Grits also would be weird for someone of his background. They aren't commonly eaten by northerners, especially not someone from bumfuck nowhere ohio in the early/mid 20th century.
Yeah but lets day you're about to either go to the moon or be incinerated like the people who tried before you. Do you want someone else's comfort food? Wapakonetta's favorite son wasn't eating southern food on his last morning on earth
The magazine whose photographer took this describes it as "Home from work after his family had already eaten, Neil Armstrong ate his customary late dinner while reviewing the Wall Street Journal stock market numbers, March 1969."
Supposedly his actual breakfast on the day of the mission was steak, eggs, and toast, but I can't find a source for that which isn't the Mirror, so I'll take that with a pinch of salt
Neil Armstrong was a consummate badass but he looked like a dorky accountant.
My favorite story of his is the time he crashed the LLTV. The "flying bedstead" they called it, a goofy looking powered lift thing that was a jet engine set in a gimble, meant to simulate how the LM would handle on final approach to the moon. Neil was practicing in this thing, and something went wrong. It was nearly sideways when he ejected. Mere seconds later the strange aircraft slams into the ground in a firey crash as Neil's parachute comes wafting down.
He went back to the office to do paperwork. Another astronaut comes in to ask him about it, "Heard you crashed the LLTV." Neil casually says "yeah." He had bitten his tongue pretty bad during the ejection but it was otherwise another day at the office.
Your meal choices adapt when you have to wear a diaper for hours on end, and when you change that diaper its going to be in the equivalent of a large closet of confined space with two other guys. What astronauts choose is usually "low residue" meals. Meaning that your body absorbs nearly everything you eat. This would be the opposite of "high fiber" where there is a large amount of indigestible matter that passes all the way through. This was one of the reasons steak and eggs was so popular for launch day Astronauts. Its very low residue.
I am fairly certain that this is dinner a few weeks before as the traditional breakfast would have been at NASA and this looks like it was taken at his house.
Mmmmm... Fried chicken and yellow
Half a peeled peach maybe?
I think you're right – I was thinking a small portion of grits, but it's probably too neat.
I bet it's half a canned pear. They were a popular food at the time. I think
Way too yellow for any pear I've ever seen, and I really like pears. I'm locking in half a peach, probably canned.
Grits also would be weird for someone of his background. They aren't commonly eaten by northerners, especially not someone from bumfuck nowhere ohio in the early/mid 20th century.
“Bumfuck nowhere” Ohio? We taught America to fly and stocked NASA - grits aren’t exactly rocket science
Yeah but lets day you're about to either go to the moon or be incinerated like the people who tried before you. Do you want someone else's comfort food? Wapakonetta's favorite son wasn't eating southern food on his last morning on earth
https://www.life.com/history/up-close-and-personal-with-apollo-11-a-life-photographers-story/ (about two thirds of the way down the page)
The magazine whose photographer took this describes it as "Home from work after his family had already eaten, Neil Armstrong ate his customary late dinner while reviewing the Wall Street Journal stock market numbers, March 1969."
Supposedly his actual breakfast on the day of the mission was steak, eggs, and toast, but I can't find a source for that which isn't the Mirror, so I'll take that with a pinch of salt
Here's another source, with a photo of the breakfast before launch: https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/last-meal-neil-armstrong-buzz-130518520.html
Per this story, the steak and egg breakfast as a team before launch started as a NASA tradition in 1961.
Photo for the lazy:
Neil Armstrong was a consummate badass but he looked like a dorky accountant.
My favorite story of his is the time he crashed the LLTV. The "flying bedstead" they called it, a goofy looking powered lift thing that was a jet engine set in a gimble, meant to simulate how the LM would handle on final approach to the moon. Neil was practicing in this thing, and something went wrong. It was nearly sideways when he ejected. Mere seconds later the strange aircraft slams into the ground in a firey crash as Neil's parachute comes wafting down.
He went back to the office to do paperwork. Another astronaut comes in to ask him about it, "Heard you crashed the LLTV." Neil casually says "yeah." He had bitten his tongue pretty bad during the ejection but it was otherwise another day at the office.
LLTV, for those unaware:
That's an amazing story. That's exactly the flavor of badass nerd that we need.
I've met a bunch of Special Forces guys. Half of them looked like dorky wiry accountants.
Is that a giant egg yolk?
Canned peach, maybe?
Fried chicken served on a giant fried egg
Mmmm a typical American Southern breakfast, fried chicken and Ostrich egg sunny side up just like momma used to make.
Chickens were just built different back then I guess
egg yellows omelette with a side of fried chicken. truly the breakfast of champions
Maybe it was like a ’Last Meal‘ kinda thing. Cuz, you know space travel was a little touch и go at the time.🤷🏼
Chicken and waffles is amazing, you should try it sometime.
Chicken and waffles is a thing. Maybe he didn’t want to smell like syrup for a week so he skipped the waffles.
Your meal choices adapt when you have to wear a diaper for hours on end, and when you change that diaper its going to be in the equivalent of a large closet of confined space with two other guys. What astronauts choose is usually "low residue" meals. Meaning that your body absorbs nearly everything you eat. This would be the opposite of "high fiber" where there is a large amount of indigestible matter that passes all the way through. This was one of the reasons steak and eggs was so popular for launch day Astronauts. Its very low residue.
I am fairly certain that this is dinner a few weeks before as the traditional breakfast would have been at NASA and this looks like it was taken at his house.