For some reason I assumed energy bars were an invention of the 90s. However, I just discovered that back in the late 60s, Pillsbury developed "many special foods" for the space race. The first one was called Space Food Sticks and it was a "compact, nutritious, high energy food." And it was apparently good for everyone from astronauts — who strangely have a hole in their helmets for their space food stick to go through — to baseball playing tykes. And hey, it's only 44 calories.
They disappeared for a while, but now they're back in a slightly different format. You can get an entire case for about $30. Now you can blast off into outer space!
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Pokemyhontas
Do you guys think Brad Pitt is old? He's in
his 40s. Totally not old. Yum. But it's really all relative. Space Food sticks are delish but yeah Pokemyhontas, I remember them being kinda grainy. Growing up, my grandparents owned a
grocery store so we were able to get them long after most stores had taken them off the shelves. A few years ago I was feeling nostalgic and ordered some from eBay. Ew! They were not as good
as I remembered.
I LOVE SPACE FOOD! I havent tried the sticks, but whenever I am museum hopping I go by the Air and Space Museum (DC) and I get space ice cream, space strawberries, and if they have it, space apples and cinnamon. YUMMMMMMY. haha.
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