What was the first food grown in space? 
 
Hint: Started from a “quantum” seed, this tuber is mainly water (78%) with lipids, sugar, hydrophilic macro molecules (proteins & starch granules), vitamins, and minerals. 

First meal eaten in space was in 1961 by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin . It was a tube of beef and liver pate with chocolate sauce for dessert. In 1962, John Glen ate applesauce from a tube in space. What Was The First Food Eaten In Space? | IFLScience

The first food grown in space was the potato. In 1995, aboard NASA’s Columbia, Microgravity Astroculture Laboratory. Utilizing American innovation biotech called “Quantum Tubers,” marble-sized tubers that seed into life-sized potatoes.

The first food grown (2014) & consumed (2015) in space was Red Romaine lettuce by NASA using an Advanced Plant Habitat called Veggie wherein atmosphere, moisture, nutrients, light spectrum changes, and more. Biological Research in Canisters (BRIC) BRIC-LED is undergoing tests for deployment and continued space bio-growth. Space Age Spuds | NASA Spinoff

Then in 2018, dwarf grains were grown on the International Space Station in an APH, Advanced Plant Habitat. Growing Plants in Space – NASA