Plomeek Soup (glossary term)

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from Starborne, art by P.S. Nim (1979)

M.R.O. Ludwig envisioned a scene at a Vulcan dinner table in Masiform D #10

"Plomeek Soup" (sometimes spelled "Plomik") is what Christine Chapel makes for Spock in the episode, Amok Time. It is inferred the soup is a nourishing, comfort food for Vulcans.

It is also described and referenced in later Trek canon. See Plomeek Soup at Memory Alpha.

A fairly regular feature in print zines are fans' recipes for "Plomeek Soup" (sometimes spelled "Plomik").

A internet search will bring up many other recipes for this soup, many which produce a soup that is orange in color, and because Vulcans don't eat meat, vegetarian.

Some Recipes

• Impulse #2 (1970)
• in Pastaklan Shaturas #1 (1974)
• Nourishment (1977)
• The Trekker Cookbook (1977)

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  by Liz Danforth (MSG and yams!) from Impulse #2, reprinted in A Star Trek Cookbook, or, A Taste of Armageddon (1970)

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  by Pete Kaup from Nourishment. This one contains chicken broth which would make the vegetarian Spock unhappy. (1977)

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  some more recipes for Plomeek delicacies, from The Trekker Cookbook (1977)

Sample Fanfiction

• Plomeek Soup and Kindness by Mary Lee Boyance (Abode of Strife #25) (1996)
• Your Spirit's Still Delight by havocthecat (A feminist reimagining of the plomeek soup scene.) (2009)

A Fan Thought About Soup

In 1998, a fan celebrated K/S Day with some food: "Originally I'd planned to fix a Vulcan meal to honor Spock but would you believe it - the local market was completely out of fresh plomeek, and that canned stuff is no good at all. Somehow split pea just didn't seem like a viable substitute, so I decided I'd have to settle for a nice leafy green salad..."