i know that in universe its some worm or something, but the actors often eat bowls of wriggling little slimey things, what is it they are actually eating i cant imagine its real worms, if its not alive how do they get it to wiggle?
From the Star Trek Cookbook:
There was another dish, the famous gagh, that always had to look like living worms, especially when the Klingon warriors scooped them up in their hands. Originally the gagh were white, not whole wheat, Oriental udon noodles that I dyed brown with soy sauce. As a base, you can use soy sauce, some sesame salad dressing, the salad dressing you use for Chinese Chicken Salad, or the brown stir-fry sauce that really clings to the noodles and acts like a dye but really isn’t.
OMG I think I like gagh now.
They put some animatronics at the bottom of the bowl sometimes to move the worms around to make them look alive iirc.
