"It's not exactly the greatest food ever, but it had all the nutrients to stop you from droppin' dead," Mal replied. "Sometimes we got fresh fruit, had a preacher on the ship that brought fresh vegetables with him when he boarded. But those were the exceptions."
"Something with meat," he finally said. "Steak and potatoes. And green beans. Haven't had a decent steak since I left Shadow, the world I lived on. I'm salivatin' just thinking about it," he grinned.