What Battlestar Galactica themed food should I serve?

January 14, 2009 1:20 PM

I'm looking for ideas for Battlestar Galactica themed food.

If you're a fan of the show you are well aware that this Friday is the premier of Season 4.5. I'm having people over to watch and I'd like to make something special. I can't remember any scenes in the series in which what they're eating really stands out and I'm at a loss except for vague ideas for Zodiac themed food. Any suggestions?

posted by Lokisbane to Food & Drink (34 answers total)

They end up eating algae (from that Eye of Jupiter planet) right? How about green jello?
posted by meerkatty at 1:21 PM on January 14, 2009

Response by poster: I could make lots and lots of Jello salad. That has a creepy appeal to it...
posted by Lokisbane at 1:23 PM on January 14, 2009

Best answer: Adama loves his noodles. Some noodle dish should be included.
posted by philosophygeek at 1:24 PM on January 14, 2009

Best answer: Yeah, a huge pot of ramen should be involved. That's the only thing I remember actually seeing people eat. Oil or some soy-based sauce should be used, as I don't remember seeing them use any tomato or cream based sauces. Think Asian.
posted by valkyryn at 1:26 PM on January 14, 2009

Toast
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 1:26 PM on January 14, 2009 [1 favorite]

Starbucks coffee.

Also, wait a year and a half before serving the fifth course.
posted by bondcliff at 1:38 PM on January 14, 2009 [7 favorites]

TOAST FOR THE WIN.

also, square food with the corners cut off of it.

when plating things, try for lots of identical rows of things lined up. there are many copies. and they have a plan.
posted by rmd1023 at 1:40 PM on January 14, 2009 [1 favorite]

Ambrosia (you know, with the marshmallows and the oranges)
posted by phoenixy at 1:41 PM on January 14, 2009

Chicken McNuggets
posted by Failure31 at 1:43 PM on January 14, 2009

And, oh--hot dogs?
posted by phoenixy at 1:47 PM on January 14, 2009

Response by poster: Dammit, le morte de bea arthur, now I want one of those toasters. The ones on eBay are expensive but I'd be able to start my day with my toast telling me to "frak off".
posted by Lokisbane at 1:47 PM on January 14, 2009

Homemade pizza in that octagonal-rectangle shape (I'm sure there's a name for that, but that's the best I've got.)

Whiskey?

Maybe some kind of pastry with 2 kinds of filling, one "Human" and one "Cylon", and no way to tell the two apart?
posted by frankdrebin at 1:47 PM on January 14, 2009 [1 favorite]

Helo appears to eat green blow-pops in the miniseries.
posted by fuzzbean at 1:50 PM on January 14, 2009

Yeah, a huge pot of ramen should be involved.

I had a friend talk my ear off about how they had to be buckwheat noodles, because buckwheat would be the most efficient plant to cultivate artificially in space.

And I know there's a brand of cracker that has the same hexagonal shape of the battlestar dogtags.
posted by cowbellemoo at 1:52 PM on January 14, 2009

Response by poster: I'm thinking maybe a pot of algae/ramen soup. What would be a good substitute for algae?
posted by Lokisbane at 1:56 PM on January 14, 2009

Oh, and the steak knife that Starbuck uses after stabbing Leobin in the gut on New Caprica. You could have little steak cubes and place nearby a big steak knife smeared with cherry pie filling.
posted by cowbellemoo at 2:02 PM on January 14, 2009

Moonshine :-)
posted by xammerboy at 2:27 PM on January 14, 2009

season 3 cake?
posted by mimi at 2:32 PM on January 14, 2009

A friend of mine had a Battlestar themed Sedar, which involved cutting the corners off the Matzoh.
posted by piratebowling at 2:46 PM on January 14, 2009 [1 favorite]

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE MATZOH LEFT OVER!
posted by piratebowling at 2:55 PM on January 14, 2009

You could use wakame to sub for algae in your soup.
posted by booknerd at 3:08 PM on January 14, 2009

Just yesterday I saw crackers that are basically rectangles with the corners cut off, but damned if I can remember what brand they were.
posted by jacquilynne at 3:17 PM on January 14, 2009

Could always have some of the last brisket in the universe
posted by stevis23 at 4:16 PM on January 14, 2009

Best answer: Seconding a pile of small delicious pies, most with meat inside, some with raspberry. Or: lots of really bad puns? Admiral Candy Cain; Felix Gaetorade, or Felix Gateau; Leek Adama. A nice green flatfish curry with coconut milk and lemongrass - Sole Thai. (Or chicken instead of sole, and Colonel Thai).
posted by severalbees at 4:23 PM on January 14, 2009 [1 favorite]

Admiral candy Cain!
posted by the duck by the oboe at 5:03 PM on January 14, 2009

Response by poster: Piratebowling, I ate the matzoh months ago. And yes, it's very good with peanut butter.
posted by Lokisbane at 5:16 PM on January 14, 2009

Felix Gaetorade

FTW!
posted by crossoverman at 5:53 PM on January 14, 2009

Cylon Ceylon tea.
posted by Iridic at 6:50 PM on January 14, 2009 [2 favorites]

Make a rectangular cake and cut the corners off before you apply frosting.
posted by EarBucket at 7:06 PM on January 14, 2009

Lots and lots of whiskey.
posted by lunasol at 7:22 PM on January 14, 2009

Response by poster: Noodles win the day. I'll be going with a miso soup with ramen, seaweed and tofu (since algae isn't readily available and miso is made with a fungus - close enough, right?). severalbees, my original idea was many meat and desert pies based on the Zodiac. I'm going to go with that for the series finale.

Thanks all!
posted by Lokisbane at 1:23 AM on January 15, 2009

Just yesterday I saw crackers that are basically rectangles with the corners cut off, but damned if I can remember what brand they were.

Tuc biscuits?
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 4:41 AM on January 15, 2009

Oops. Tuc biscuits here.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 9:42 AM on January 15, 2009

Here ya go.
posted by furiousxgeorge at 9:25 PM on January 18, 2009