tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post5266773604573942347..comments2024-03-28T18:54:13.800-04:00Comments on alien romances: Diet And Medicine (And Alien Romance)Rowena Cherryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11839386556697211986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26974492.post-89146438973818563362015-02-22T16:42:03.460-05:002015-02-22T16:42:03.460-05:00Diet and food customs are an interesting area that...Diet and food customs are an interesting area that doesn't get enough attention in some SF. Years ago I read a lovely story that nowadays would be called SF romance (it's in an anthology I still possess, but I can't remember the story's title and author or which book it's in). The heroine, an alien sent to Earth to observe, orders her first meal -- a bowl of soup -- and is nauseated at the discovery that it has bits of dead animal flesh floating in it. Good example of "making the familiar strange."<br /><br />Why would a vegan diet prevent the use of oil for cooking? It's vegetable oil, after all?Margaret Carterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08293021955480708191noreply@blogger.com