I'm a Trekkie, Not a Gourmet! Trivia Quiz

Answer: Tube grubs and Slug-o-Cola

Klingons certainly do eat heartily, and prefer their meals to be alive or, at least, freshly killed; replicated meat will just never do. Surprisingly, some non-Klingons have acquired a taste for Klingon food, such as Jadzia Dax ("DS9") and Will Riker ("TNG"); Deep Space 9's promenade even boasts a Klingon restaurant. Gakh and racht are made with serpent worms, and must be served fresh if they're to be worth eating. Bloodwine is, well, exactly what it sounds like, and raktajino is Klingon coffee. Heart of targ and mot'loch (a beverage) would be partaken of ceremonially, on the Day of Honor. Tube grubs and Slug-o-Cola are Ferengi delicacies.

Answer: Plomeek soup

The "Star Trek Cookbook" has provided hardcore Trekkers with both Captain Kirk's and Neelix's recipes for plomeek soup, a dish suitably tasteless for even the most logical of Vulcans. According to the cookbook, the soup calls for onions, butter, carrots, celery, pepper, and chicken stock (although in "reality," Vulcans are usually vegetarian). Kirk apparently liked to add some heavy cream to his plomeek soup.

Answer: Hasperat

Ro Laren ("TNG") was especially fond of hasperat, and was taught by her father how to make it. Good, strong hasperat, made with brine, should be "eye watering" and "tongue searing" (quoted from the "TNG" episode, "Preemptive Strike"). It can also be prepared as a souffle. For filming on "Star Trek," hasperat was made with a rolled tortilla filled with colorful peppers and cream cheese.

Another Bajoran treat is the uber-sweet jumja stick, available from vendors on DS9's promenade. To conclude our Bajoran meal, how about a glass of springwine, made from kava fruit.

Answer: Yamok sauce

On the "Deep Space 9" episode, "Progress," barkeep Quark got stuck with 5,000 wrappages of yamok sauce and not a single Cardassian to serve it to. Enterprising young Jake and Nog acquired it, and, after having some difficulty pawning it off, ultimately got five bars of gold-pressed latinum out of the deal. If you hear that the Cardassians are coming back to the station, you might want to advise Quark to stock up on kanar as well; it's a popular Cardassian alcoholic drink.

Answer: Pot roast

Replicators use transporter technology to produce matter almost as good as the real thing; they can be programmed with a wide variety of recipes. Deep Space 9 has a restaurant called the Replimat, where diners order their food straight from replicators.

The technology seems foolproof, so one might wonder why Captain Janeway has such difficulty making a pot roast! She attributed it to the fact that she once insulted the replicator, calling it a "glorified toaster" (episode, "Shattered"). On "Ashes to Ashes," Ensign Lyndsay Ballard joked that Janeway's burnt pot roast could be used as defensive weaponry!

Answer: Data is dreaming

On "Phantasms," Data experienced his first nightmare, and it's a strange one indeed! Besides the Troi-cellular peptide cake incident, Data saw Dr. Crusher drinking out of a straw in Riker's head; she claimed it was delicious. The dream images began to translate into reality for Data, he even stabbing Deanna in the shoulder.

As it turned out, the crew was infested with a parasite that fed on their cellular peptides - yum! The episode concluded with Deanna and Data sharing a cake made in the android's image. Turnabout's fair play!

Answer: New Orleans, Louisiana

Having shunned food replicators, Joseph Sisko made everything from scratch and taught his children to do likewise. Although he chose a different path than his father intended, Ben Sisko, commanding officer of Deep Space 9, still relishes the time he spends cooking up delicious Creole meals, like jambalaya. So, if you're ever aboard DS9 and invited to the captain's quarters for a homecooked meal, I suggest you take him up on his offer.

Answer: Leola root

Although most of Voyager's crew has less than favorable feelings toward the inimitable leola root, a yellowish vegetable that sports an appetizing coat of mildew, its nutritional value helps keep them going during their long journey through the Delta Quadrant. Neelix often whips up leola root soup, leola root stew, leola root tea, leola root rice pilaf, and on one occasion even leola root ointment to soothe a sunburn!

Answer: Deanna Troi

The Enterprise-D's counselor can often be found in Ten Forward, eating a chocolate dessert of some kind. A ritualized experience for Deanna, it helps lift her spirits when she's feeling low. On "Deja Q," Data, having observed Counselor Troi's indulgences and the "profound psychological impact" thereof, explained the restorative powers of chocolate to Q, who was depressed, hungry, and struggling with his new status as a "mere mortal." Much to Data's surprise, Q ordered 10 chocolate sundaes (unfortunately, an incident with Guinan caused him to lose his appetite before he could dig in).

Answer: Romulan ale

Romulan ale, its native name possibly kali-fel, has been called an "instant drunk"; not even Klingons are immune to its effects! It can't be made with a replicator, so before the Romulan-Federation alliance during the Dominion War resulted in its being legalized, one had to procure the ale surreptitiously. If you'd like to try making your own Earth-style Romulan ale, you'll find several different recipes on the World Wide Web. One of these calls for equal amounts of vodka, triple sec, blue curacao, and lemonade.