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Sky
I know it’s the middle of the night for you, but you wanna grab a quick bite?
Luna
I may not got back to sleep for a week, so I don’t see why not. But, I don’t suppose you have coffee?
Sky
Starships run on coffee. Don’t bother asking the cafeteria for cream or lattes, though.
Luna
No cream?
Sky
No milk.
Most Orions, except hybrids, like us, are outright allergic to milk. So you won’t find anything using dairy products in the cafeterias. I have my own stash of whole milk powder, butter, and dairy creamer, but I have to prepare anything with it separately. Stormy has her own allotment, but it’s non-fat. Orions do some amazing things with tofu and jellies, tho.
na-Nilina
And nut milks. There should still be some almond creamer left. It’s pretty spendy, but great with a little vanilla.
Luna
Anything else I should know?
Sky
Most of our baked goods are green and may seem a little gritty to you. We blend in kelp flour for the nutrients and bone meal for the calcium.
I know it’s the middle of the night for you, but you wanna grab a quick bite?
Luna
I may not got back to sleep for a week, so I don’t see why not. But, I don’t suppose you have coffee?
Sky
Starships run on coffee. Don’t bother asking the cafeteria for cream or lattes, though.
Luna
No cream?
Sky
No milk.
Most Orions, except hybrids, like us, are outright allergic to milk. So you won’t find anything using dairy products in the cafeterias. I have my own stash of whole milk powder, butter, and dairy creamer, but I have to prepare anything with it separately. Stormy has her own allotment, but it’s non-fat. Orions do some amazing things with tofu and jellies, tho.
na-Nilina
And nut milks. There should still be some almond creamer left. It’s pretty spendy, but great with a little vanilla.
Luna
Anything else I should know?
Sky
Most of our baked goods are green and may seem a little gritty to you. We blend in kelp flour for the nutrients and bone meal for the calcium.
STOP! STOP!! with the descriptions …
You are making me hungry and crave a tofu/vanilla flavored coffee creamer.
[CPUGuy1]:
I’m surprised that you hadn’t mentioned the typo in Luna’s 1st sentence — it should be “GET”, not “GOT”.
Maybe “go” not “got”.
It’s not ‘nut milk’, it’s ‘nut juice‘! 😛
What we call nut “milk” is actually a suspension of nut flour in water, nut “juice” would be whatever comes out from crushing the nut, which is usually oil. That said, mixing the flour with water usually causes the oils to go into suspension as well.
Whatever you call it, it’s still not milk
Surprised no one picked up on the ‘nut juice’ also being a male-produced white substance 😛
Fair. It’s been called “milk” because it’s most often used as a milk substitute. I suppose it’s about as inaccurate as “veggie-burger”.
Names don’t always come from the literal contents; sometimes they come from what we use the product for.
What, no spoo?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoo
Lactose intolerance?
Most species are lactose intolerant after infancy, somehow a mutant human retained the ability to produce lactase into adulthood, enabling us to consume the milk of other species and get another source of fat and protein. It has long been believed this was a very recent event in human evolution because of the large number of people who still lack the ability for adult lactase production.
Stamp out intolerance!
lactose tolerance in humans began in the last few thousand years or so according to most historians. Basically, when we began settling major cities and building farmsteads, we stopped getting fruits and berries and stuff from the land like we had before. Our entire food supply changed and people began to get sick as some of the required minerals and vitamins disappeared from our diets. Those of us who could drink milk could get those nutrients though, and we were the ones who survived to have kids and basically replaced the species. I’m talking European humanity here especially. Due to the long and cold winters in our preferred environments, the nutrients in milk became even more required to get us through them. Africans and Asians are…ahem…well behind us in lactose tolerance. Or so I’ve read. It’s actually a very fascinating trend to see in action over the millennia, and the way it has changed our very culture is…amazing.
You know, I don’t think lactose intolerance is the same as an actual milk allergy. Allergies involve the immune system histamine responses such as hives, sneezing, coughing, rashes and itches. Most symptoms of lactose intolerance usually are upset bowels, stomach pains, gas and diarrhea because the digestive system can’t digest lactose and gets irritated.
There are multiple levels, some people are just sensitive, others intolerant (both tend to relate to not being able to break the food down), in some cases there is inflammation and in others allergic reactions ranging from itching to can’t breath. None of them should be treated lightly as even diarrhea can kill you.
Hmmm, it looks like the odds of getting real chocolate are going down. OTOH, they may have made finding alternative recipes a priority.
Real chocolate doesn’t have milk. And the best chocolate doesn’t have much sugar in it either.
Yeah, no Hershey’s kinda-chocolate bars on this here ship!
I used to date a girl whose system couldn’t process Chocolate.
As a result, I discovered the joys of Carob, AKA “Locust Bean”, which does a very good job of imitating chocolate.
At one point, I was able to find Carob-flavored Haagen-Dazs ice-cream, but it’s been discontinued in my neighborhood.
for a sec I thought na-Nilina said Avocado creamer and I was like “say WHAT?!”
It exists. https://eatbeautiful.net/2015/07/20/avocado-milk-nut-free-dairy-free-coconut-free-gaps-aip/
Use less water for “creamer”.
Actually that looks pretty good. Maybe with a bit of cilantro and lime…
There are lots of milk substitutes, including one made from hemp.
Seems WordPress has decided to ban me for using a false email (no other comic-comment system has done that… yet)
Comments do seem to get through (eventually), if that is because you are doing that directly Andy and would rather not, will just continue reading (and voting) in silence
Looks like my anti-spam pluggin’s taken a dislike to your faux e-mail address. All I can do is un-flag them when I get around to it.
Using a false email was never an attempt to post spam (or worse)
That wasn’t my concern in your case. Just the plugging was what was tripping you up.
Hope real trolls don’t slip in because of me 🙁
There’s always coconut milk. I expect to see a lot of palm trees on Orion habitats.
Hi. The rss feed has been broken for the last couple of issues as there’s a strange character (hex ff) at line 138 position 237. This causes the xml parser in firefox to break, which breaks my newsreader.
Would it be possible to remove it please
I don’t actually know. I’ll look into it but it’s not something I’ve dealt with before.
The Dairy industry has started campaigning for nothing to be called milk unless it comes out of mammary glands. I fully expect to see more complaints as the movement gains momentum but they have a long road ahead of them. Even with the government in their pockets, er, I mean on their side people are too accustomed to calling white liquids “milk”.
Given that the digestive tract is simply modified skin, certain types of allergic reactions can include digestive issues. This can make it difficult to tell the difference between the inability to digest something and being allergic to it. Of course given that both can run the gauntlet of embarrassing to downright deadly, they really should be treated equally seriously.
Greywolf1963:- and one ‘side-effect’ of this whole Brexit crap, is the EU is threatening to do a ‘Champagne’ regarding cheeses: a cheese can only have the name if it is made in that specific region or country, so, goodbye to Edam, and Cheddar, and Stilton, and Tasty (oh wait, that last one should be safe 😛 )
Champagne is a bit of a funny situation here in USA. The French left us out of the treaty for restricting calling wines Champagne because they figured ours would never be able to compete with the flavor of theirs. With the same grapes and more consistent weather, they’ve gotten annoyed at the number of medals we take home to California each year. The lesson being never underestimate your competition. (Evil grin)
Guesticus- Or Vidalia Onions. Only onions grown in a VERY specific area in Georgia can be called that.
Adamas:- even if grown from the same seeds (or whatever you use to grow onions)? o_O
@[Guesticus]:
I’ve been told by others that while a plant’s DNA is an extremely important factor, there are some plants that are hypersensitive to additional variables, such as (but not limited to) the balance of nutrients in the soil, the soil-PH, the humidity, the overall climate, the type (or lack) of pollinator(s)-&-predator(s), etc. While they might SURVIVE in a wide variety of conditions, they seem to require an unusually narrow “window” of optimal conditions before they can produce their best results.
Usually I hear about this sort of thing in relation to certain kinds of roses, or various spicy peppers.
I’ve never heard this said about Vidalia Onions, but then, I’m no expert.