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Didn't they eat lot of fungi-based food on the Expanse? usually on the poorer spectrum of society?
by ktosobcy 3y ago
Didn't they eat lot of fungi-based food on the Expanse? usually on the poorer spectrum of society?
- fragmede 3y agoFraming is everything. Lobster was once for poor people, to the point that labor contracts limited how much lobster could be fed to workers. Now it's a delicacy.
- dns_snek 3y agoCaviar too, it used to be food for poor people. https://youtu.be/sClalDEIVbo?t=363 https://youtu.be/sClalDEIVbo?t=363 Crucially, mushrooms aren't just cheap and efficient to produce, they're actually delicious, so I don't get the association with "poor" people unless one's obsessed with vanity.
- throwway120385 3y agoYeah almost everything the belters ate was some combination of soy and fungus. It was the only thing that would grow in the faint light past Mars. Looking forward to finally having a recipe for red kibble.
- undersuit 3y agoMatter of perspective I guess. In the Foundation series the fungal/algae food of the Mycogen district is described as some of the best food the main character has eaten.