The question is a trap. Neil had agreed some years ago to lay off irradiated crap from Pre-War America. Crap he's been shoveling into his mouth for the past day and a half, all to appease a worried eyebot. After ED-E rushed to his defense, which is new, how could the man not do the same?

"Stuff we found around Goodsprings," he replies evenly. "And the mutfruit I originally brought with."