Food question

[TheMightyTim]

Hi all, long time fan and reader of the forum, first time poster here!

Anyway, as I sit here on a Friday evening awaiting the broadcast of the next Knightmare episode on Challenge, a thought occurred to me.

Of course the dungeoneers didn't actually eat the food they picked up on their adventures, but I was wondering that if they had a dungeoneer who had strict dietary requirements due to religion or beliefs, would the programme makers populate the dungeon with suitable food items?

For instance, if there was a Muslim dungeoneer, in order to prevent a potentially messy situation, would they have populated the dungeon with halal food, or if the dungeoneer was a vegetarian, would one find only fruits and veggies in the dungeon?

I know this sounds like a weird question, but it's something I was thinking about!

[Drassil]

Hi and welcome, Tim. Interesting question! The answer might be that because food objects were to sustain the Life Force energy sprite rather than to feed the dungeoneer, dietary restrictions didn't apply. I'd imagine that all dungeoneers entered the Dungeon aware that the purity and quality of its produce could not be guaranteed.

[fluttermoth]

I've always wondered whether the food items were real, or the fake stuff you get in shops and museums and the like.

If it was real, it would have made a horrible mess inside the knapsack,wouldn't it?

[wombstar]

I hope they empty that nap-sack between rooms.
Imaging how much food would be in there by level 3, and they weren't small props.

[Canadanne]

Welcome! Good question, haha... I just checked what kind of food items Daniel the Jewish dungeoneer was given, but I don't think any of them were clearly seen or identified. Can't recall if any other contestants have made their religion or dietary preferences known.

I would imagine the food props weren't real, but they do look quite realistic so I'm not sure!

[pjmlfc05]

Welcome to the forum and an interesting question! Although the food looked real, I'm sure it wasn't. But it did look realistic! I think the producers went with normal everyday food most of the time. I wonder if dungeoneers kept all the food until the end of their quest or after filming each room they empty the bag? I imagine it would get heavy after a while!

[TheMightyTim]

Thanks for all the responses.

I have noticed that the food bag doesn't seem to bulge, which would seem to imply that behind the scenes, the food bag was emptied.

Either that, or there are some hidden toilet facilities in the dungeon. I've always wondered what those extra doors were in the colour coded series 3 corridors...

[wombstar]

I always wanted a team to use the 'fire escape' doors

[Mystara]

Between rooms the knapsack was emptied and the contents were stored separately. Food never reappeared once it had been placed in the knapsack, i.e. it was "used up" immediately.

When the dungeoneer was kitted back up for each room, the knapsack was re-filled.

At least some of the food was real.

[Mystara]

Curiously, the table where the knapsack and its contents were held sometimes had other odd items on it too. I suspect it was occasionally used as a "dumping ground".

Either that or we missed out on the "bottle of Evian" in the dungeon.