That is how I look at it, imagine the perfect specimen of each of your favorite fruits and veggies, the perfect exemplars of cuts of meat and seafood, herbs, spices, truffles 
I probably wouldn’t do much scanning of completed dishes, I have too much fun cooking. I might scan a couple things, but not many.
Replicator, for all the same reasons I’d rather have a personal chef than a private jet. And I agree - healthy eating would be the best part.
I’d take the replicator and jailbreak it (or root it if it’s a Android model) so I can have it replicate the Legion flight ring 
If that’s not a option then I’d take the ring, much better then the traffic situation - what good is a food replicator at home if you are stuck in traffic, though the get married and get both looks tempting also.
Hehe, another reason for the replicator is that I would occasionally scan full dishes in there.
I enjoy cooking, and tend to experiment. A lot. My title on another forum is “Mistress of Accidental Cooking”. The 20 percent of the time this comes out AWESOME…yeah, you guessed it. I can rarely replicate it. 
Wouldn’t you scan each dish you’d perfected? Great for dinner parties. Master everything at your leisure, scan them, and store the patterns. On party night your work consists of making the menu (which you have to do anyway) and then telling the replicator to magick up the appropriate quantities.
The ring. Making food is something I can do already.
The ring in theory, in practise you’d be losing a finger too fast from any number of people wanting to nick it.
And birdstrikes dont sound like much fun either.
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I have a question that needs an answer before I respond to the poll: can the replicator make alcohol? I haven’t seen an episode of Star Trek for some time, but I seem to recall that getting real booze was not easy, even with the replicators. I need a proper drink with my meals.
I’m going to say yes. The replicators on the Enterprise D didn’t have any real trouble with alcohol; it was just that the default was to give synthehol, which had the taste but not the kick. You simply had to know to ask for real Scotch or whatever rather than the non-intoxicating version.
I predict similar issues with 2% milk versus whole milk versus skim milk. If you just say milk, the replicator will either ask for specifics or default to a particular kind.
That’s just silly. Cutting off a single finger is far more trouble than its worth. Anyone with more sense than Eru gave a hobbit is simply going to lop off the entire hand.
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I voted replicator because A) ST, especially TNG is much much cooler than anything DC ever created and B) it would be easier to keep private.
And I can always fly in my dreams.
In that case, send me a replicator. If I need to brew up a good beer once and scan it, I can use my time and money to experiment with exiting, dangerous home brews. Like bacon beer.
Since it was the OP’s intent that there wouldn’t be a way to turn either prize into big money, I’m gonna work within that limit.
Never getting stuck in traffic again, never having to hunt for a parking space - these alone justify the ring. And flying would be great fun. Plus the ring gets me all the good food I want: at 600 mph, I can be at any restaurant in the DC area in a few minutes, and NYC would be less than half an hour away. Sure, I’d have to pay for it, but that’s no biggie.
Went the replicator. It’s far more practical IMO. I’m not sure how a 5 star restaurant would react, if I had a ‘microwave’ next to the table (so I could scan the meal while it’s still hot) but I’d try it.
Sure the Ring would be fun as all hell, but that’s really it. It would attract far too much attention to use for the daily commute for instance. And for those of you thinking about flying O/S with it? Customs & Immigration? That could produce some interesting questions from the local authorities!
On the other hand, my Dad used to tell a story about getting hit in the forehead by a grasshopper while on a motorcycle. That is a much more likely result than that ST tech would drop its failsafes (the holodeck is obviously a deliberate exception). Not to mention the danger of power lines.
Anything will start to pall if you eat too much of it. Think of the fruits and veggies as palate cleansers.
See, I have no ongoing problem with that. I live two miles from work and park in a parking garage against the building. Food bills, on the other hand, can be an ongoing annoyance.
Replicator, all the way.
As much fun as the flying ring is, I cannot imagine travelling without my family (although my birding trip would be easier), I’d go for the food thingy: It’s too damn practical.
Flight ring – but not for traveling from point A to point B. Rather, I’d want one just to fly for the sheer joy of it. To slip the surly bonds of earth, to soar and swoop and somersault, to go up a mountain without all that tiresome climbing… that sounds like FUN.
Not to mention taking some binoculars along and hovering over the SI Swimsuit Edition photo shoot…
Buy a reversable jumpsuit, sky blue/dark grey. Fly to work every day in minutes. Priceless.
Replicator. Worth it for me for the grocery bill savings alone.
Plus ordering “Earl Grey, hot” would never get old
It does come with the franchise programming, yes? I want to order Raktajinos, too.
isn’t saffron one of the most expensive things on the planet by weight?
flight would rock though. I suspect the 1,000,000 miles is far to short though.
tough call.
if I can’t use them to get rich then the ring. flight would be entirely to effing cool to pass up.
Thank you for giving me a choice. Food replicator. I’d like more than a 5 year subscription, but I’ll still take it and say thank you.