Rafaela inhaled the scent rising from the warm autoserve container and savored it before tasting the food itself. Some of the foods that could be created with the additions from the specialty autoserve packets that she'd chosen were so luxurious that she felt a little guilty for eating them alone.
A person could survive for a lifetime on the simple foods created from the materials refined from a ship or station's recycling system, but their complexity was limited. Most of the rarer elements were always added from supply packets to simplify the process, and 'real' foods were commonly packaged for reconstruction as recipes called for them, like the strawberries that had been in such short supply on SkyWater station after Elektra and her daughters had come aboard.
