As chocolatey as possible

POSTED BY: FutureMrsFIllion
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FUTUREMRSFILLION

Sunday, February 6, 2011 12:06 PM

Apropos of absolutely nothing (and DO NOT ask what I was doing when this popped in my head) I had a quick flash of Mal eating that tomato and how excited they all were to see real vegetables in the Pilot. This added to the fact that they ate bricks of protein (yuck). It suddenly occurred to me that if they were a civilization advanced enough for prolonged space travel and the terra-forming of Planets - why didn't they have some damn hydroponic pods of some sort to grow fresh vegetables and fruit in?

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PENGUIN

Sunday, February 6, 2011 5:38 PM

I think it was a space ( ) problem. In a relatively small craft, it would be difficult to find a permanent location for a hydroponic pod.

You never knew what kind of cargo you might be asked to move, and you wouldn't want to use space for a pod that might be used for cargo.

Besides...Wash would want to grow "carrots".

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PIRATENEWS

Sunday, February 6, 2011 5:39 PM

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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:

why didn't they have some damn hydroponic pods of some sort to grow fresh vegetables and fruit in?

Remember, the last surviving plants and hydroponic gardens were ejected by Silent Running.

BYTEMITE

Sunday, February 6, 2011 7:53 PM

Something I think I heard, it might have been in the Serenity RPG manual, is that Kaylee would like a hydroponic system, but Mal says they can't afford it.

GREENKA61

Sunday, February 6, 2011 8:00 PM

They wouldn't even need hydroponics. A pot with some dirt and a grow lamp would be enough to keep a tomato plant going. They'd just need to put some mesh around the pot & over the dirt and secure it to a wall to keep it from moving around during "bumpy" flights.

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

Monday, February 7, 2011 4:49 AM

Either hydro or dirt farming would be space and labor intensive, and require a long time to get results. With a real crew of only 5 ( Mal, Zoe, Wash, Jayne and Kaylee) and everybody else technically passengers ( Inara, River, Simon and The Shepard) who would do the work?

RIONAEIRE

Monday, February 7, 2011 5:17 AM

I think Penguin is right about the spacial issue. And Bytemite's proposal makes perfect sense.

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VERASAMUELS

Monday, February 7, 2011 8:40 AM

I speculated that they eventually obtained some indoor sunlight lamps and enough growing space for things like tomatoes and peppers.

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RIONAEIRE

Tuesday, February 8, 2011 12:55 AM

So what about chocolate? I don't recall seeing chocolate ever on Firefly, and this thread has chocolate in the title too, strike that, I do remember Kaylee trying to make Simon's cake seem as chocolaty as possible, but did it have any real chocolate in it.

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BONABON

Thursday, February 24, 2011 12:43 PM

What I thought was particularly curious, was that early on in the BDM someone passes through the kitchen and it seemed to be well-stocked (or at least much cleaner and colorful). Even the table seemed like it had food on it, though no one seemed to be getting ready for meal time so one could only guess it to be surplus. I remember thinking that business must have been good for them lately, because the last time they had food just laying out was the apples after their big heist at Ariel.

Shortly thereafter Mal justifies his sacrificing the man to the Reavers when robbing the tradepost by saying the crew hadn't been paid in a while and he like to be able to eat.

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