Anna-Lisa Paul and other scholars are willing to explain why the chips are the best cook on Jupiter, where it is necessary to open a bottle of champagne and chocolate and how are exoplanets.

Fried potatoes

Gravity affects how plants develop. It seems that even lawn grass grown in a greenhouse on the moon or Mars, would be different from that which we cultivate here on Earth. At least, it would have been more subtle and different in color. Anna-Lisa Paul says that it does not matter: the plants grow well in conditions of weightlessness. The only thing they need for normal development - is the air and water. But gravity can affect the cooking process.

Last year, the Greek researchers from ESA tried to cook french fries in a centrifuge. Not only that, it's just fun, so they also experiment was carried out. This device is able to arrange several food overload g, and then - to simulate the force of gravity on other planets. Experience has shown that the ideal turns crisp when the attraction is greater than the earth about three times. In other words, it is best to fry french fries on Jupiter - and it will be the most delicious in the solar system.

Carbonated drinks

Cultivation and cooking on a different planet affects what will be the final taste of the dish. But there is the aroma - and it depends on what kind of effect the pressure is the atmosphere. For example, soda or champagne will be quite different in taste, and it depends on the atmospheric pressure.

Helen Czersk, a British physicist at University College London, believes that opening a bottle of champagne better still on Earth. If another planet is not the atmosphere, all the volatiles evaporate instantly, and the whole process will remind foam party. The lower the pressure, the bubbles will move and the aroma fills the air, completely leaving the drink faster. So the champagne loses its flavor almost completely. But if the pressure is high, the bubbles will move slowly, making the drink is really tasty, but will need to wait before trying sparkling. There is another option: if the pressure on the planet is higher than in the bottle. The joy of drinking champagne here no. Cork does not fly out of the neck with a joyful cotton, and the bubbles you will not wait. So open a bottle or two, it is better in the world: a perfect balance is observed only on the home planet.

Chocolate

French fries and soda - is, of course, good. But few people can survive without chocolate. So the main question is: what conditions we need to grow the perfect cocoa beans without losing the taste? Richard Tango-Catch, a physicist from Manchester, says that to address this important issue, we must first take into account genetics and soil composition.

The main thing that influences the taste of chocolate - it is genes. To select the most "thoroughbred" for cocoa cultivation, Richard offers to land on other planets noble Criollo variety - they are resistant to disease and very tasty.

It remains to find out exactly where we cultivate our precious plants.

Scientist advises not to worry about what will be the soil in which we planted trees. If it is suitable for the plants, and it is accustomed, the taste remains the same. Or maybe even better. Richard believes that any combination of minerals and chemicals will have a positive impact on the final product.

What is really important is the force of gravity. After cocoa beans do not fall to the ground, they are collected monkeys, squirrels and people. When the pull is too strong, the beans will fall, and this is bad for the development of the tree. Yet it would be good that day on another planet was longer than the night - then the cocoa beans would be a big and tasty.

Under these requirements fit quite a few celestial bodies. According to approximate estimates, we could land at two Cocoa thousands of exoplanets - and get the most delicious chocolate in the universe.

Based on materials Popular Science.