"Time Squared": Pulaski's curious culinary preference

[XCV330]

culinary tastes change over time. And ale/beer was drunk often for breakfast in times past, though it was generally "small beer", which was very low alcohol. Kvass, a low alcohol ale relative, is also drink sometimes for breakfast.

some medieval people might find it bizarre to think of people drinking piles of sugar, horse food (oats), and exotic juices for breakfast, also.

this is why starfleet should stick to food cubes, especially blue ones.

 

[CoveTom]

Each person got a relatively small quantity of eggs as their entire meal with no other dishes involved, which I always thought strange.

 

[Takeru]

Each person got a relatively small quantity of eggs as their entire meal with no other dishes involved, which I always thought strange.

Starfleet doesn't have kitchens in their quarters, not even kitchenettes. Riker had to work with a camping stove, he did the best he could.

 

[Ragitsu]

In my experience, if scrambled eggs are sufficiently (nigh-perfectly?) fluffy, one does not need any other dishes for a meal.

 

[fireproof78]

In my experience, if scrambled eggs are sufficiently (nigh-perfectly?) fluffy, one does not need any other dishes for a meal.

Ugh. Just eggs or eggs and (ugh) cheese is not sufficient as a meal.

 

[Nerys Myk]

Ugh. Just eggs or eggs and (ugh) cheese is not sufficient as a meal.

True. Need to toss some other stuff in there. And add biscuits!!

 

[CoveTom]

Starfleet doesn't have kitchens in their quarters, not even kitchenettes. Riker had to work with a camping stove, he did the best he could.

True, but he has a replicator. He could have replicated more than one camping stove to cook some bacon or something on the side. Or he could have prepared the main dish from scratch and replicated the side dish(es).

 

[Takeru]

True, but he has a replicator. He could have replicated more than one camping stove to cook some bacon or something on the side. Or he could have prepared the main dish from scratch and replicated the side dish(es).

The eggs Riker got seemed to be special and he wanted to show them and his cooking skills off, so replicating side dishes might have defeated the purpose of the invitation in his mind and he might not have had any other ingredients to cook the old fashioned way.

The real world reason could be that the joke of Geordi and Pulaski not liking the eggs while Worf shoved them down his throat might not have worked with a full meal.

 

[Mott the barber]

The eggs Riker got seemed to be special and he wanted to show them and his cooking skills off, so replicating side dishes might have defeated the purpose of the invitation in his mind and he might not have had any other ingredients to cook the old fashioned way.

The real world reason could be that the joke of Geordi and Pulaski not liking the eggs while Worf shoved them down his throat might not have worked with a full meal.

The best part of the whole scene. Worf shoveling it down while the others are disgusted. Worf had a couple of particularly funny moments in S2. The scene with the sticks in his quarters comes to mind.

 

[PCz911]

Perhaps riker (or the writer) was an Ian Fleming fan. In the Fleming James Bond novels, 007’s favorite meal is scrambled eggs. He has them all the time. Pairs it with champagne versus beer, however.

 

[CoveTom]

Let's be honest. Picard moved Geordi to engineering because he was tired of Beverly begging him to give Wesley something to do.

 

[Doug Otte]

This thread prompted me to rewatch the episode, which I haven't done for several years. When it first aired, it was one of my favorites because it didn't have a "clean" ending. It was never really explained.

On this viewing, something that always bothered me a bit became more annoying. They tried for a very dry feeling of dread. There were no weird camera angles nor too much spooky music. Rather, by having the characters (especially Picard) seem like they're in a daze or a nightmare, by contrast to previous episodes, we're made to feel the anxiety. Now I feel like that wasn't entirely successful. There were some dead spots where there should have been more emotion from the characters, instead of just gazing with furrowed brows.

And, I noticed something new. At the end, when the "real" Picard shot the "future" Picard, no one else witnessed it. How did they know it wasn't the other way around? I guess Troi could tell, but it was never stated, and none of the other characters questioned it.

 

[Mojochi]

And, I noticed something new. At the end, when the "real" Picard shot the "future" Picard, no one else witnessed it. How did they know it wasn't the other way around? I guess Troi could tell, but it was never stated, and none of the other characters questioned it.

Could she though? I mean she's quoted saying he's as much Jean-Luc Picard as the man standing in front of her is

To answer your question though, the whole ordeal gets recorded by monitors, just like the ones from the data extraction that they used to see the original outcome.

 

[Ragitsu]

Unless "false" Picard was a master at concealing his emotions from the empathic, then, yes, he would have been outed.

 

[CoveTom]

But there was no false Picard. They were both the same person.

 

[Ragitsu]

But there was no false Picard. They were both the same person.

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[Doug Otte]

Could she though? I mean she's quoted saying he's as much Jean-Luc Picard as the man standing in front of her is

To answer your question though, the whole ordeal gets recorded by monitors, just like the ones from the data extraction that they used to see the original outcome.

I thought she could detect something "off" early on, but as they approached zero hour he became more like "himself."

Are there monitors recording everything in every location of the ship? When was this shown or stated?

Unless "false" Picard was a master at concealing his emotions from the empathic, then, yes, he would have been outed.

I think you're right.

 

[Takeru]

Are there monitors recording everything in every location of the ship? When was this shown or stated?

There are not, they can't even track people without their communicator´, in Remember Me when they were looking for Beverly's mentor they questioned Miles if he arrived instead of looking at the transporter room footage that should exist if areas were monitored and in Power Play they had to drill a hole into the Ten Forward ceiling to see what was going on.

 

[Mojochi]

I thought she could detect something "off" early on, but as they approached zero hour he became more like "himself."

Are there monitors recording everything in every location of the ship? When was this shown or stated?

It's always been pretty vague what she can or cannot detect lol. He is ultimately the same man. What she was detecting was that he was disorientingly displaced

There aren't monitors everywhere, but in a LOT of places. They salvaged shuttle recordings of seeing it depart the ship, with Riker watching from the bay. Stands to reason they'd also monitor a shuttle leaving/arriving from within the bay itself IMHO, which is where Picard shoots alt-Picard

 

[Doug Otte]

It's always been pretty vague what she can or cannot detect lol. He is ultimately the same man. What she was detecting was that he was disorientingly displaced

There aren't monitors everywhere, but in a LOT of places. They salvaged shuttle recordings of seeing it depart the ship, with Riker watching from the bay. Stands to reason they'd also monitor a shuttle leaving/arriving from within the bay itself IMHO, which is where Picard shoots alt-Picard

You're right about the monitor in the shuttlebay. Maybe that's why O'Brien mysteriously went in there when we hadn't seen him for the entire episode, or maybe he was alerted when the bay doors were opened. He might have gotten an alert and went to check on it. But, I guess no one on the Bridge knew about it. They usually get an alert when the bay doors are opened.