The problem was, of course, he couldn't just walk into the kitchen and boldly tell Starlight or Diamond Mint that Kate didn't like her scrambled eggs, and did they have anything else?  It would be rude, and there was the problem of language: they hadn’t covered the names of many foods yet.  He could make a few gestures, say some words in their language to try and get the idea across . . . but that was more than Kate could do.