Suppose you had a Star Trek replicator that had some extra obvious features, like being able to interpolate between any existing items (e.g. "halfway between a strawberry and a blueberry").
Suppose you had a Star Trek replicator that had some extra obvious features, like being able to interpolate between any existing items (e.g. "halfway between a strawberry and a blueberry").
What mashups of food or drink would you try first?
Pot brownies that actually taste like brownies
28 0 ReplyA real Milk-steak.
19 0 ReplyAnd a side of jelly beans, raw please
2 0 ReplyBoiled over hard
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Rum ham.
19 0 ReplyGreggroll. Halfway between an egg roll and Gregg.
17 0 ReplySo egg and Bailey's in a shoe?
8 0 ReplyGregg wrapped in a crispy crust with pork and cabbage?
Holy shit. Somehow you've made Gregg even more delicious. Next Greggs on me man!
4 0 ReplyGrouse egg? How do they compare to Deggs and Qeggs?
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Blackberry lime
15 0 ReplyGood one. I’d especially like this as a soda.
4 0 ReplyBlackcurrant grapefruit
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Id use it to make foods look one way and taste another. Like program a pizza slice to taste like a peach cobbler milkshake
12 0 ReplyThat immediately reminds me of the age old question: would you eat chocolate that tastes like shit, or shit that tastes like chocolate?
5 0 ReplyDefinitely the latter
6 0 ReplyWhich one looks like shit
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So is it cake x1000
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Oh God I want a replicator. Not for novel foods, just so that we could be more of a closed system at home, not always throwing out trash and bringing in stuff, it's ridiculous. I just want to be able to throw out whatever, into the replicator, and get it rearranged into useful stuff.
My fusion food would be a cinnamon pineapple but really would probably go for the most basic and reliable model, not the one with all the extra features.
10 0 ReplyI would order all the dishes that I no longer eat because animals have to die for them. Replicated would be morally okay with me
9 0 ReplyFish. I have yet to have good plant-based fish. Oooh, I could have normal sushi again.
3 0 ReplyBut how does the replicator work? Does it spawn a universe where your cow grows up and is slaughtered and cooked into a burger?
Would that result in a greater cow-to-burger ratio than real life?
1 0 ReplyFrom my understanding, it works like a 3D Printer. So no Animal must die!
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Lemon-Lime
9 0 ReplySo just like a citrus fruit intermediate between lemon and lime?
5 0 ReplyYes, I call it Leme for short.
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The cool thing about fruit is that you can do it. It exists and is called a lemonime.
3 0 ReplyOooooh. Good one. I’d like this as a soda.
2 0 ReplyYou smart-ass. Take my upvote...
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Cherry sized seedless pommegranate
8 0 ReplyBaked Alaska / Empanada
7 0 ReplyIf you freeze ice cream deep enough, then wrap it in pastry dough and fry it, you could probably achieve this.
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Steak and mushroom
7 0 ReplyJamaican blend coffee, Double strong, double sweet.
6 0 ReplyIf I had a star trek replicator I'd use it to end capitalism and create post scarcity
6 0 ReplyI can see it now: using the replicator to make more replicators, distributing them freely, and watching monopolies collapse. 🤌🏽
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Octopus-icecream
6 0 ReplyExplain more... do you mean, just something exactly intermediate between octopus and ice cream in every respect? Or like, octopus with the flavor of ice cream, or texture of ice cream inside?
8 0 ReplyLike an ice cream that's octopus flavored. The texture is still ice cream. And the shape in which it's delivered should be octopus.
4 0 ReplyI think it's very much like regular ice cream, but a flavor an octopus would eat.
Crab, maybe.
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Milk chocolate and peach, with a creamy consistency. Then I’d try substituting other fruits, like kiwi, strawberry, cherry, and orange.
6 0 ReplyThe replicator you need for this already exists. Its called a blender.
12 0 ReplyNot chocolate milk, but good milk chocolate. I’m not going to put a chocolate bar in a blender, and nobody else should try, either.
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Steak with Gorgonzola cheese
5 0 ReplyHalfway between a pizza and a pineapple!
5 0 ReplyDinosaur wings. Hey, it's worth a shot, right?
5 0 ReplyBlack tar heroine.
5 0 ReplyWith chocolate sauce
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I would ask for random combos. That seems like an obvious feature. I assume there would be a Lemmy community where I could post reviews on whatever monstrosities come out. If I feel like actual good food I'd put some restrictions like no mixing savoury and sweet in place.
4 0 ReplyA fly and a bluewhale
Just to see what it'll do.
4 0 ReplyCan't replicate living beings.
1 0 ReplyI just started replicating a catgirl. Is it going to come out dead?
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I wouldn't even be experimenting with food. Star Trek replicators can replicate so much more than food.
I'd replicate something halfway between a car and a spaceship.
4 0 ReplyTime machine and a car.
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Grape/Lime soda.
3 0 Replyfurry
2 0 Replycaviar suchi, why not?
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