Imagine training cadets for post-crash survival, and having to drill into their heads that "food spoils if it sits around for long enough."
I bet you can program it in.
But can the replicator be able to mimic day old leftover pizza straight from the fridge....let alone microwaved day old pizza. Can it give you that unmistakable taste of it unevenly heated
There’s something irreplaceable about the texture of fridge pizza. I think it’s the combo of the hardened cheese, but still liquid, cold sauce.
Replicate yourself a bunch of ice, a cooler, and a fresh stew, and...
The answer to replicator problems is always MORE REPLICATION!
Just replicate day old stew
Oh... you mean instant.
I guess post scarcity go BRRR, but if I was Chief Engineer and caught some flunky using my precious reactor output to replicate ice there’d be a pointed discussion on thermodynamics
Replicator, replicate me a flunky to sit through the Chief's lecture again I want piña coladas
That's a good point. Could we set a phaser to "cold?"
I always knew it could make hot food, but can a replicator create ice?
It's easy to put energy into a system, but removing it usually takes time.
a replicator can make blood wine but not the subtlety of day old stew? im a bit skeptical.
The subtleties of flavors marrying over time? Doubtful. We've seen characters reject the texture/flavor of basic meals, let alone something purposely left to chill and reheat. Maybe by the time of DISCO they'll have nailed it down.
I suspect a lot of the TNG era issues with flavor/texture coming of replicated food has more to do with the person programing those flavors having no idea what they were doing in the kitchen and just mashing something together. Either because the "person" coming up with the pattern is the computer system; or because the person was some one like Barclay who might be handy with the ship's systems... but, doesn't understand the first thing about food and couldn't cook a ham sandwich.
Or like with alien foods... just simply not understanding what the food is or is supposed to be. Like how you never really see Mediterranean cuisine put garlic and mint together, even though the two are basically ubiquitous in that cuisine. Someone who reads a quick note that those two flavors are common might make the mistake of thinking they're used together, unless they actually know something about cooking. Maybe that alien culture you just read the cliff notes on has weird taste buds. or maybe they enjoy the dissonant flavoring.
its just chemicals.. that they are building at the atomic level!
I was always skeptical of the complaints. i figured theyre either discretionary (replicator not programmed for that variation) or human error cuz people suck.
It'd be like The Fly but with foods mixing, instead of Jeff Goldblum.
Of course, I can't let them know that it is because every day is the same... inside the pattern buffer. 😶
No no no, the trick is you have to queue and schedule the replication order a day or two in advance. The ensigns on Deck 8 swear it tastes different.
I've been without a fridge for close to a month. I got a countertop ice maker for next to nothing at Goodwill the next day. Really it's all I need. I've I buy strawberries I just put some ice on them every few hours, and they last a week.
It also doesn't hurt my city is known for having some of the best tap water on earth.
every few hours
There is simply too much ADHD in this household to pull that off. We'd wind up with tepid strawberry-water, every time.
The container has holes as it is. It also doesn't hurt that they normally don't last more than a few days. But I feel you on the ADHD. I'm terminally without attention.
Oh of course, you meant an electric counter top ice maker. For some reason you said "I don't have a fridge" and my brain translated that to "I have no electricity and live in a cabin in the forest".. I was eagerly googling how to make home made ice using some fancy old process... Yes, I am quite dumb at times.
Lol! I just commented about orcas domesticating humans so I feel that. And ironically enough, I do live in a cabin although not out in the woods. I'm actually just outside the downtown area of a tourist trap city. It's quite a cozy little ~1000 sq feet.
Is... Is this a bit?
Spock: It's comedy, but not as we know it.
Nope, this is genuine homegrown fuckery
