Alien analogs of Earth delicacies?

[Summer Solstice]

Good evening.

I'm sure this "trend" started earlier than Voyager (I can think of at least one example from The Next Generation), but VOY's writers loved randomly slipping in references to alien equivalents of Earth foods...or so it seems. Neelix mentions "Jiballian fudge"; Tom mentions "Kavarian olives" and then (much) later "Terellian pheasant". However, the more I think on this subject, the more I grow confused. Are these supposed to be foods that already existed on another planet (e.g., the Kavarians had a fruit analogous to our olive) or are they Earth exports that alien civilizations bred over many generations and/or altered via genetic engineering? Kes' favorite is obviously locally sourced in the DQ, but as for the others...

I wonder if "Terellian pheasant" is like a pheasant in the same way that Chinese dragons and Welsh dragons are clearly very different species, they just both are fire-breathing reptiles.

Do you think hasperat is supposed to be like Indian food or Mexican food?

 

[DonIago]

^It's fusion.

 

[Ragitsu]

I wonder if "Terellian pheasant" is like a pheasant in the same way that Chinese dragons and Welsh dragons are clearly very different species, they just both are fire-breathing reptiles.

Do you think hasperat is supposed to be like Indian food or Mexican food?

Externally, it could be mistaken for the classic burrito. However...

Internally, the content arrangement/distribution conforms to a generic North American/"Western" wrap.

 

[DonIago]

^Though there could be different forms of it and different ways of preparing it as well.