Lots of things tend to interrupt Twilight just when she's most into studying. When caloric requirement is the detractor from her latest research session, Twilight builds a machine to solve her problem once and for all. Her friends, however, aren't at all certain that her invention is something Equestria needs.

This was my entry into the Everfree Northwest 2016 Iron Author contest, edited slightly for grammar, but otherwise unchanged. The challenge was to write a fic within two hours with the three themes food, future, and facsimile. I'm posting mine out of peer pressure after a couple of my friends who participated put up their (superior) ones, which you can read on this site here and here. You can also look at the rest of the Iron Author submissions at this link. I was really proud of what I managed in two hours, but I'm not sure I made even the 60th percentile.