and sometimes they help me speak to trees.

The beginning of Flowers for Algernon, or how I was introduced to the story through the movie Charly.

You can also use a large plate the same way.

Not too far fetched. Many vaccines are made with surface proteins from viruses that can be recognized by the immune system. But my guess is going through the pasteurization most proteins would be denatured and not in the functional form.

https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/vaccine-education-center/making-vaccines/how-are-vaccines-made

Superman’s weakness was kryptonite not krypton, easily confused.