what does Star Trek food taste like?

Temis the Vorta · August 8 2008, 04:54 AM

Give us your best guesses! How do humans perceive these alien foods and beverages?

Jumja stick = Sickly sweet, something like tamarind. Coheres together like a creamsicle but it's not really cold.

Romulan ale = Definitely hard alcohol, nothing like beer or "ale." So astringent that you can barely discern a taste at all. It's calibrated for Rommie taste buds. Mostly you just feel your mouth being set afire.

Tranya = Yummmmmm! Vaguely tropic fruity.

Kanar = Mildly sweet, very viscous compared with beverages humans are used to. Probably hard to stomach for humans. Intensely intoxicating, but for Cardies it's just a mild buzz.

Nerys Myk · August 8 2008, 04:54 AM

Chicken

Temis the Vorta · August 8 2008, 05:03 AM

Strangely enough, there is no Star Trek food that tastes like chicken.

But Ferengi tube grubs are surprisingly tasty, once you get past the idea that you are eating worms. Soft textured and mildly sweet, like calamari, with a spicy kick. Great in jambalaya.

Here's a little known fact. Which Earth food item is the most popular among alien cultures?

Answer: Beets.

Nerys Myk · August 8 2008, 05:08 AM

Not even the chicken sandwiches?

bryce · August 8 2008, 06:22 AM

Nerys Myk wrote:

Not even the chicken sandwiches?

Oddly, they taste the least like chicken of anything...

I wonder what Tribble tastes like?

sbk1234 · August 8 2008, 07:37 AM

Think about the way a strawberry tastes. Tribble is the exact opposite flavor.

Supernuke · August 8 2008, 08:42 AM

I think Kanar would taste like rum, at least in my opinion. Hasperat sounds like it would be some sort of Greek dish. lol

Trilliam · August 8 2008, 08:51 AM

I always imagined that tubegrubs would taste like witchety grubs or bogon moths (although I've not tasted either). Also another possibility is that tube grubs taste like Tasmanian scallops or Balmain/Moreton Bay bug - (all of which I've eaten at one time or another and are my favourite types of seafood).

Captain Leslie · August 8 2008, 08:54 AM

Palukoo taste like chicken . If you can catch the little buggers. And they dont eat you!

AdmiralGarak · August 8 2008, 08:56 AM

Hasperat's probably more of an Italian-American dish. Something akin to a hot pepper cheese pepperoni roll. Minus the pepperoni.

I've always wondered about blood wine. Despite the predilections of Klingon cuisine, I've always taken the name to be figurative. Probably just a really potent red wine that fires up the blood.

Rageforthemachine · August 8 2008, 11:03 AM

Jumja sticks taste like a dirty Jolly Rancher

Romulan Ale tastes like Permafrost(the drink,not the auto fluid)

Tranya tastes like Tang

Kanar tastes like Aqua Velva

Chicken is bland because its usually cooked.

Tube grubs taste like Gagh, which tastes like your eating live worms.

Trilliam · August 8 2008, 01:04 PM

Dark Journey wrote:

Tube grubs taste like Gagh, which tastes like your eating live worms.

witchety grubs and oysters.

Rÿcher · August 8 2008, 01:40 PM

ever wonder if the only thing Bajorans ate was hasperat? Seems like every time they mention any Bajoran cuisine, it's hasperat this, hasperat that.

Brian · August 8 2008, 02:35 PM

There's not much meat on a tribble. They're all bones and ovaries.

They make a nice savory stock, though.

backstept · August 8 2008, 03:03 PM

Leola Root Stew probably tastes like spinach or cabbage . . .

August 8 2008, 04:54 AM	#1
Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Location: Tatoinne	what does Star Trek food taste like? Give us your best guesses! How do humans perceive these alien foods and beverages? Jumja stick = Sickly sweet, something like tamarind. Coheres together like a creamsicle but it's not really cold. Romulan ale = Definitely hard alcohol, nothing like beer or "ale." So astringent that you can barely discern a taste at all. It's calibrated for Rommie taste buds. Mostly you just feel your mouth being set afire. Tranya = Yummmmmm! Vaguely tropic fruity. Kanar = Mildly sweet, very viscous compared with beverages humans are used to. Probably hard to stomach for humans. Intensely intoxicating, but for Cardies it's just a mild buzz.

August 8 2008, 04:54 AM	#2
Nerys Myk Admiral Location: House of Kang, now with ridges	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? Chicken __________________ Nerys Myk's Midnight In Never Land A novel of Dark Fantasy @ Amazon.com

August 8 2008, 05:03 AM	#3
Temis the Vorta Fleet Admiral Location: Tatoinne	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? Strangely enough, there is no Star Trek food that tastes like chicken. But Ferengi tube grubs are surprisingly tasty, once you get past the idea that you are eating worms. Soft textured and mildly sweet, like calamari, with a spicy kick. Great in jambalaya. Here's a little known fact. Which Earth food item is the most popular among alien cultures? Answer: Beets.

August 8 2008, 05:08 AM	#4
Nerys Myk Admiral Location: House of Kang, now with ridges	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? Not even the chicken sandwiches? __________________ Nerys Myk's Midnight In Never Land A novel of Dark Fantasy @ Amazon.com

August 8 2008, 07:37 AM	#6
sbk1234 Rear Admiral Location: Los Angeles	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? Think about the way a strawberry tastes. Tribble is the exact opposite flavor. __________________ In all the history of the world, a riot has NEVER broken out at a Sci-Fi convention. "It's a fucking TV show!" - Gary Lockwood

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August 8 2008, 08:42 AM	#7
Supernuke Commander Location: USA	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? I think Kanar would taste like rum, at least in my opinion. Hasperat sounds like it would be some sort of Greek dish. lol __________________ Nuria: "Perhaps one day, my people will travel above the skies..." Picard: "Of that, I have absolutely no doubt."

August 8 2008, 08:51 AM	#8
Trilliam Captain Location: Sydney. Australia	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? I always imagined that tubegrubs would taste like witchety grubs or bogon moths (although I've not tasted either). Also another possibility is that tube grubs taste like Tasmanian scallops or Balmain/Moreton Bay bug - (all of which I've eaten at one time or another and are my favourite types of seafood).

August 8 2008, 08:54 AM	#9
Captain Leslie Lieutenant Location: Of the Body	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? Palukoo taste like chicken . If you can catch the little buggers. And they dont eat you! __________________ Beer....it is the gift of Landru

August 8 2008, 08:56 AM	#10
AdmiralGarak Rear Admiral Location: TrekBBS, apparently	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? Hasperat's probably more of an Italian-American dish. Something akin to a hot pepper cheese pepperoni roll. Minus the pepperoni. I've always wondered about blood wine. Despite the predilections of Klingon cuisine, I've always taken the name to be figurative. Probably just a really potent red wine that fires up the blood.

August 8 2008, 11:03 AM	#11
Rageforthemachine Rear Admiral	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? Jumja sticks taste like a dirty Jolly Rancher Romulan Ale tastes like Permafrost(the drink,not the auto fluid) Tranya tastes like Tang Kanar tastes like Aqua Velva Chicken is bland because its usually cooked. Tube grubs taste like Gagh, which tastes like your eating live worms.

August 8 2008, 01:40 PM	#13
Rÿcher Fleet Captain Location: That wretched hive of scum and villany	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? ever wonder if the only thing Bajorans ate was hasperat? Seems like every time they mention any Bajoran cuisine, it's hasperat this, hasperat that.

August 8 2008, 02:35 PM	#14
Brian Vice Admiral Location: Brian	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? There's not much meat on a tribble. They're all bones and ovaries. They make a nice savory stock, though. __________________ Rut nga’chuq loDpu’, rut nga’chuq be’pu’. yiqimHa’!

August 8 2008, 03:03 PM	#15
backstept Rear Admiral Location: Syracuse	Re: what does Star Trek food taste like? Leola Root Stew probably tastes like spinach or cabbage . . . __________________ \| Hi I'm Gauis Blatar lol \| backstept.blogspot.com \| about.me