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Eldar food would be very similar to Human food. Eldar are also known to drink human beverages, although they prefer the Eldar distilled stuff simply because it's overall better. The interesting question on what Eldar eat would be what do Dark Eldar eat.

Craftworld Eldar (largely vegetarian) would favour food that can be grown on gigantic spaceships. This would mean they eat food that is largely vegetarian in nature, and knowing Eldar, it would be superbly prepared. From Path of the Warrior, Eldar seem to favour food served in dishes suitable for finger-eating; non-greasy pastries and particularly berries and fruits. Craftworld Eldar also trade with Exodites and the more enlightened human/xeno planets "near" them, which brings us to...

Exodite Eldar (largely hunter-gatherer) are known to be nomads and cattle herders. Their cattle may be more exotic, but this would mean they live on a diet more carnivorous than Craftworld kin, but also rawer and less refined hunter-gatherer food (berries, plants, roots).

Dark Eldar (largely same as humans), on the other hand... not a lot of space to grow stuff on, no large planet to hunt for food, and the quas are probably not edible. Not having read their codex, here's my theories:
They probably do the most of their hunter-gatherer routine in Human larders. I also get a feeling that Dark Eldar aristocrats prefer to eat a large portion of their food meat-based and raw, sort of mammal-sushi or even it if the food was still alive.
Bottom line with Dark Eldar, though, is that there's a galaxies of difference if you're trueborn or not.

In the Grimdarkness of the Far Future, there is still Burger King.

Grey Templar wrote:In the Grimdarkness of the Far Future, there is still Burger King.

Nope, in the future all restaurants are Taco Bell.

Cadorius wrote:

Grey Templar wrote:In the Grimdarkness of the Far Future, there is still Burger King.

Nope, in the future all restaurants are Taco Bell.

CSM eats A paste of grey stuff made out of recycled waste, same with SM. Eldar eat fancy stuff cause they are space elves. Tau eat roots and herbs and meat. Tyrannid will on nom nom nom on just about anything. And orcs well orcs eat anything.... at all...

Space Marines pee and poop inside their suit, which is filtered and converted into a little paste for them to eat when they need it.

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ZacktheChaosChild wrote:Space Marines pee and poop inside their suit, which is filtered and converted into a little paste for them to eat when they need it.

Ah.......... I did not need to know that.

IG - awesomesauce food rations.

Mortifactors also eat the fallen warriors in their ranks, and those they kill in combat. It's part of their religious practices, believing that eating a fallen foe will grant them that foes strength, which makes me wonder if being put into a Dreadnaught is a punishment rather than an honor, as they basically are being forbidden from a deep seated religious practice. one would think this would be something like being ex-communicated.

Since the Marine can be mostly intact except for limbs(they often have to amputate to fit them inside), they could still take part in the practice. assuming their torso and internal organs survived relativly intact.

I always assumed IG just at RTE meal packs. Seems logical and cost effective. Self-heating grox steak and space potatoes, yum.

RTE is just for when stuck in the trenches.

when in camp or barracks, they eat regular food dished out by the Munitorum. Naturally its probably been frozen, dried, or kept in Stasis for who knows how long.

So like RTE meal packs, only they come on a tray? Maybe fresh native food. If you can get away with rustling some grox, your squad gets a fresh steak dinner. Now I'm wondering what grox tastes like. Maybe a little steak sauce, medium rare, right balance of spices...mmmmmm.

Huh! What?! I wasn't dreaming of deep fried space-lizard-cow!

moom241 wrote:So like RTE meal packs, only they come on a tray? Maybe fresh native food. If you can get away with rustling some grox, your squad gets a fresh steak dinner. Now I'm wondering what grox tastes like. Maybe a little steak sauce, medium rare, right balance of spices...mmmmmm.

Huh! What?! I wasn't dreaming of deep fried space-lizard-cow![/quote


im guessing it tastes like roo stakes :3 om nom nom

Flying Pooo wrote:

Brother Heinrich wrote:space marines eat battle and crap out victory

Funny you say that because I remember reading somewhere that when in battle and low on rations space marine power armour can recycle waste products and turn them into edible food. So basically they can eat their own crap.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

meaning they eat victory and crap out more of the same, it's and endless circuit that results in only one thing, space marine victory.

Brother Heinrich wrote:

Flying Pooo wrote:

Brother Heinrich wrote:space marines eat battle and crap out victory

Funny you say that because I remember reading somewhere that when in battle and low on rations space marine power armour can recycle waste products and turn them into edible food. So basically they can eat their own crap.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

meaning they eat victory and crap out more of the same, it's and endless circuit that results in only one thing, space marine victory.

That's insane troll logic. You're an insane troll with your logic!
Besides, they eat gak paste, and gak gak. That seems more accurate. And THEY STILL ARE VICTORIOUS! FOR THE EMPRAH!