# Chinese take out in Space

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-take-out-in-space/214443>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 21, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-take-out-in-space/214443 "2003-11-21T04:02:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-take-out-in-space/214443/1 "2003-11-21T04:02:26Z")

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Lt. Col. Yang Liwei, the first man China sent to space, ate such things as one-bite nuggets of spicy shredded pork, diced chicken and fried rice during his brief flight last month.

[http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/11/20/astronaut.kitchen.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/11/20/astronaut.kitchen.ap/index.html)

This is just press release stuff, right? I was given to understand that the dishes in Chinese restaurants were served only in American Chinese Restaurants.

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**Author:** ![Urban\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Urban\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urban_Ranger)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-take-out-in-space/214443/2 "2003-11-21T06:03:35Z")

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Depends on what dishes. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-take-out-in-space/214443/3 "2003-11-21T12:23:55Z")

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Could you imagine eating fried rice in zero-G, with chopsticks? The mind boggles.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2003, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chinese-take-out-in-space/214443/4 "2003-11-21T14:25:05Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Urban Ranger \*  
> \*\*Depends on what dishes. 🙂 \*\*

I can’t see Col. Yang Liwei eating General Tso’s Chicken.