Food supplement.
Title: Food supplement
Author: Elaiel
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Spoilers: none
Characters: Young, Rush, Dr Inman, TJ, various
Author's notes: Came to me whilst eating breakfast. Being as Rush and Young never agree on anything, it occurred to me that they definitely wouldn't agree on this absolutely fundamental food issue. (This may make more sense to UK/Aus/NZ people!)

"Where's Rush?" Young was beginning to hate that question.

Brody and Volker looked up from the consoles. Brody shrugged before going back to his work.

Young looked at Eli.

"Last time I saw him he was talking to Doctor Inman in the messhall."

Brody looked up again.

"Inman's in the still room, she wants to use the waste yeast to synthesise some kind of vitamin supplement, something about B vitamins we're not getting in our diet. She had TJ with her."

The still room was deserted. Inman's food lab was deserted. The Infirmary was deserted.

Young finally tried the mess.

"It's disgusting!"

He could hear Ramirez from the corridor.

"It's great!" said Greer.

"You'll eat anything!" Ramirez response was disgusted.

"It's got good promise as stock." Becker's voice was reasonable. "It'll probably even cut over the taste of purple sweet potatoes a bit."

"It's the only good source of B vitamins we have so far." Said TJ categorically. "Every member of this crew is B12 deficient on our vegetarian diet. Everyone is eating it."

Young walked in. There was Doctor Inman, Kemp, Ramirez, Barnes, Becker, Greer, TJ, Inman, Doctor's Alexander and Stanton, both of whom were British, and Rush. All were crowded round a tin plate of small pieces of Becker's flatbread spread with some sort of brown goo. Rush, Alexander, Barnes, Greer and Stanton were popping pieces into their mouths with every indication of enjoyment.

"What is it?" he asked.

"It's a vitamin supplement," TJ said, "and a new food source, a by-product of the still."

Young took a piece, a small piece, and grimaced as the savoury salty taste filled his mouth.

"It's disgusting." Said Young.

Dr Stanton put another piece in his mouth, chewed and swallowed and gave Young a beatific look.

"It's Marmite." Said Rush eating another piece. "Just like home."

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NB - For those who haven't come across it:
Marmite at Wikipedia.

(p.s. I love Marmite.)