Do Astronauts Eat Better Thanksgiving Dinners than You?

Astronauts eat freeze-dried T-rations, right? They eat half-frozen carbohydrate gruel, mystery meat, and dry, crumbly rolls coated with margarine from a toothpaste tube. Sheesh, the best part of an astronaut's meal is the freeze-dried ice cream. Right?

Nope. Fact is, they probably eat better than you, at least if this Thanksgiving message from NASA is to be believed. The crew of the International Space Station shares a "global variety of delicacies with their station crewmates from Russia, Canada, and Belgium." It's like Thanksgiving dinner on earth, if you invited a bunch of expatriates.

Check out the menu items they toss off oh-so casually:

• Turkey and trimmings
• Cauliflower and cheese.
• Mushroom and truffle pâté. ("Very delish")
• Creamed spinach.
• Fruit.
• Spicy green beans.

About the only thing we're not jealous of is their choice of starch--astronauts have to eat tortillas so they don't get breadcrumbs all over the ISS.