Sarah Marshall

Yes, I haven't watched a ton of Star Trek, but like I like Star Trek ambulantly and I like being surrounded by Star Trek people.

I feel very safe amidst them.

Do you know what I mean?

Like from the Ren Faire.

Exactly.

They're like, well, you got your Vulcans and then you got your Romulans who basically look like Vulcans.

Well, and then there's something interesting, too, about the fact that like that food like is both like a colonizing agent.

Right.

Where it's like very painful and often profitable how food traditions are like destroyed and consumed.

Yes.

And imitated by people who don't understand them.

And yet at the same time, I think there's like.

this inevitable thing that happens, you know, it happens across all different kinds of cultural lines, but I think it's just a thing that happens with food where it gets adapted by whoever is interested in it based on what they're familiar with and feel comfortable with and what they have at the store and what's available.

And so this, this thing where you can say, Oh, that's, this is wiping out culture and it's oppressive.

And it's like,

yeah but also like we also just kind of like run home with ideas and don't understand it but i want to try something out and that's cute that we do that too it depends i think it depends on on it depends on the motives i think really um but yeah these sandwiches are all like i think anyone from any of these cultures would be like like what what um

Because for another example, Scotland is sliced lamb with minted dressing on scotch barley bread.

What about, you know, there's no limitless Canada baked ham with pickled dressing on cheddar cheese bread.

It's like, sure, that's as Canadian as Canada pie.

Exactly.