You wake up one fateful morning to discover that due to a time/space anomally, a misaligned sensor array, and the machinations of one of the many uniquely omnipotent lifeforms that roam the galaxy, you are several hundred years in the future.
And that Star Trek was not fiction, but fact based on the memories of those shot back through time due to some wierd time travel paradoxn(caused by the lack of episodic continuity).
So after saving the Universe, romancing the hottie of a planetary president, and helping Data inch closer to understanding humanity, you are ready to live your life in the future.
Sure there are major questions of philosophy, religion, new scientific theories, political scientce etc. Yet when you are alone and ready to relax, you face the ultimate test of your personality.
In front of you sits the replicator--creator of all foods its been programmed with for a hundred years or so.
Only, your favorite disappeared centuries earlier.
Here is the question:
What food/drink would you first spend time on, recreating in the replicator?
Would it be a Starbucks Coffee? A cold AB product? That White Castle Belly Bomber or Hooters Chicken Wings? M&M's or Skittles?
For me it would be the Steak & Shake Chilli Mac.
I'll be back in a few hours to privately judge you all on your answers, as you no doubt, shall judge me by mine.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I'd be loathe to replicate anything. Replicators are just recycled proteins and molecules of matter reconstituted to represent the food you order. Chances are it won't taste anything like the food you remember.
I'd borrow a shuttle and make for DS9. Quark could fix you up something really nice.
Assuming that wasn't an option....I'd replicate a parmesan chicken sandwich, a large Pepsi, and a giant bowl of pineapple.
We just got a Steak And Shake near here, so I haven't had much time to evaluate the menu yet. I'm working on it.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
I don't know - if the transporter can arrange your molecules accurately enough that you can still think straight after a beam up, I guess a replicator could make decent food.
If you're going to be strict about it being one thing, it would have to be rice for me. A staple food I can't do without. But I'm sure Keiko O'Brien's got it on her menu - I could just borrow her replicator.
As for a drink, it would have to be a diablo fraise - its this (non-alcoholic) drink I once had at a cafe, where my old French teacher took us to practice our language skills (I didn't learn much). Or maybe lassi...
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
Oh, and what's a 'Steak & Shake Chilli Mac'?
Posted by TrapperKeeper (Member # 7680) on :
Why would you replicate a Steak and Shake Chili Mac? It was a little known fact, but all federation starships actually had one two decks up from the cafeteria. It was the only resturaunt to have survived 300 years.
Posted by TrapperKeeper (Member # 7680) on :
That and a Walt Disney store, though I never understood that...
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
You mean you've never flown with the USS Goofy? It's the pride of Starfleet!
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Mac N Cheese!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Fresh fruit -- mango, tart green apple, watermelon, dates, grapes, raspberries...
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
And speaking of Star Trek, has anyone noticed the similarity between that thing that Lt. Uhura has stuck in here ear and those Bluetooth things that people are wearing?
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Fresh corn-on-the-cob. and Watermelon!
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
quote:Originally posted by TrapperKeeper: Why would you replicate a Steak and Shake Chili Mac? It was a little known fact, but all federation starships actually had one two decks up from the cafeteria. It was the only resturaunt to have survived 300 years.
That's BS. Everyone knows that after the Franchise Wars all restaurants will be Taco Bell.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
If Taco Bell ends up winning the Franchise Wars, the future is grim indeed.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
If our only hope for humanity is Dennis Leary (or Wesley Snipes, or Sylvester Stallone, depending on your POV) the future is grim indeed.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
Didn't you know? They're all part of the same conglomerate. Michael Moore is going to make a movie about it.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
I had to look up what this Chili Mac thing is that you guys are talking about.
Posted by TheGrimace (Member # 9178) on :
Wendy's double-quarter-pounder with cheese
strawberry rhubarb pie
Cherry Coke
Posted by amira tharani (Member # 182) on :
My nan's lamb pilau and dhal, and some mango lassi.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
For me it'd be a particularly good dhal that I once had, a particular banana lassi that I used to order all the time, and a particularly delicious plate of som tam I was once lucky enough to have eaten.
Posted by The Pixiest (Member # 1863) on :
Fried Okra.
Could use some of that now... mmm...
Posted by Robin Kaczmarczyk (Member # 9067) on :
What food/drink would you first spend time on, recreating in the replicator?
Fetuccini Alfredo, Merlot and a cup of expresso. I had an alfredo foodfight with my middle sister once on a little pasta joint up on Wilshire and La Cienega that I will always remember with great fondness.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
First what is Chilli Mac from Steak N Shake? Take some standard industrial strength spaghetti noodles--usually over cooked. Cover it with a sweet red sauce that might have seen a tomato somewhere in its creation, but that is doubtful. Now cover the whole thing with the greasiest mystery meat you can find, over cooked. Then just to make sure its as far from nutricious as possible--nuke it in the microwave.
And yet I find this combination of deadly fats and acids a palatable nirvana.
Let me clarify what the question is. THere are tons of new and exotic, exciting and wonderful foods available to you. Still there are times we all want old standbys. You are in the future and all the specialty foods you are used to are gone. No Snickers. No Coke. Have you ever seen them drink a double latte half/half? No. Its always Tea or the Klingon coffee.
Now basic foods like Rice and Fruits should already be in the replicator. There are probably hundreds of different Fettucini's since they seem to prefer private recipe's. What is the comfort food you could not live without?
I would disqualify all the "Fresh Fruit" answers, but after considering what 500+ years of genetic manipulation would do, I think their version of a Pineapple would not be the same as ours.
Posted by Will B (Member # 7931) on :
Forget the replicator. I want the holodeck, for some serious surfin'.
After that, how about some chocolate mousse, to replace the calories?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
If fresh fruit is disqualified, I'll have to go with Thanksgiving Dinner: roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, roasted yams and winter squash, potato kugel, stuffing, my Ma's special Thanksgiving rice, and for dessert, pumpkin pie and chocolate pecan pie.
That's all. Just Thanksgiving Dinner.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Skyline 4-way Chili. Including the pepper vinegar and the oyster crackers.
Posted by Euripides (Member # 9315) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dan_raven: First what is Chilli Mac from Steak N Shake? Take some standard industrial strength spaghetti noodles--usually over cooked. Cover it with a sweet red sauce that might have seen a tomato somewhere in its creation, but that is doubtful. Now cover the whole thing with the greasiest mystery meat you can find, over cooked. Then just to make sure its as far from nutricious as possible--nuke it in the microwave.
And yet I find this combination of deadly fats and acids a palatable nirvana.
Sounds like my figure was better off not knowing! Good thing there aren't any of those where I live.
quote:Now basic foods like Rice and Fruits should already be in the replicator. There are probably hundreds of different Fettucini's since they seem to prefer private recipe's. What is the comfort food you could not live without?
Point taken. Then it would be a tie between any one of my grandmother's dishes and my mum's lamb cutlets with that delicious herb topping.
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
Sesame Chicken, Egg Drop Soup, Eggrolls, and Crab Rangoons. With soysauce and sweet and sour sauce. mmm.
Edit: What's the first place you would visit on the holodeck?
Ni!
Posted by jebus202 (Member # 2524) on :
quote:As for a drink, it would have to be a diablo fraise - its this (non-alcoholic) drink I once had at a cafe, where my old French teacher took us to practice our language skills (I didn't learn much). Or maybe lassi...
Meh, diablo pêche is better.
Posted by Orincoro (Member # 8854) on :
I would replicate a pan-galactic gargle blaster...