Random Thought

[debka_notion]

I just realized that I've almost never seen anyone deal with food allergies or particular diets in SF/F literature... One wonders how people would get by...

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[rymenhild.livejournal.com]

Esmay Suiza, in Elizabeth Moon's Serrano/Suiza books, comes from a planet where there are religious restrictions on diet, although she abandons those restrictions when she leaves home and joins the military.

What'shername, the black Intelligence officer in Thendara House, is vegan, also for religious reasons.

I can't remember any specific food allergies anywhere, though. This seems odd, especially since one would expect humans to develop allergies to the kinds of synthetic foods that people eat, say, in the poorer worlds of the Firefly 'verse.

[debka-notion.livejournal.com]

Ahh yes- I'd forgotten that about THendara House. Cherlana? It definitely starts with a Cher-something.

I don't know- I'd think that synthetic foods would probably be designed to be hypoallergenic, unless it were a major difference in cost...