Hungarian space paprika is better than NASA’s
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Hungarian researchers have grown peppers in a bioreactor. This is how they reinterpreted greenhouse cultivation. The peppers created by the researchers are rich in vitamin C, nutrients and, of course, flavour. This technology, which can be also used in space, could provide a solution to the food crisis of the future.
Hungarian paprika
At the Dreamers of Dreams 20 exhibition in Budapest’s Millenáris Park, visitors can see and even taste peppers made with the new technology. Experts from the University of Debrecen’s Space Nutrition Research Group have already harvested their special peppers several times. The researchers are growing the popular Hungarian vegetable in a bioreactor.
Miklós Fári, a professor at the University of Debrecen, is leading the research. Fári told index.hu that the “space pepper” they developed tastes exactly the same as peppers grown under conventional conditions. The research team’s tests show that their peppers are rich in nutrients, vitamin C and carotene. Just like regular peppers. In fact, the foliage of the space pepper is edible because it has not been treated with artificial substances. The plant biologist says it tastes most like arugula.
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Old technology
Vertical farming technology already exists abroad, for example in the Netherlands and Japan. The method is used to supply the population with fresh food. “In metropolises of several million people, supplying the population with fresh food is a major logistical and production problem. Enclosed urban farming is a realistic answer to this problem,” said Miklós Fári.
Number one: NASA do not call it ‘paprika’ and number two, ‘paprika’ was unknown to the Magyars until the Ottomans invaded and occupied Magyar lands. They introduced ‘paprika’ to Hungary.
Hungarian paprika is a regular ingredient in my cooking. Having a Hungarian father who was also a good cook, paprika was a regular ingredient in his prepared meals. You could say I’m an American girl who was raised on Hungarian paprika! 🙂