A fork, knife and spoon became standard eating utensils. Scissors, another important utensil, were used to cut open food bags. Astronauts still use these same utensils on the space shuttle. Like Skylab astronauts, they use meal trays. The trays can be attached to their laps, a wall, or even the ceiling.
Food containers come in five sizes and fit into the meal trays and other food hardware.
Mission Specialist George Nelson rehydrates packaged food at the galley. The food is prepared in the shuttle galley, located on the middeck. The galley is equipped with a water dispenser and a forced air convection oven. The water dispenser is fitted with an adapter to rehydrate food and beverages in sealed pouches. Then heat cells in the oven warm the dinners.