Thse insights have been pulled from the individual experiences of astronauts and cosmonauts recorded in published first person accounts — journals, diaries, debriefs, and post-flight reflections.As this database includes the personal, subjective experiences from a diversity of flyers, they may sometimes contradict, but together they provide a more holistic, if messy, picture of life in space. To learn more about how these categories were developed, please see this related publication.
An evening ritual for one crew was to gather around the Russian segment's dining table for dinner at 6:30 to share a meal and stories. When the food gets repetitive, the crew combines different parts of different meals together to make new recipes.
Sauces -- including salsa, hot sauce, pesto, mayo, and mustard -- are critical to food enjoyment for some, as sauces are relished to the last drop.
Enjoying time on the ISS, but still missing sun rays and warm breezes, fresh cut grass, the sound of lawn mowers, and steak.
Recreating a meal from a previous mission for movie night by requesting specific preference foods, to share with the crew. Sauces 'glued' the meal together.
It's easy to get bored of food when there are limited options. However, eating to stay healthy is important, and is akin to "sport eating."