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I've always thought that characters who insist they can taste the difference are just being weird snobs.
I also assume that all Starfleet NCOs know how to override the synthehol setting
One thing the Orville did that Trek was too cowardly to do is mention that killing and eating an animal is seen as legally and morally tantamount to murder. So while Starfleet officers treated Riker's real eggs as a special treat, Union officers would have responded with shock and horror.
one fan idea is that the replicated food is always exactly the same so you could tell the difference side by side.
idk why they don't replicate ingredients instead of complete dishes more often but they do that sometimes.
As a person with autism, sounds ideal tbh
only most of the starfleet engineers are autistic
I suppose we could put in a little stir randomizer option for those NT freaks
That’s sort of my assumption. Replicator food probably tastes great, but every dish would taste exactly the same as the last time you had it. You could ask for it to be prepared differently, but whatever you asked for would also be exactly the same every time. Plus, I bet there would be a sort of uncanny overall similarity between all the dishes irrespective of individual flavor profile, like a corporate chain restaurant menu.
A replicator would be consistent, and it would have a substantial amount of variety in the selection, but it’s going to lack novelty. You’ll never get anything unexpected. Even if everything it makes is technically flawless, it’s going to be flawless in the same way.
I think when characters criticize replicated food, it’s not because the food isn’t good, or even that non-replicated food is “better”, but that replicated food is uninteresting. Doubtless some people are the equivalent of wine snobs who think they can taste things that they couldn’t possibly notice, but I fully understand how someone would look at yet another perfectly-executed, perfectly-presented replicator creation and wish they could get a meal from someone’s grandma who overcooks the vegetables and uses too much garlic, because at least that would be something different.