English: type of food, *Soolop*
German: Nahrungssorte
Source: KGT
Category: food
KLCP Level: 3
A distinctive Klingon culinary technique similar to fermentation involves using a living animal as a food processor. Once again, timing is critical. A number of different kinds of foods are mixed together, along with various flavorful herbs, and the concoction (called Su'lop) is fed to an animal. After just the right amount of time (a good cook knows from experience when this is), the animal is killed and its parts are used for various dishes, as would be expected. The stomach, however, still contains the now partially digested Su'lop, which is removed, used as a sauce (called quD), and served with great flourish. To prepare a sauce in this manner is described as Su'lop Suqqa' (literally, "reacquire Su'lop," often shortened to just Suqqa'. There is an alternate way of preparing quD that involves using chemicals to do the job of the animal's stomach enzymes. Klingon gourmets distinguish between the two by referring to quD made in the natural way as burgh quD ("stomach quD"), as opposed to the artificially produced 'un quD ("pot quD"). Though nutritionally identical, burgh quD, when available, is always preferable to 'un quD.
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