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Re: The Last Egg

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Post by 3m »

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #7

Weird they don't stock UHT milk. I buy milk for 6 months and keep it in my pantry. I honestly can't tell the difference between modern UHT milk and mass-produced "fresh" milk (at 2% anyway). They could in theory ship in UHT milk instead of fresh, and stock enough extra to last a few more months in winter. It would be fun to make your own cheese down there as a hobby! Eating by the seasons is also pretty interesting,…

UHT milk is terrible. As a brit, when I'm abroad I notice it immediately and it ruins an otherwise good cup of tea or coffee.

Re: The Last Egg

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Post by deanCommie »

JohnMakin wrote: post #16

And people think we're gonna colonize mars. We can't even colonize the south pole, a much more hospitable environment.

Well, we're going to have to colonize mars at one point. That's not a debate.

We can't survive as a species with all our eggs in one basket (pun intended, given the context) where a single rock flying through space can wipe out all the gains of our civilization.

In the long term, this will require planetary-scale terraforming.

In the short term, this will require seasonal unmanned supply drops and so the experience will not be dissimilar to McMurdo and Mars Colonists will also be cooking their "last egg of the year"

In the medium term, I have to imagine we will have to conduct experiments with either developing livestock on Mars, or growing satisfactory animal protein replacements in a lab.

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Post by bpodgursky »

Imagine how many fresh vegetables they could have with a miniaturized nuclear reactor on-site!

The limit right now is how much diesel they want to waste. Imagine the alternatives!

Re: The Last Egg

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Post by goda90 »

bombcar wrote: post #43

various places say you can keep unwashed eggs in a fridge for up to six months: https://www.outdoorhappens.com/how-long-do-farm-fresh-eggs-l... > Unwashed farm fresh eggs last for two weeks to a month at room temperature. After that, you must store them in the fridge. If you refrigerate freshly laid eggs, they should last for three to six months in an airtight container. However, Americans have an obsession with wash…

Unwashed eggs can also be stored in a water-lime solution for potentially years. It's called water glassing.They might not taste as good as fresh eggs, but like for an omelet with flavorings, you probably wouldn't notice, and you definitely wouldn't notice for baking, but I guess there are powdered eggs for that.

Re: The Last Egg

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Post by muhammadusman »

This is the sort of content that makes the internet so amazing, someone sharing a slice of life from so far away and so remote that 100 years ago this would've been unimaginable!

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Post by justsomehnguy »

bitdivision wrote: post #31
0xbadcafebee wrote: post #7

Weird they don't stock UHT milk. I buy milk for 6 months and keep it in my pantry. I honestly can't tell the difference between modern UHT milk and mass-produced "fresh" milk (at 2% anyway). They could in theory ship in UHT milk instead of fresh, and stock enough extra to last a few more months in winter. It would be fun to make your own cheese down there as a hobby! Eating by the seasons is also pretty interesting,…

I'm surprised you can't tell the difference between UHT and regular milk. I've tried a few brands in the UK, and there's a clear difference in tea / coffee, and it's particularly marked if you're drinking milk on its own. Maybe the UK is lagging behind on UHT? Or I'm just buying the wrong brand.

> mass-produced "fresh" milk (at 2% anyway)

At 2% I would not even bother considering this product as a milk.

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Post by honkycat »

MiguelVieira wrote: post #38
thewopr wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(creds: I was down to McMurdo as a researcher three times) I suspect this has to do with space and weight constraints, and probably a touch of old-school procurement practices. In the not-too-distant past, basically everything was flown to south pole station, so weight was at a premium. Powdered milk weights a lot less than UHT milk. Now they do a traverse to the pole with sleds and tractors, so weight is less of an…

Whoa I had no idea: "To reduce the cost and increase the efficiency and reliability of transporting fuel and materials to South Pole Station, USAP established an overland traverse route from McMurdo Station to the South Pole. The traverse route is approximately 1,030 miles long and took several years of route-finding to prove and to mitigate areas with crevassing. This route is traveled by the South Pole Traverse (SP…

Reading this I am picturing a blowing blizzard and massive tractors crawling over the barren landscape. INTENSE!

Re: The Last Egg

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Post by jefftk »

pimlottc wrote: post #58
jefftk wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the south pole, near the center of the continent. Penguins are coastal.

The penguins are also protected. You’re generally not even supposed to touch them, let alone eat them.

That's also a reason, but the closest penguin being 500+ miles away through the Antarctic winter seems like a much larger barrier.
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