Det finns en fotnoterad linje i David Gerrolds "The Trouble With Tribbles" (boken, inte skriptet) som adresserar detta:
TEASER: INT. SHIP'S GALLEY--KIRK is talking to COOKIE, the ship's cook, and a colorful character he is...2
2 No, he isn't. The Enterprise doesn't have a ship's cook, only a mess officer to program the automatic machinery. (Source: Gene Coon) (Well, I didn't know...)
sidan 79 i november 1974, 1974, fjärde trycket av Ballantine Books paperback.