[Stratoscope]

My favorite example is in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, where one of Captain Pike's hobbies is cooking. Real cooking with fresh ingredients, not replicated food.

Pike grew up on a ranch in Montana, where his family used Lodge cast iron pans. Cast iron isn't perfect for cooking - the heat distribution is mediocre - but one thing you can say about it is that it will outlive you.

Even if it gets rusty from neglect, you can sand it down, re-season it, and it will be as good as new!

I don't know if they make it explicit in the show, but I have a feeling that Captain Pike's pans were handed down from generation to generation, so naturally he brought his family's old cast iron pans with him on the Enterprise.

https://www.foodandwine.com/star-trek-strange-new-worlds-kit...

[l72]

My mother-in-law (from Alabama) recently gifted me all _her_ grandmother's cast iron (my wife can't cook). I hope they get passed down for a few more generations!

[mstade]

This is the dream, cast iron pans well seasoned and looked after will last practically forever and are a joy to cook with. Heck, even poorly looked after pans can usually be brought back to a long and delicious life. I envy you!

[BillSaysThis]

Forget the pans, well, okay, they are cool, but where is Pike getting fresh, non-replicated ingredients to use?

[timenova]

IIRC, the doctor grows the fresh ingredients for Pike. There's a recent episode where he goes to meet the doctor (for other reasons I think) and he gives Pike some fresh greens. So essentially many tiny green houses.

[teruakohatu]

I would think induction tech and power delivery would be so good by that era, you could heat a cast iron pan in no time!

[jazzyjackson]

now that you mention it, I can't think of anything more futuristic than using magnetic flux to induce current into an iron pan

a sous vide bath of vacuum sealed meat is rather dull in comparison to a good sear

[mr_toad]

Set phasers to “fry”.

[teruakohatu]

Probably something to do with warp plasma conduits.