> In a few minutes the steward brought out tacos.  All three Venasians - the
> T'remea, cultural liason, and the captain - came over to examine the
> platter.  Dolari, making a massively adventurous gesture, gingerly picked
> one up.  Then she looked askance at the human captain, as if to inquire
how
> in the name of all the spirits of the entire Venasian mythos she was to
eat
> this.
>
> "It is finger food.  You eat it with your hands.  The smaller dishes have
toppings that you can put on top of the meat.  The green leafy stuff is
lettuce.  That is salsa, tomatoes, hot sauce, sour cream, ...", Moore said
describing the toppings that were on the serving plate.

Dolari looked at Lora R'saran, the cultural attache'.   R'saran's expression
looked fairly amused, then she said to the steward, "I believe the
ambassador is in need of... 'the works?'"

When the bemused steward had fixed an overladen taco for the ambassador, she
took it and looked at it, unconscious of all eyes - Venasian and
Federation - on her.  Then she bit into it, from the top of the taco shell's
arc, getting a mouthful of fried tortilla, salsa, and lettuce, but none of
the ingredients underneath.   Some of the sour cream and lettuce slid
politely off the taco and onto the table.

"A strange dish," she commented,  unruffled by the embarrassing display of
taco parts now on the table.   The steward quickly swiped them out of sight
as if he could have been the cause of an intergalactic incident.

"Perhaps T'remea Haryail is... handling the tacos incorrectly?"  R'saran
suggested delicately, looking to the captain for confirmation.

-S


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