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Re:The Rise of Dismal Science Fiction by lloeki on Saturday March 24, 2018 @07:03AM (#16665989)
> replicated objects are only ”approximately correct”

Regarding food and drinks, there are numerous quips across TNG that replicated edible things aren't quite up to spec to the homemade, natural ones, and often altered to provide optimal nutrients† or prevent deleterious effects (notably alcohol).

† I suppose that's how Troy's getting away with her massive chocolate dessert consumption

Re:The Rise of Dismal Science Fiction by FractalLP on Saturday March 24, 2018 @01:11PM (#16667600)
Yea, Scotty doesn't like Synthol in that TNG episode where he gets revived.