Star Trek General Discussion
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TOS was incredibly... diverse in it's food. Sometimes it was the playdoh, some times it was ACTUAL food, cause kirk ordered a chicken sandwich and a coffee and got a plate of underdone tribble. Hell, there was even an episode where kirk commented to make the proteins look like turkey for thanksgiving.
I'd still rather have a meal at quarks than a 23rd century starfleet ship.
I'd still rather have a meal at quarks than a 23rd century starfleet ship.
Just don't sit next to Morn. He'll talk your leg off.
Okay, that wormhole effect was ******* spectacular.
Edit: who currently holds the star trek license for building toys anyway?
Edit: who currently holds the star trek license for building toys anyway?
Mega Bloks/Construx is the most recent license holder I'm aware of, having put out a bunch of TOS sets for the 50th anniversary, but they haven't released anything Trek related since 2017 AFAIK.
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These folks seem to have had the licence for a couple of years, though I have no idea what they're like...
I'm guessing it's just because blue is closer (in theory) to green. At least most of the later ones didn't make him the captain like the first picture did (in order, again, to maintain his traditional color scheme).
I remember watching some episode where Riker was cooking and acting like it was so much better than a replicator. And thinking, "That tech is good enough for my brain, but not my breakfast."
Home cooked (even when the recipe and ingredients are identical.) always tastes better because you (or someone.) put in the effort to actually cook it. They were either flattering him, or just happen to like eating something that wasn't recycled from the septic system.
It's entirely possible that the entire thing of "cooked food tastes better" is simply a psychological artefact of a society that's never known what it's like to starve.
It's entirely possible that the entire thing of "cooked food tastes better" is simply a psychological artefact of a society that's never known what it's like to starve.
The home-cooked thing could be because of imperfections - the replicateor replicates things exactly. You can have it produce the same chef's feast exactly the same way every time(and likely comes with a whole database of pre-made) but because of that it's -exactly- the same every time. When you hand-cook something it never comes out exactly the same way twice, which introduces more variety, so it avoids getting tired of the exact same thing every time. It's basically avoidance of boredom or the perception of something being bland because it's always the same every time. To be fair though, you could hand-cook a bunch of meals, throw them all in the database and have it pick randomly to introduce that variety, and with a multiplanetary Federation presumably enough cooks contributing enough recipe variations could mitigate this immensely.
But yeah. alternatively, it could just be the 24th century version of "gold-plated HDMI cables give better video!"
But yeah. alternatively, it could just be the 24th century version of "gold-plated HDMI cables give better video!"
As I've said, replicators are basically fast food; every Big Mac is exactly the same, and tastes "good enough" to satisfy most people. Replicators are basically output devices like monitors, speakers, or printers --it's a matter of resolution.
I'd imagine that if you-reading-this tried to replicate your absolute favourite meal, you might notice the taste, texture, or temperature being a bit "off," but maybe not enough to bother you unless you're a connoisseur (like Jean-Luc is with wine). Kinda like the difference between using frozen/canned ingredients instead of farm-fresh produce.
Also remember that most of the replicators we see in Star Trek are "public" military-issue (made by the Cardassian military, in DS9's case, which is great if you want to drink fish-juice). Individual civilian-model replicators might have a different range of different templates, options, and safeties.
(There's a scene in one of the DS9 novels where a civilian woman on Bajor cooks a dish for her boyfriend, scans it in her replicator, then brings it to him on an isolinear rod that he can load in his own replicator.)
I'd imagine that if you-reading-this tried to replicate your absolute favourite meal, you might notice the taste, texture, or temperature being a bit "off," but maybe not enough to bother you unless you're a connoisseur (like Jean-Luc is with wine). Kinda like the difference between using frozen/canned ingredients instead of farm-fresh produce.
Though that begs the question of how much memory space do replicator templates take up?
Also remember that most of the replicators we see in Star Trek are "public" military-issue (made by the Cardassian military, in DS9's case, which is great if you want to drink fish-juice). Individual civilian-model replicators might have a different range of different templates, options, and safeties.
(There's a scene in one of the DS9 novels where a civilian woman on Bajor cooks a dish for her boyfriend, scans it in her replicator, then brings it to him on an isolinear rod that he can load in his own replicator.)
I remember a scene in one of the Destiny novels where Erica Hernandez (NX-02) tastes a quesadilla from a replicator after centuries of not eating Earth food and saying it had a rubbery texture. That stood out to me, and I haven’t seen replicators in the same way since.
I thought the food from the replicators were recycled from their boots.
Actually, it's fob watches, but you do make a valid point.
You know that might be an apt analogy.
Replicated food = 21st century prepackaged, processed food, widely consumed by the masses.
Hand made food = 21st century home cooked meals using whole ingredients.