COOKING Cooking methods will be altered to a more technological inclined approach rather than a traditional one. There will be automatic cookers and kitchen robots that would ease the inhabitants’ job, although cooking itself will be more of a hobby for the residents, instead of a necessity. Pre-made meals will be the go-to dishes for the settlers, which provide the necessary nutrients. If the residents choose cooking as a hobby, recipe books will be available online and will consist of four parts. Every recipe will have 4 parts: Ingredients Preparation mode Serving Caloric intake 1.Ingredients. At a push of the button on the inhabitant’s phone the ingredients for the chosen recipe will be delivered at the inhabitant’s door. 2. the preparation mode will be available online with cooking steps for beginners. 3 serving sizes will be decided in a programme where the residents fill out a questionnaire which provides the necessary serving size. caloric intake is decided based on the serving sizes and the programme will display the amount of proteins, carbohydrates and lipids every serving size contains. PRE-MADE MEALS Packages containing every ingredient necessary for the chosen meal that are partially prepared (example: cakemix kits, taco kits etc) will be available, as well as a cooking robot that can cook almost every type of dish in a premade form. An already available option is the Thermomix which is a compact kitchen robot, that offers recipes and cooking programmes suited for it, has a built-in scale and can multitask. It is perfect for a beginner. MOLECULAR GASTRONOMY Molecular gastronomy offers simpler methods of cooking in some circumstances. Therefore, the inhabitants could choose to incorporate molecular gastronomy in their cooking such as:
Centrifuge technique Food dehydrator Syringes (for injecting fillings) Addition of carbon dioxide (for adding bubbles and making foams) Liquid nitrogen for instant freezing and shattering Maltodextrin for turning a high-fat liquid into a powder
