I'm not looking to damage the simulation controls. Only use them to give myself better tools to work with.

[ She wonders just how many simulations this young "hero" has been party to. Though, as he stops at the stall, so too does Elthree, reaching up to tap one of the hanging prizes-- a pink stuffed pegasus-- with her metal finger. ]

To answer your first question, I have no innate capability of distinguishing between simulated and non-simulated objects. From context and observation I can theorize that the food is real, and so would be anything that can leave the simulation along with us. If we try to walk out with it and it disappears, then it was illusory.

And to answer your second question, a blaster is a gun that shoots plasma bolts. If I wanted a bomb I would ask for a thermal detonator.