Cooked and Prepared

Cooked and Prepared holds the meals and dishes that come out of a kitchen. The group runs from Toast and Pancakes to Pizza, trays of cookies, cut poultry and fried fish. Most of these foods come from a recipe, from heat or from both. Cooking turns raw food into safer and more filling meals. A cooked dish lowers hunger by 1.3 times its raw value. The Chef is the best occupation for cooked and prepared. It starts with the most Cooking skill. The Burger Flipper also starts with some Cooking skill.

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Best Cooked and Prepared

The top pick for each role, by the game's own figures.

For	Name	Image	Stats	Spawn ID
Most calories	Pizza		5940 calories	/additem Base.PizzaRecipe
Most filling	Pizza		-150 hunger	/additem Base.PizzaRecipe
Best thirst quencher	Pot of Soup		-40 thirst	/additem Base.PotOfSoup
Longest fresh	Mac and Cheese		180 days fresh	/additem Base.Macandcheese

Cooking and Heat

Food cooks in an oven, a microwave, a BBQ or another appliance. Put the food inside and turn the appliance on. The tooltip shows Uncooked, then Cooked, then Burnt if the food stays in too long. Turn the oven off afterwards, since a hot oven can start a fire.

Each dish has its own cooking time. A Beef Patty needs 50 minutes. Chicken and turkey cuts need 30 minutes, and so do the trays of cookies and the Plain Muffins. A Fish Fillet and a Pizza need 20 minutes. A Bacon Strip needs 15, a Ham Slice needs 10 and an Egg needs only 4. A Cake Preparation needs 40 minutes in the oven.

Burnt food is a waste. It fills only a third as much and adds 20 unhappiness. Many cooked dishes say "Better hot." on the tooltip. Eat them soon after cooking for a small mood bonus.

Evolved Recipes

Evolved recipes build a dish one ingredient at a time. A base item takes extra ingredients from its context menu, up to a limit. Each ingredient adds its hunger and nutrition to the dish. Spices go in as seasoning and lower the dish's boredom and unhappiness.

Many bases come from the kitchen. A Cooking Pot takes up to 6 ingredients for Soup or Stew, and a Bucket works the same way. A Roasting Pan takes up to 6 for a Roast. A Frying Pan or a Griddle Pan takes up to 4 for a Stir Fry. A Bowl takes up to 6 for a Salad.

Bread and dough make other bases. Bread Slices or a Baguette take up to 4 ingredients for a Sandwich. A Hamburger Bun takes up to 4 for a Burger. A Taco Shell takes up to 5 for a Taco, and a Tortilla takes up to 5 for a Burrito. A Pie Preparation and a Cake Preparation each take up to 4. A Pizza takes up to 6 toppings.

The Cooking skill shapes every dish. A higher level makes each ingredient go further. It also speeds up adding ingredients. From Cooking 7, rotten ingredients can go into a dish. Burnt food stays out of every recipe.

Baking

Baking starts with dough. Prepare Bread Dough mixes flour, Salt, Yeast and water in a Bowl, with a Rolling Pin and a mixing utensil. The dough bakes into Bread. Prepare Baguette uses the same ingredients. Make Cake Batter needs a Bowl, flour, a baking fat, sugar, eggs, Yeast and Cow's Milk. Prepare Cake then pours the Cake Batter into a Baking Pan. Prepare Pie Dough and Prepare Pie make a Pie Preparation the same way.

Trays hold the small bakes. Prepare Chocolate Cookies fills a Baking Tray with cookie dough. After baking, Get 6 Cookies takes the cookies off the tray. Prepare Muffins fills a Muffin Tray, and Get 6 Muffins empties it. Prepare Biscuits and Get 6 Biscuits work the same way.

Most baking recipes must be learned first. The Chef knows them all from the start, and the Keen Cook trait knows most of them. Make Cake Batter, Prepare Pie Dough, Prepare Bread Dough and Prepare Pizza each give 10 Cooking XP.

Slicing and Portions

Many foods are cut before they are eaten or cooked. Slice Bread turns a Bread into 3 Bread Slices. A Toaster turns Bread Slices into Toast. Slice Ham gives 6 Ham Slice, and Slice Pizza gives 6 Pizza Slice. A Pizza Cutter works for Slice Pizza, as does any knife.

Poultry comes apart into cuts. Cut Up Chicken turns a Chicken (Whole) into 2 Chicken Leg, 2 Chicken Wing and 2 Chicken Fillet. Cut Up Turkey does the same for a Turkey (Whole). Each gives 20 Cooking XP. Make Meat Patty presses Ground Beef into a Beef Patty.

Large produce splits into pieces too. Slice Watermelon gives 10 Watermelon Slice, and Smash Watermelon gives 5 Watermelon Chunks with a hammer. Slice Pumpkin gives 10 Pumpkin Slice. Carve Pumpkin makes a Jack-o'-lantern. Divide Food into 4 Bowls splits a finished pot into four servings.

Dishes Worth Making

Poultry cuts fill the stomach well. A Turkey Fillet lowers hunger by 50, and a Turkey Leg lowers it by 42. A Beef Patty lowers hunger by 40 and holds 612 calories. A home-made Pizza lowers hunger by 80 and holds 1,529 calories.

Sweet bakes lift the mood. A Baking Tray with Chocolate Cookies holds 1,020 calories and lowers unhappiness by 30. It stays fresh for 7 days and rots after 30. Plain Muffins lower hunger by 30, hold 520 calories and rot after 10 days. Pancakes lower unhappiness by 10.

Some prepared foods last longer than others. A Pumpkin Slice stays fresh for 14 days. Salami Slices stay fresh for 10 days. A Bowl of Oatmeal holds 300 calories but stays fresh for only 1 day. Watermelon Chunks lower thirst by 25, and a Watermelon Slice lowers it by 20.

Locations

Most dishes in this group come from cooking. A few turn up ready to eat. Pizza sits on restaurant serving trays and in motel and office fridges. Bread fills bakery shelves and home freezers. Egg Cartons fill farm fridges and egg crates, and Open Egg Carton gives 12 Egg. Butter sits in farm fridges and bakery freezers.

Notes

• Cut Up Chicken and Cut Up Turkey turn one bird into six pieces that share out easily.
• A Pumpkin Slice stays fresh for 14 days, longer than most cooked food.

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