| rdfs:comment | - Food synthesizers, also known as food processors, were devices that could create edible organic matter from a number of different raw materials (including sugars and carbohydrates). They could be programmed to make a large variety of food items, making them compatible with unique alien tastes. The food synthesizers were commonly found on starships, but could often be seen in residences as well. Even if a ship was equipped with a synthesizer, it would still carry food for emergencies. The Ebon Hawk had a food synthesizer that apparently produced poor-tasting food, prompting Jolee Bindo to ask Revan if he ever cleaned it.
- In the mid-22nd century, T'Les had a food synthesizer in her home on Vulcan. When T'Les' daughter T'Pol and Charles Tucker III were visiting the residence in 2154, the food synthesizer was broken, so T'Les asked Tucker if he could fix it, but he didn't have an opportunity to reply, due to the arrival of Koss. (ENT: "Home") Food synthesizers were located in numerous locations throughout Constitution-class starships, including the transporter room. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" , "This Side of Paradise" )
- The food synthesizer (aka food processor or, more colloquially, food slot) was a receptacle for synthesizing foods and beverages that were a commonly integrated into Federation starships and starbases in the 23rd century. Unlike the replicators of the 24th century, food synthesizers were seen as a supplement to a starship's chef. A similar device, referred to as an autokitchen, was available in student housing units on the campus of Berkeley University in the late 2260s. (TOS novel: Prime Directive)
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| abstract | - Food synthesizers, also known as food processors, were devices that could create edible organic matter from a number of different raw materials (including sugars and carbohydrates). They could be programmed to make a large variety of food items, making them compatible with unique alien tastes. The food synthesizers were commonly found on starships, but could often be seen in residences as well. Even if a ship was equipped with a synthesizer, it would still carry food for emergencies. The Ebon Hawk had a food synthesizer that apparently produced poor-tasting food, prompting Jolee Bindo to ask Revan if he ever cleaned it.
- The food synthesizer (aka food processor or, more colloquially, food slot) was a receptacle for synthesizing foods and beverages that were a commonly integrated into Federation starships and starbases in the 23rd century. Unlike the replicators of the 24th century, food synthesizers were seen as a supplement to a starship's chef. In the standard Starfleet food slots 2260s, food orders were often made by inserting a record tape into a slot on the synthesizer, although voice command was eventually available. Even by the turn of the 2270s, the food synthesizer technology was questionable at best, with notable failures occurring aboard some vessels, such as the USS Enterprise. Some instance of food synthesizer malfunctions include an occasion when a food slot's voice command was disabled by a noncorporeal intelligence, causing the computer to carry out voice instructions unpredictably, or even interpret conversation among cremembers as meal requests. Eventually, synthesizer units stopped responding altogether, continuously producing meals, and filling a recreation room with food. (TAS episode: "The Practical Joker") More mundane failures were common. On one occasion, patterns of flavors were reversed and strict carnivore Snnanagfashtalli was given a raw steak that tasted like avocado and Spock received a salad that was flavored as bœuf bourguignon. The two traded lunches. Spock shared his faux steak with Hikaru Sulu, who had received salmon that tasted like chicken and Marietta Cheung, whose duck lu-se-te tasted like wood chips in sugar syrup. (TOS novel: Enterprise: The First Adventure) A similar device, referred to as an autokitchen, was available in student housing units on the campus of Berkeley University in the late 2260s. (TOS novel: Prime Directive)
- In the mid-22nd century, T'Les had a food synthesizer in her home on Vulcan. When T'Les' daughter T'Pol and Charles Tucker III were visiting the residence in 2154, the food synthesizer was broken, so T'Les asked Tucker if he could fix it, but he didn't have an opportunity to reply, due to the arrival of Koss. (ENT: "Home") Food synthesizers were located in numerous locations throughout Constitution-class starships, including the transporter room. (TOS: "Tomorrow is Yesterday" , "This Side of Paradise" ) A series of food synthesizers were located in the mess hall aboard the Crossfield-class starship Discovery. When Commander Saru offered Michael Burnham some blueberries aboard the Discovery in 2256 and she responded that they tasted different from ones she had eaten in prison, Saru reckoned that was less likely to be "a food synthesizer issue" than a result of the environment she was eating them in, which Burnham casually agreed with. (DIS: "Context Is for Kings") In 2268, while the USS Enterprise was infested with tribbles, it was discovered that they had gotten into the food processors aboard the ship through one of the ship's air vents. (TOS: "The Trouble with Tribbles" ; DS9: "Trials and Tribble-ations") One of the reasons Rojan cited for neutralizing non-essential Enterprise personnel during the trip to the Andromeda Galaxy was to conserve the food synthesizer's resources. (TOS: "By Any Other Name" ) Nurse Chapel offered the surviving children of the Starnes Exploration Party a selection of cards with differing flavors of ice cream to choose from. All they had to do was pick a card and the computer would mix their favorite combination. (TOS: "And the Children Shall Lead" ) Upon taking on a contingent of Klingon officers, lead by Kang, aboard the Enterprise, Captain Kirk ordered Johnson to have the food synthesizers programmed to accommodate their guests. (TOS: "Day of the Dove" ) By 2270, the food synthesizers aboard the Enterprise were converted over to a voice command ordering system. (TAS: "The Practical Joker") Romulan D7-class battle cruisers were also equipped with food synthesizers. (TAS: "The Practical Joker") The term food synthesizer was still used occasionally while explaining the more advanced replicator to others. (TNG: "The Vengeance Factor" ) A deleted scene from Star Trek Into Darkness would have established that food synthesizers existed in the alternate reality also, and that they utilized "coffee cells". [1]
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