Gorging [Strategy question, hopefully no spoilers]

[Rezmason]

I'm playing through Aquaria for a second time. I've backed up my saves from my first time around, but I'm trying again from the beginning because I feel that I made some bad decisions that are limiting my strength for some big fights (that is to say, the big fights, which I can't win). In a nutshell, I think I've been eating too much.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but once you sing to a colored bulb and it pops, that's the end of the line for that bulb, right? Since you can eat anything that comes out of a bulb, doesn't that mean it's possible to completely ruin the game by eating too much, too soon? I feel like I've painted myself into a corner. I'm scrounging for food and I'm finding bones.

It would be nifty if the bulbs regenerated, but as far as I can tell that isn't happening. Any suggestions?

[Xiagan]

You aren't getting the most food from the bulb-plants. Shoot all kind of fishies, crabs and squids and pull plants to stock up your pantry.

[Align]

It's entirely possible to go through the game without eating even once.

[SevenMass]

And combine the ingredients you get to cook the food stuff.

You can also get ingredients, and even some pre-cooked stuff, from urns (Mithalas) or wooden crates (Sunken City) and all these respawn upon leaving and reentering the area.

And don't forget things such as mossheads, (kelp forrest) moneye breeders, rukh nests, (veil) otters, (frozen veil) ice crystals. (otters must be nudged, no killed)

[Alec]