# Alien-themed Food? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919 "2011-08-24T17:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/21 "2011-08-25T02:14:17Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Not all SciFi = alien. “Soylent Green is VULCANS!” 😛 (Soylent _Red_ on the other hand…) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/22 "2011-08-25T02:16:50Z")
Cook up a rack of ribs, cut a big “post-chestburster” hole in the middle. “I found this cow already dead and figured why waste the meat?” ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/23 "2011-08-25T05:01:24Z")
Pan Galactic Gargle Blasters ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/24 "2011-08-25T05:35:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Do Swedish meatballs. > > In an episode of Babylon 5 G’kar was hosting a fellow Narn for dinner, and the guest exclaimed “Breen! How did you get the ingredients?” > > G’kar replied “I didn’t, but this is an Earth dish that is very similar, called Swedish meatballs.” And further, in one of life’s great mysteries, apparently _every_ planet in the Babylon 5 galaxy has some similar dish. Oh, and post #2. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/25 "2011-08-25T06:44:17Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Cook up a rack of ribs, cut a big “post-chestburster” hole in the middle. > > “I found this cow already dead and figured why waste the meat?” How 'bout a sample platter of all the tender bits that the cattle mutes take? Darth Maul’s cherry balls ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/26 "2011-08-25T08:11:31Z")
There’s a chain of [Space Aliens restaurants](http://www.spacealiens.com/) in North Dakota and Minnesota; we always ate there when passing through. While the food is pretty standard bar-and-grill fare, some of it is served in creative, alien-like ways. If you live nearby perhaps you could have a visit to get some presentation ideas! ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/27 "2011-08-25T11:28:20Z")
How about some [_Toy Story_ Green Alien Cupcakes](http://family.go.com/food/recipe-857832-green-alien-cupcakes-t/)? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/28 "2011-08-25T11:37:44Z")
My first night in Korea, my boss took me to a sushi restaurant where the octopus was so fresh, the tentacles were still wriggling. Not sure if a sushi chef is in your budget (this is not the sort of thing I’d recommend doing yourself), but nothing looks more alien than this. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/29 "2011-08-25T16:10:40Z")
The Newcomers in Alien Nation ate raw meat and drank sour milk. Bon appetit! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/30 "2011-08-25T16:12:19Z")
Mass quantities! ---
**Author:** ![awldune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@awldune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/awldune)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/31 "2011-08-25T18:07:23Z")
Make tea eggs ( [Tea egg - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_egg) ) Then, cut an X into the pointy end of each egg to resemble the pods from **Alien**. Or leave them as is. Tea eggs are freaky looking. ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/32 "2011-08-25T21:38:57Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > My first night in Korea, my boss took me to a sushi restaurant where the octopus was so fresh, the tentacles were still wriggling. A neighbour of mine recounted a meal in Korea where the octopus was brought to the table alive by the chef and sliced up in front of them. :eek: I recall cooking sweet-and-sour baby octopuses… octopi… octopedes… whatever… for unappreciative flatmates who complained that the dish resembled “face-huggers in blood”. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/33 "2011-08-25T21:59:59Z")
> [@ministryman](#): > > or those jumping ticks from Galaxy Quest. The kep-mok blood ticks? They’re just like mother used to make. > [@Apollyon](#): > > A neighbour of mine recounted a meal in Korea where the octopus was brought to the table alive by the chef and sliced up in front of them. :eek: I heard about a sushi restaurant in Japan where they had live fish in a tank, they’d pull one out and slice a fillet to order and then put it back to swin around until more was needed. Reviewer said he was eating a piece and watching the donor swin by. Don’t know if that’s true or not. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/34 "2011-08-25T23:25:02Z")
Moonpies? Mars Bars? Eggs Sunny-Side up? Maybe not alien, but definitely spacey. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/35 "2011-08-25T23:38:15Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > I heard about a sushi restaurant in Japan where they had live fish in a tank, they’d pull one out and slice a fillet to order and then put it back to swin around until more was needed. Reviewer said he was eating a piece and watching the donor swin by. Don’t know if that’s true or not. I’ve seen the footage on Youtube. Yep, it’s true. :eek: For slightly _less_ horrifying fare—or at least more humane—apparently sprinkling salt on (dead) frog’s legs will cause the muscles to twitch about quite impressively. (Something to do with Sodium Channels, IIRC) I’ve also seen that on Youtube. You can thank me for not linking to any of these directly, later. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/36 "2011-08-26T04:45:30Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > And further, in one of life’s great mysteries, apparently _every_ planet in the Babylon 5 galaxy has some similar dish. > > Oh, and post #2. Oh shoot, how did I miss that?:smack: I actually did a B-5 dinner. Along with the meatballs I had the fruits Sheridan mentioned missing, and bagna cauda, made by Mr. Garibaldi. I’ve actually become fond of it, although, as Dr. Franklin said “I can feel my arteries hardening just being in the same room with it.” ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/37 "2011-08-26T15:15:14Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Oh shoot, how did I miss that?:smack: > > I actually did a B-5 dinner. Along with the meatballs I had the fruits Sheridan mentioned missing, and bagna cauda, made by Mr. Garibaldi. I’ve actually become fond of it, although, as Dr. Franklin said “I can feel my arteries hardening just being in the same room with it.” Don’t forget popcorn. Perfect for enjoying your second-favorite thing in the universe. ---
**Author:** ![TheMerchandise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b487fb/32.png) [@TheMerchandise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMerchandise)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/38 "2011-08-26T15:19:21Z")
These are all great! The ideas are churning in this ol’ brain of mine. Keep 'em coming! ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/39 "2011-08-27T01:00:31Z")
Serve tofu, and call it spoo.😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alien-themed-food/593919/40 "2011-08-27T01:49:00Z")
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