History Main / MiracleFood

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* [[MustHaveCaffeine Caffeine]] is seen as this for many people, particularly in the form of energy drinks and coffee.
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* In Finnish mythology, the Sampo is a magical mill that produces grain and salt from nothing.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1176 SCP-1176]] is a sarcophagus that produces an extremely nourishing honey-like substance. This being the SCPFoundation universe, it's only ''after'' widespread distribution that they discovered it only works on those of a certain blood type, killing all the others.

* ''TheSecretsOfTheImmortalNicholasFlamel'': Nicholas can create food very quickly with alchemy.

* In Hinduism, especially in the earlier Vedic religion, there's a substance called "Soma", which gives the gods strength and vitality in battle. It has been [[SeriousBusiness discussed, at great length,]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanical_identity_of_Soma-haoma whether or not it was a drug, and which drug it may have been.]]

* Rand Al'Thor causes this a few times late in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' series. With the [[SatanicArchetype Dark One]] causing massive famine throughout the world, Rand's first act after suffering major EpiphanyTherapy and a SplitPersonalityMerge is to visit a farmer whose apple trees have spontaneously withered to rapidly bloom and bear fruit over a matter of minutes. Later, he visits a city dependent on grain reliefs which have all spoiled, and makes it so that, [[WindsOfDestinyChange by extraordinary coincidence]], only the handful of bags the officials checked were spoiled, the rest are perfectly good.

** God sent manna to feed the Israelites in their exile. Similarly to Soma, Manna's possible idenrity as a drug has been [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manna#Identifying_manna extensively debated.]]

* In [[ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], the Cornucopia is a magical horn created by Zeus (or Herakles in some versions) which is said to be able to create a never-ending supply of fruits and vegetables.
* In NorseMythology, The beast Sæhrímnir is slaughtered every night for the feast in Valhalla, and returns to life on the morrow, thought it's not clear whether this is an intrinsic power of the creature or some magic worked upon it. In a similar story, Thor can slaughter his goats, Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, for food and return them to life later with Mjöllnir.

* In ''WerewolfTheApocalypse'', there is a Gift the Bone Gnawer tribe have called Cooking. It allows the Bone Gnawer to turn anything into bland but nutritious food. Anything.

* There are many cases in various mythologies of substances that grant immortality to the gods, and potentially any mortal who can get them. See ImmortalityInducer.

->And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying, "I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel. Speak unto them, saying, 'At evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.'"
-->-- '''[[http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+16&version=KJ21 Exodus 16]]'''

* Manna from the sky, turning water into wine, breaking a few fish and bread loaves into enough food to feed a huge crowd...TheBible has quite a few examples.

* Wiki/SCPFoundation

** God sent manna to feed the Israelites in their exile.

[[folder:Mythology]]

Many myths and folk tales describe a food that is created by [[SupernaturalAid gods]], [[FunctionalMagic magic]], or [[AppliedPhlebotinum science]] to feed people in a time of need. It goes by many names: manna, ambrosia, nectar, etc., but it is usually portrayed as a gift. It may taste like [[ImpossiblyDeliciousFood heaven]], [[TastesLikeChicken chicken]], or [[ItTastesLikeFeet cardboard]], but it is enough to keep you on your feet and doing what you need to do.

Many myths and folk tales describe a food that is created by [[SupernaturalAid gods]], magic, or some kind of {{phlebotinum}} to feed people in a time of need. It goes by many names: manna, ambrosia, nectar, etc., but it is usually portrayed as a gift to sustain the faithful. It may taste like heaven itself or [[TastesLikeFeet cardboard]], but it is enough to keep you on your feet.

In a StandardFantasySetting, priests and/or wizards may be able to conjure food; this is typically sustaining but bland. In a ScienceFiction setting, FoodPills may be utilized; if not, AppliedPhlebotinum may churn out gruel or paste for the masses that keeps them alive, if not necessarily happy, with "[[FutureFoodIsArtificial real food]]" available only to the privileged. The point is that the food in question comes from a "BlackBox", whether it be magic or science that's involved in creating it. A typical {{dystopia}}n {{subversion}} is that the food is created in an [[PoweredByAForsakenChild immoral]] or [[HumanResources unsavory]] way.

This trope is OlderThanFeudalism, going all the way back to Greek mythology and the concept of ambrosia, although in some cases it gets mixed up with the food eaten by the gods themselves that provides them with {{immortality}}, [[NighInvulnerability invulnerability]], and so forth.

A subtrope of SupernaturalAid. See also MatterReplicator and PowerUpFood.

A subtrope of SupernaturalAid. See also MatterReplicator.

In a StandardFantasySetting, priests and/or wizards may be able to conjure food; this is typically sustaining but bland. In a ScienceFiction setting, FoodPills may be utilized; if not, AppliedPhlebotinum may churn out gruel or paste for the masses that keeps them alive, if not necessarily happy, with "[[FutureFoodIsArtificial real food]]" available only to the privileged. The point is that the food in question comes from a "black box", whether it be magic or science that's involved in creating it. A typical {{dystopia}}n {{subversion}} is that the food is created in an [[PoweredByAForsakenChild immoral]] or [[HumanResources unsavory]] way.