/ck/ - Food & Cooking

[Anonymous No.10749511]

What are the most cyberpunk foods?

[Anonymous No.10749519]

Cup noodles with Tabasco are cyberpunk, learning to cook for oneself even more so. Just think of it as a form of culinary programming. Here is the cyberpunk beer.

[Anonymous No.10749530]

>>10749511
Noodles served by a guy speaking a cantonese- spanish pidgin from a converted shipping container

[Anonymous No.10749541]

Noodles for sure. I guess it's because noodles are Asian and for some reason we all associate Asian with cyberpunk.

[Anonymous No.10749738]

>>10749519
You are sadly mistaken there buddy
>>10749511
Ramen, food stall food, juice diets

[Anonymous No.10749752]

For some reason I imagine loaded up quesadillas replacing pizza in cyber punk future.
Like grain would be to much of a bother to grow but corn? That shit could survive anything.

[Anonymous No.10749757]

MREs

[Anonymous No.10749768]

Sunny D on a bright beautiful rainless afternoon.

[Anonymous No.10749783]

>>10749519
Is this beer actually any good?

[Anonymous No.10749800]

>>10749783
Fuck no. That's what makes it cyberpunk.

[Anonymous No.10749805]

>>10749511
Soy latte
Soylent
Doritos

[Anonymous No.10749908]

>>10749530
>>10749738
>>10749757
These, realistically.
>>10749541
>Noodles for sure. I guess it's because noodles are Asian and for some reason we all associate Asian with cyberpunk.
Because part of the rise of cyberpunk as a speculative fiction genre had a lot to do with the Asian market boom of the '80s. Back then, profits were big and getting bigger all the time, and seemed to have no intention of stopping. Cars, electronics, cuisine, high fashion, music, modern art, animation, and so on were finding their groove in a post-'70s-mediocrity global market. Hell, it got so runaway that some people even speculated Japanese/Chinese/Korean cultures being the new dominant force well into the 21st century. This has panned out with mixed and subjective results since then, but that's neither here nor there. Point is, it was visually and socially formative to the genre. That, the Cold War, and the rise of the microchip/widespread telecommunications.

[Anonymous No.10749919]

[Anonymous No.10749925]

>>10749908
>The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel

[Anonymous No.10749938]

Definitely working class foods. I think Filipino cuisine would be the best cyberpunk cusine. Simple and lots of deep frying under a stressful society.

[Anonymous No.10749943]

>>10749925
I still need to read that. It's like the Cuberpunk Bible but I've yet to sit down with it. I'm a fraggin' poseur.

[Anonymous No.10749957]

>>10749943
It's really good. It's the cyberpunk Tolkien as far as I'm concerned. Just gonnae read it.

[Anonymous No.10750006]

>>10749511
Oats.

[Anonymous No.10750567]

>>10749943
>>10749957
Which book?

[Anonymous No.10750577]

>>10749925
they eat yakitori in neuromancer
also that fancy food in space

[Anonymous No.10750608]

>>10749519
This is the superior /cyb/ beer.
Kirin is too sweet, sure you can think everything in cyberpunk is a sugar bomb because of neon colors everywhere but the reality is that you need booze to be refreshing when you're moving in a cramped city, near the rigger's overclocked rig in techwear hoodies to conceal your face.

[Anonymous No.10750731]

>>10749511

Spicy kamichi with ramen.

[Anonymous No.10750768]

>>10750567
Neuromancer by William Gibson.

[Anonymous No.10750786]

>>10749511
pretty much anything cheap and easily mass produced with a southeast asian flair.

[Anonymous No.10750794]

>>10749943
Good luck, if you haven't read it by now you probably won't be able to get past all the future-speak Gibson put in it.

>And, for an instant, she stared directly into those soft blue eyes and knew, with an instinctive mammalian certainty, that the exceedingly rich were no longer even remotely human.

[Anonymous No.10750813]

>>10750608
>Wear face paint and hoodie to conceal your face
>Walk in irregular way to avoid gait-analysis
>Put lifts in your shoes and shoulder padding to confuse height/width recognition

[Anonymous No.10750819]

Unironically

[Anonymous No.10750830]

Sushi. That's what my ex-wife used to call me. "Cold fish."

Or insects maybe. And other pathetic creatures of meat and bone.

>>10750768
I liked Neuromancer but I wouldn't go as far as calling it the Bible of cyberpunk.
It's amusing to see what an SJW Gibson is on Twitter these days when all his female characters are written with such utter shallowness and awkwardness. Maybe he grew up since then, I don't know, but it comes off a bit hypocritical.

[Anonymous No.10750891]

>>10749511
Soylent
Easy Mac
Lunchables
Mres

Anything mostly created by a food chemist

[Anonymous No.10750893]

>>10750819
Gotta admit, soy memes aside I truly think this shit is proof we're living in a dystopia when cunts would willingly eat this in place of meals. Enjoying food is one of the things that makes us human.

>>10750830
I haven't read it yet, I searched for the quote and the book came up, it's on my reading list though.

[Anonymous No.10750909]

>>10750893
It's a very easy read, which means you can also audiobook it.
Go for some nice long walks or something while listening to it.
I can't follow an audiobook with very advanced prose because I get distracted but scifi tends to be nice and simple in that regard, so why not make the most of your time?
I've audiobooked most of Gibson, PKD, and Stephenson while doing yardwork.

[Anonymous No.10750915]

>>10750893

if it's willing, it's not a dystopia, you retard, and no, enjoying food doesn't make you human. it makes you an animal.

[Anonymous No.10750927]

>>10750915
>if it's willing, it's not a dystopia, you retard

Nope. Your understanding of the word dystopia is broken. Here's a clue that might help you fix yourself: the latter part of the word derives from "utopia". A "dystopia" is a place that is both horrible and wonderful at the same time. Some people (i.e. sad neets) might find things like soylent to be more indicative of the latter rather than the former.

[Anonymous No.10750938]

>>10749511
For me it is commodity foods. Food you buy in bulk, or food that you can imagine being served in huge pots in a factory cafeteria or an offworld spaceport food court. Oats, rice and beans, instant coffee, curry, noodles, stew. No customisation, no individuality, get what you are given foods.

[Anonymous No.10750939]

>>10750915
>if it's willing

I didn't will this shit. Also enjoying food for flavour makes us human, animals just eat for fuel purposes which is what that soylent shit is.

>>10750909
Weirdly enough I've never listened to an audiobook, was thinking of starting that up in the near future.

[Anonymous No.10750953]

>>10750927

you are autistic. you made the definition up in your mind like fanfiction. you sad, low IQ neet.

>>10750939

>Also enjoying food for flavour makes us human, animals just eat for fuel purposes which is what that soylent shit is.

retard detected. animals eat food because it tastes good. eating food for flavor just makes you degenerate and animilistic, weak willed, sub human.

[Anonymous No.10750958]

>>10750939
The problem with Audiobooks is that they are always spoken at this annoyingly slow pace. You can read *far* faster. It's irritating beyond belief. I can't see how anyone can stand them unless we're talking about people who have some kind of reading impairment.

[Anonymous No.10750976]

>>10750953
>you made the definition up in your mind like fanfiction. you sad, low IQ neet.

So you're telling me the "-topia" part of "dystopia" comes from a different root than "utopia"? Please explain.

>> animals eat food because it tastes good.
does your idiotic logic apply to breathing too? animals breathe. so do we. does that make us animalistic and weak willed?

You're a special kind of stupid.

[Anonymous No.10750979]

>>10750953
Okay well I hope being needlessly cunty online makes up for your lack of friends.

[Anonymous No.10750990]

>>10750958
I listen to them at 1.5 or 1.75 X speed. I know blind people who go as fast as 4X.
Most modern music players and phones should support this.
Anyway, I think I made it pretty clear that listen to audiobooks while doing other stuff. Maybe your own reading impairment kept you from noticing that part.
I can't read a book while doing yardwork after all.
And I really only do it with books that have "simple" prose. You should not be able to fully appreciate high literature in audiobook form, with the possible exception of Joyce.
It's great for listening to a nice story while doing some menial labour, though.

[Anonymous No.10750999]

>>10749919
no one here will get that

[Anonymous No.10751013]

>>10750999
Nice trips.

[Anonymous No.10751025]

Anything from this place

[Anonymous No.10751040]

>>10750999
snow crash is a pretty popular book mayne

[Anonymous No.10751066]

>>10750577
Case also drank a shitload of Jap beer and Danish Vodka. Also synthetic beef since they made a big deal about him not wanting some steak when they were in space. Seems like everyone drinks heavy and does pharmaceuticals occasionally getting 7-11 style noodles in the future. And a cut of real prime rib is more expensive than a ride on a space shuttle. Also farmed shrimp.

[Anonymous No.10751069]

mechanically separated chicken

[Anonymous No.10751074]

>>10751066
I don't remember any of the food from that book actually.
I remember they all smoked cigarettes called Yaheyuans or something like that.

[Anonymous No.10751083]

Probably cocaine or meth with a bottle of soylent

[Anonymous No.10751100]

>>10751074
I remember because how little it came up. Also everyone smokes again because all the smokes are black market Chinese or Russian and dirt cheap since no tax but they are illegal most countries.

[Anonymous No.10751101]

>>10751069
Absolutely this.
And also pic related/soylent. Gross formulated liquid based meals seem pretty dystopian too me.

[Anonymous No.10751126]

[Anonymous No.10751130]

>>10751040
ppl don't read anymore

[Anonymous No.10751191]

>>10749783
It's fine. It's any other domestic tasting beer.
>>10749800
Stop

[Anonymous No.10751212]

>>10751130
I'm the audiobook guy from before and I AB'd Snow Crash a couple times actually. It's a good book and the version of the audiobook I have is pretty well read.
Especially the part with that Asian rapper. Seriously; treat yourself and at least listen to that bit.

[Anonymous No.10751216]

>>10751212
Ayy, it's on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-ZiG4FsYAg

[Anonymous No.10751228]

>>10749511
Pills

[Anonymous No.10751294]

>>10749511

[Anonymous No.10751312]

Doritos and Mountain Dew.

[Anonymous No.10751324]

outta my way soy fucks

[Anonymous No.10751336]

>>10750927
>>10750976

Nope, topia in this place just means "place" and dys comes from "bad", a dystopia is not wonderful.

[Anonymous No.10751349]

>>10749511
Anything tofu

Because it's cheap, can be cooked many ways and used to imitate other food, and is le asian.

[Anonymous No.10751379]

>>10750830
Do not audio book the Neuromancer trilogy. You need to read the shit. It's not the same. The pacing of audio books totally ruin the vibe of Neuromancer.

I've spoken with Gibson once during a book signing. I forget which book because I have a few of them but he was kinda always like that. The man is a very progressive but has this DEEP cynical streak that allowed him to write things like Count Zero, Neuromancer and Burning Chrome.

Let's not forget, before we idolize this man that he had no idea how a HDD worked before he wrote Neuromancer.

[Anonymous No.10751397]

>>10751379
Why would I idolize a cyberpunk writer, coming up with a dysotopia is the easiest form of cynicism.

[Anonymous No.10751409]

>>10751397
I'm just annoyed he had no understanding of basic technologies but still managed to write a convincing sci-fi novel lol

[Anonymous No.10751412]

>>10749511
As has been said many times, instant noodles. For that matter, instant anything. Any kind of shelf stable packaged food, like Hormel Compleats, or Maruchan Yakisoba. The cheaper and more unhealthy the better. There should be .01% non processed ingredients.

On the macro side: Soy, Tofu, Krill, Surimi, Lab Grown meat; anything that can be massively bulk farmed and cultured to imitate real proteins.

All types of fast food and snack food.

Basically, the average american diet is pretty fucking cyberpunk as it is. We even treat eating real produce and grass fed meat as a special thing, and eating at restaurants with real food is a special occasion. We live increasingly owned by our employers, whether at work or at home.

America already IS Cyberpunk. We just don't have the massive urban expansion thats blanketed everything yet.

[Anonymous No.10751413]

>>10751379
>The pacing of audio books totally ruin the vibe of Neuromancer.
How so?
The prose is very simple compared to real lit.

[Anonymous No.10751421]

>>10751413
Because you read faster than the speaker.

[Anonymous No.10751442]

Neo Kobe Pizza

[Anonymous No.10751444]

>>10749919
I wish I could deliver those pizzas. Sounds like a pretty cool gig.

[Anonymous No.10751446]

>>10750608
>>10749519
Best Japanese macro coming through.

[Anonymous No.10751448]

[Anonymous No.10751451]

>>10751448
>shredded fucking iceberg lettuce on top

the fuck

[Anonymous No.10751466]

>>10751448
TELL HIM I'M EATING

[Anonymous No.10751476]

>>10750893
Not everyone values or enjoys the same things you do

[Anonymous No.10751477]

>>10750927
So close, and yet so far. The 'U' in 'utopia' derives from the Ancient Greek 'ou' (not), and together with 'topia' (place) literally means 'non-existent place'. Thus, the term technically describes any place that does not exist in reality, meaning that fictional 'eutopias' (good places) and 'dystopias' (bad places) are both 'utopias'.

[Anonymous No.10751491]

>>10749511

Insect protein is a realistic choice, especially if food shortages are a big issue in the future.

Also, can anyone in this thread tell me what the hell Joe was eating in his apartment? It seemed like rice/cellophane noodles with some weird jelly-like blobs here and there.

[Anonymous No.10751612]

>>10750813
>mfw shirts call CVdazzle face paint
>mfw squares call analogic ambulation walking
>mfw posers call ravepauldrons shoulder padding

[Anonymous No.10751644]

Finally an excuse to post this.

[Anonymous No.10751680]

>>10751612
>worried about nomenclature when I spiked your kale juice with slow acting myco-toxin
>you now have 48 hours to make a run on the AT&T-Time Warner data warehouse and get me everything on their executives before the toxin burns your liver out
>tick-tock, deck-monkey

[Anonymous No.10751702]

>>10751644
>spiked wrist on one arm, powerglove on the other

I will never be this rad

[Anonymous No.10752088]

>>10751409
He had a good understanding of how technology would change things. Cyberpunk isn't a Tom Clancy like description of the the tech-it's a picture of how advanced tech effects the every day life of people. "The street finds its own uses for things" is an accurate statement. Neal Stephenson has a good knowledge of how tech works and he throws it in his books for the people who know but most of his books are about the societal impact tech has. Also Gibson and Stephson point out the danger of relying solely upon the latest thing-like a laser running out of power but luckily they packed an old-fashioned revolver that can't be jammed and will work as long as you have ammo.

[Anonymous No.10752103]

>>10752088
Unironically, his understanding of tech had an influence on techies and IT people. Hop down to my IT dept, every man and woman there has read Neuromancer. Hell, there's a paperback copy of it sitting in their waiting room.

[Anonymous No.10752125]

>>10751324
Couldn't a food lab make some half decent shit out of seaweed?