Perfectly Awful

is a Quest in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker.
==Journal==
* After an abortive attempt to enlist your assistance, Debroye explains that her debilitating nausea was caused by an experimental foodstuff of highly questionable flavor. Rather than attempt to explain the taste, she bids you join her at Makers' Meet and try the newly created comestible yourself.
* You meet with Debroye, and she provides you with a sample of Professor Galveroche's new bread. It is, quite possibly, the worst thing you have ever tasted. By way of apology, the self-proclaimed student of nutrition offers to serve you a palate cleanser at the Last Stand while she more fully explains the severity of the situation at hand.
* Reinvigorated by Debroye's sumptuous lobster dish, you listen intently as she describes how the professor's revolting panaloaf came to be. Debroye is greatly concerned by the idea that the awful bread may be adopted not only as an emergency recipe, but also as a staple of the Sharlayan diet. She pleads with you to return with her to Makers' Meet, and aid her efforts in improving the taste of this “perfect meal.”
* You arrive at Makers' Meet, and indicate your willingness to assist Debroye in her gastronomic endeavor. The fate of Sharlayan's dietary culture hangs in the balance...
==Objectives==
* Speak with Debroye.
* Speak with Debroye again.
* Speak with Debroye once more.
==Script==
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Debroye 	Greet...greetings, madam/sir. I am Debroye, a student of the nutritional sciences from Professor Galveroche's research laboratory. At... Urgh, pray excuse me... At your service.
Debroye 	If I'm not mistaken, you're the who has come to us by way of Qih Aliapoh's introduction, yes?
Debroye 	Wonderful! I would very much like to request your help with a cert─ugh... Ahem, a certain...
Debroye 	Urgh. <belch> Oh my...
Debroye 	Forgive me, my stomach is not entirely...at its best. Professor Galveroche bid me try a sample of a newly created comestible, you see.
Debroye 	The taste was...well... And the texture! Oh dear...
Debroye 	...Perhaps you should just experience it firsthand─one mouthful is worth a thousand words, and all that.
Debroye 	Pray join me over at Makers' Meet, and I can initiate you in the “wonders” of experimental foodstuffs.
 	
Debroye 	Thank you ever so much for coming. Let's set the table for you, shall we?
Debroye 	On first inspection, it seems to be an ordinary loaf of bread, yes? Now, try a slice.
 	
Debroye 	Doesn't it taste awful?
Galveroche 	When it comes to the perfect meal, flavor is irrelevant!
Debroye 	Professor Galveroche! I wasn't─
Galveroche 	Why, the very concept of “gourmet” cuisine has led to all manner of unhealthy excess! Too much salt, too much sugar, and entirely too much fatty content is employed in the pursuit of satisfying this...this obsession with taste.
Galveroche 	The panaloaf we are laboring so hard to produce will contain everything necessary to sustain an adult body in one efficient, easily consumed serving. As I said: the perfect meal!
Debroye 	Ahem, Professor? If I might introduce─
Galveroche 	By Thaliak, all this time wasted on idle chatter! If we are ever to attain true perfection, then every spare moment must be spent upon our research.
Galveroche 	Your task was to improve the panaloaf's digestibility, was it not? Then let us be getting on with it! Swift. Sure. Efficient!
Debroye 	You must excuse the professor's brusque manner.
Debroye 	I know he seems eccentric, but the field of nutritional science was practically built upon the foundation of that man's research. Surely you've heard of the infamous Archon loaf? It was Professor Galveroche who proposed the recipe.
Debroye 	In any case, I do apologize for serving you such a foul-tasting creation. But I needed you to understand the gravity of the situation.
Debroye 	Come to the Last Stand, and I shall offer you something to cleanse your palate while I more fully explain the issue at hand.
 	
Debroye 	Pray take a seat, and I shall be with you in a moment.
Debroye 	I hope you still have an appetite.
Debroye 	When I'm not studying, I actually work here in the kitchens. And that one there is a dish I devised myself, using all the knowledge I've acquired about food and flavor. Enjoy!
 	
Debroye 	I'm so glad you liked it!
Debroye 	What you do is, you take a lobster, freshly caught from the Indigo Deep, scoop out the meat and sauté with butter and olive oil. Next you steam in white wine, but you must take care not to overcook it at this point...
Debroye 	...You then need to stuff it back into the shell, sprinkle liberally with thyme, oregano, and rosemary before baking in the oven at a steady heat, not too hot, of course, and then─
Debroye 	Ahem, my apologies. As you may have noticed, cooking is something of a passion of mine.
Debroye 	Which brings us to my present problem, and the reason I so desperately require your assistance.
Debroye 	It all began when agents of the Forum contacted Professor Galveroche, seeking to draw upon his wisdom and the nutritional expertise of his research facility.
Debroye 	Their request was simple: they wished him to invent a singular meal that could provide all the daily nutrients a person needs to survive.
Debroye 	They expressed their intent to develop a “food supply for emergencies,” and thus the only condition imposed was that it be possible to prepare this miracle dish from ingredients readily available in Labyrinthos.
Debroye 	For his part, the professor threw himself into the work with routine intensity, using Archon loaf as a base to devise a new type of bread─the most recent batch of which I inflicted upon you earlier.
Debroye 	Archon loaf was never praised for its flavor to begin with, and it seems the more nutrients you pack into the mix, the more revolting it becomes. Some volunteers have even been known to retch up the contents of their bellies after choking down a sample.
Debroye 	Suspecting that a difficulty with digestion was to blame, Professor Galveroche asked that I work on making our meal easier to stomach. But the fact is...it simply tastes terrible.
Debroye 	Can you imagine if there truly was some emergency, and we were forced to live on panaloaf alone? People would survive, of course, but gods, would they wish they hadn't.
Debroye 	To make matters worse, the professor sees gourmet cooking as a wasteful abomination. If the Forum adopts his recipe, there is a very real chance he might champion panaloaf not only as a candidate for emergency supplies, but as a new, nationwide food staple.
Debroye 	By and large, Sharlayans prefer meals that are easily prepared and easily consumed over more flavorful, but less time-efficient, culinary efforts. Scholars busy with their research will settle for sandwiches more often than not.
Debroye 	And that ambivalent attitude towards food is exactly why I fear this horrible bread might actually be accepted into our everyday diets!
Debroye 	As a Sharlayan myself, I never had much interest in fine dining. Then I tried a dish at the Last Stand, and it was as if an entirely new world had opened up before me...
Debroye 	I soon discovered that a course in nutritional science would grant access to a vast repository of information on recipes and ingredients, so I enrolled as a student at the Studium's Faculty of Medicine.
Debroye 	But their approach to food preparation was purely academic. Utilitarian. I reasoned that if I was to learn anything about gourmet cooking, then finding employment here would be the surest route.
Debroye 	In fact, I was on the brink of abandoning my formal studies altogether when this request came in from the Forum.
Debroye 	As a lover of fine foods─nay, as a person with a functional tongue─I am compelled to prevent this crime against cuisine from entering society in its current form!
Debroye 	Fortunately, I have the opportunity to improve the panaloaf's flavor under the guise of carrying out the professor's instructions.
Debroye 	It will, however, be exceedingly difficult to enhance the taste without sacrificing any nutritional value─especially considering my lack of practical experience. My theory is sound, but when it comes to technical expertise...
Debroye 	And that, my dear , is why I need you! If you do decide to help, then please, I beg you, come and see me at Makers' Meet.
 	
Debroye 	Ah, there you are! Can I assume this means you wish to aid me with my panaloaf predicament?
Debroye 	Then I gladly accept your assistance! Praise the Scholar for bringing us this savior in our hour of need!
Debroye 	Oh dear me, I just realized... How could I put you through all that and not ask your name?
Debroye 	Well then, [Player Name], I look forward to working with you!
Quest complete.	Quest complete.
Category:Studium Quests in Final Fantasy XIV