[He will answer the implicit question, but first, he does take a moment to be amused at the question. They really are not in a great place for drinkables. (Can kelp be squeezed to make a juice? Maybe it would actually be palatable. Fucking oceans.)]
Before we move on to what may or may not be an interesting cultural discussion, depending on how much you're willing to do it, I want to point out that the biggest problem we have with food here is the lack of spices. I haven't seen anything in URSULA's databases yet that could counter that, but let me know if you discover anything.
This jelly could theoretically work for some kind of glaze or something, but I cannot get it to melt. I'm imagining that our best chance at the moment is to chop it all up and mix it together as a stir fry. Even if that doesn't spread the taste of the jelly to the fish, spooning up the mix will get the flavors.
I'd normally just roast the entire thing on an open fire but I don't think URSULA would appreciate that inside the base.
[Explanation done, Dirk gets to work with the cubing for his attempt at a meal.]
Going back to the topic at hand, I can't say that my interest is anything other than academic. I'm not especially interested in politics in general, but cultures are a major interest of mine.
[He doesn't go into detail why. That he lived post-culture, floating in the refuse of a world long gone by.]
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Before we move on to what may or may not be an interesting cultural discussion, depending on how much you're willing to do it, I want to point out that the biggest problem we have with food here is the lack of spices. I haven't seen anything in URSULA's databases yet that could counter that, but let me know if you discover anything.
This jelly could theoretically work for some kind of glaze or something, but I cannot get it to melt. I'm imagining that our best chance at the moment is to chop it all up and mix it together as a stir fry. Even if that doesn't spread the taste of the jelly to the fish, spooning up the mix will get the flavors.
I'd normally just roast the entire thing on an open fire but I don't think URSULA would appreciate that inside the base.
[Explanation done, Dirk gets to work with the cubing for his attempt at a meal.]
Going back to the topic at hand, I can't say that my interest is anything other than academic. I'm not especially interested in politics in general, but cultures are a major interest of mine.
[He doesn't go into detail why. That he lived post-culture, floating in the refuse of a world long gone by.]