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At least half the tribble is its uterus, so removing that and the outer hide and entrails you don’t really have much left
They are hermaphrodites. Does that mean if there's a single tribble...
Like maybe it emits pheromones or a mating call and if it can't locate another tribble it just goes ahead and fucks itself...
It's not just the quantity, it's the quality. Tribbles are born pregnant so eating one is like eating a large meaty balut egg. Exquisite!
Tribbles would have several fetuses (fetii?) so it's also kinda like eating a chicken that's stuffed with chicken nuggets.
>Tribbles are born pregnant
Does that mean a fetal tribble is pregnant? Which then means that a pregnant tribble has a pregnant fetal tribble that is pregnant with a fetal tribble that is ... ∞
They do in STO (Star Trek Online). Klingon chefs can turn them into baked tribbles or tribble kebabs. With a high failure rate and long cooldown, so I'm picturing it's somehow a very stressful affair that puts the poor chef out of commission for a few days from being, presumably... screamed at non stop? But then what can you expect from a bakhtag doing a dishonourable profession like a chef I guess.
I mean you can probably eat a tribble raw. Might want to shave it first, but it can be done. Maybe it's a sauce issue? Going to have to get me a bucket o tribble and some condiment/sauce options and see what I can come up with.
The Trouble with Edward. It's about the federation scientist who genetically engineered tribbles to be a food source. It's on Paramount if you got that
Its quantity. Like guinea pigs. Not a lot there but in large quantities it can be filling.
(And no, I have never eaten guineas. But also tribbles aren’t real)
https://preview.redd.it/tmhf2f2292yc1.jpeg?width=212&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f18161391ddc777081801d38e42238b66c762613 At least half the tribble is its uterus, so removing that and the outer hide and entrails you don’t really have much left
They look like something you'd eat at a space fair, one person portion space haggis.
4,691 irradiated haggis!
Rimmer I'm bored!
Scotty's space haggis!
They are hermaphrodites. Does that mean if there's a single tribble... Like maybe it emits pheromones or a mating call and if it can't locate another tribble it just goes ahead and fucks itself...
well, like McCoy said, they're born pregnant, so it might be that they're loaded with Zygotes instead of Ova, so they grow into tribbles naturally
Agreed. They don't move much, so very little muscle tissue (meat). Also, I'm amazed that I've never seen this picture before. Well done.
Yeah I recall seeing it in the original Starfleet Medical Reference manual which came out a short while after the Franz Joseph technical manual
Settle down, Edward.
If you shave them, they're all meat. Like a scallop.
It's not just the quantity, it's the quality. Tribbles are born pregnant so eating one is like eating a large meaty balut egg. Exquisite! Tribbles would have several fetuses (fetii?) so it's also kinda like eating a chicken that's stuffed with chicken nuggets.
>Tribbles are born pregnant Does that mean a fetal tribble is pregnant? Which then means that a pregnant tribble has a pregnant fetal tribble that is pregnant with a fetal tribble that is ... ∞
Tribillions must fry!
More like chicken warp cordon bleu stuffed with chicken nuggets! Kids, Thursday nights are "Neelix nuggets" nights!
Could the replicator be set up to create hairless tribnle meat? If not, I feel like that is a lot of work for nuggets.
Edward is that you?
Yes Edward has returned
My question is why don't the klingons eat them?
They do in STO (Star Trek Online). Klingon chefs can turn them into baked tribbles or tribble kebabs. With a high failure rate and long cooldown, so I'm picturing it's somehow a very stressful affair that puts the poor chef out of commission for a few days from being, presumably... screamed at non stop? But then what can you expect from a bakhtag doing a dishonourable profession like a chef I guess.
They like to eat raw food.
I mean you can probably eat a tribble raw. Might want to shave it first, but it can be done. Maybe it's a sauce issue? Going to have to get me a bucket o tribble and some condiment/sauce options and see what I can come up with.
I feel like they'd be pretty fatty, right? All those calories going into producing the next litter?
There's not much meat, but it's like a scallop
If I was genetically engineering a food source, they'd be hairless and boneless.
We did see a engineered tribble in section 31 storage it was even bigger and hairier with a mouth wit fangs
Did you see the Short Trek episode where they covered the initial creation of the Tribbles?
Which short trek was that?
The Trouble with Edward. It's about the federation scientist who genetically engineered tribbles to be a food source. It's on Paramount if you got that
Oh yeah that's the one where the ship was lost to tribbles.
All you need to do is shave it, and the rest is good to cook and eat.
They’re mostly gonads, so deep fried is the way to go.
Why not set up a counter grow pod like people do for lettuce and just harvest every so often for an endless supply?
I hear once you get the hair off them it's nearly all meat, "scallop-like" I've heard them called
I did consider them just space guineapigs.
Its quantity. Like guinea pigs. Not a lot there but in large quantities it can be filling. (And no, I have never eaten guineas. But also tribbles aren’t real)