Alien food: Sky slugs

[vgqn]

Tonight we went to an alien food party. magscanner  has took this great photo of our contribution, and has also posted his amazing essay on the subject.

Sky Slug Three Ways

This classic dish features the elusive sky slug in all three of its delicious forms:
eggs, larvae, and adult. The spiced larvae, with their garnet interiors exposed,
contrast with the creamy, emerald green eggs, and provide a piquant contrast
to the delicate flesh of the sky blue adult.

About Sky Slugs

The sky slug (Aeroflotus azuriensis) has a three-stage life cycle. The females lay
their bright green eggs in crevices in trees. When the larvae hatch, they crawl out to
branches where they anchor themselves among the tree’s true fruits. Thus camouflaged,
they safely feed on nutrients from the tree. Eventually their skin hardens, forming a
protective shell while they undergo their extraordinary metamorphosis to their
elongated blue adult form.


(It was really quite tasty, honest!)

Comments

[saffronrose.livejournal.com]

The "eggs" resemble dyed oatmeal or cottage cheese--what IS that substance?

Good work--it doesn't look earthly at all.

[vgqn.livejournal.com]

Beans! French flageolet, to be specific.

[tysolna]

Excellent! Xeno-cuisine!

In a way, it resembles the old Earth dish, sausages on baked beans with sun-dried tomatoes?

[vgqn.livejournal.com]

Thanks! The 'sun-dried tomatoes' are actually spiced figs, which is nearly impossible to tell from the picture, but they were quite tasty.

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

At first glance, I guessed that it was a negative image. In context, that seems to be a Total Success.

[vgqn.livejournal.com]

Yup, it was well received and even mostly eaten.

[elizabethth.livejournal.com]

That shade of blue is particularly unfoodlike. Well done!

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Wow. Trés impressive -- style points for the presentation, the copy about the dish, and magscanner's splendid essay, too. Well done!