[gabrielblack]

I don't think it's a problem in Start Trek universe: they use REPLICATORS to generate meals for the crew (to cook ?). So what's the problem there ? If Einstein is dead in the kitchen, he is dead everywhere. As you tell us, it's fiction, so the whole discussion can't be taken seriously, IMHO ;-)

[AndrewOMartin]

Maybe the food replicators work by transporting the appropriate meals from elsewhere in the galaxy :)