20 July: Apollo 11 lands on the Moon, and a bowl of Chicken Noodle Soup
Apollo 11 touched down on the Moon on 20 July 1969, and NASA's menu for the crew included cream of chicken soup. SoupWiki has no cream of chicken yet, so America's classic chicken noodle stands in as the closest bowl back on Earth.
Chicken Noodle Soup
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Chicken noodle soup is probably the most familiar comfort soup in the English-speaking world, the bowl many families reach for when someone has a cold. Chicken soups are ancient and appear in almost every cuisine, but this version, with wide egg noodles, became an American classic in the twentieth century, helped by condensed soup in a can.
Read about Chicken Noodle Soup and get the recipe →What happened
Apollo 11 lands on the Moon. NASA's Apollo 11 menu included a rehydratable cream of chicken soup.
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