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[omnicidalmaniac]

Some Terran food isn't bad, but what is this strange goo I keep finding in the mess hall? It comes in different colors and has the consistency of gelled rubber, and it seems it doesn't cast a true shadow. And it...wobbles. Terran foods are as mad as some Terrans themselves.

Comments

[omgwtfdinosaurs]

I think what you're describing- oh dear inmate of mine, is jello.

[omnicidalmaniac]

Is it actually a food, or some sort of--decoration?

[omgwtfdinosaurs]

It can be both. A dietary snack as well as something to impress your guests with on holidays.

It's also fairly easy to make.

[omnicidalmaniac]

What goes in it? Why does it--move like that? It looks like something I would have used on my ship.

[thegooddrjones]

Yeah, it sounds like jello as well. It's fruit-flavored, and quite good if one's ill.

[omnicidalmaniac]

It's medicinal?

[thegooddrjones]

Not really, but it's something you eat if you're unable to eat solid foods.

[omnicidalmaniac]

It looks like something we would have used to filter ore on my ship.

[soundof_drums]

It's alive.

[omnicidalmaniac]

It can't be. Can it?

[thegooddrjones]

Don't listen to him, he's trying to wind you up.

[omnicidalmaniac]

He is lying? My understanding of Terran Standard isn't what it should be.

[tadwizard]

It's jello! Try it, it's great!

[omnicidalmaniac]

I don't know if it will poison me or not. Though if I'm dead, that would hardly matter, would it?

[tadwizard]

I don't think it'll poison you. I eat it all the time.

[omnicidalmaniac]

You are human, though, aren't you? I know some Romulan food would poison a human, and it must be true in reverse. It is not, though, as if it could kill me even if it was poisonous.

[namorofthesea]

I am uncertain. I have avoided it, myself. Many of these foods the surface dwellers eat set me ill at ease.

[omnicidalmaniac]

I sympathize. I like some Terran foods, but I don't trust anything that doesn't cast a real shadow.

[namorofthesea]

I enjoyed the smoked salmon that was prepared for the surface dweller celebration. I am from Earth's oceans, myself, so do eat Terran food, though nothing quite like this.

[omnicidalmaniac]

Are you native to Earth? I'm only now realizing how very little I know about the planet.