Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and Vegetables holds fresh produce, dried beans and opened jars of preserved vegetables. The group runs from the Apple and the Watermelon to the Potato, the Cabbage and Lentils (Dried). Produce lowers hunger, and most of it lowers thirst too. It is low in calories, so a diet of produce alone makes weight fall. Farming and foraging keep it coming long after the stores are empty. The Farmer is the best occupation for fruits and vegetables. It starts with the most Agriculture skill.

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Best Fruits and Vegetables

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

For	Name	Image	Stats	Spawn ID
Most calories	Kidney Beans (Dried)		3265 calories	/additem Base.DriedKidneyBeans
Most filling	Black Beans (Dried)		-60 hunger	/additem Base.DriedBlackBeans
Best thirst quencher	Watermelon		-140 thirst	/additem Base.Watermelon
Longest fresh	Acorn		180 days fresh	/additem Base.Acorn

Fresh Produce

Fruit quenches thirst. The Watermelon lowers hunger by 60 and thirst by 140. It holds 1,355 calories, but it weighs 3. Its tooltip says "Needs to be sliced or smashed before it can be eaten." A Grapefruit lowers thirst by 50. A Pineapple holds 452 calories and lowers thirst by 13.

Some produce is rich in calories. A Mango holds 252 calories. An Avocado holds 227 calories and 20.96 fat. A Cabbage lowers hunger by 24 and holds 180 calories. A Potato lowers hunger by 18 and thirst by 7.

Other produce is very light. A Radish holds 1 calorie, Strawberries hold 4 and a Cherry holds 5. Broccoli holds 11 calories, and a Tomato holds 14. These suit a character who needs to lose weight.

Freshness

Root crops keep the longest. A Potato, a Sweet Potato and a Turnip each stay fresh for 28 days and rot after 280. An Onion stays fresh for 14 days and rots after 28. A Mango, a Pineapple, an Avocado, a Cucumber and a Zucchini each stay fresh for 6 days and rot after 14.

Leafy and soft produce spoils fast. A Cabbage stays fresh for 2 days and rots after 4. Strawberries stay fresh for 2 days and rot after 5. Mushrooms stay fresh for 3 days and rot after 4.

Dried food keeps indefinitely. Kidney Beans (Dried), Lentils (Dried), Apricots (Dried) and Habanero (Dried) all store well. Preserving keeps a harvest too. Make Jar of Preserved Food seals vegetables in a Jar that stays fresh for 30 days. Open Jar of Preserved Food gives an open jar, such as Jar of Carrots (Open). An open jar stays fresh for 2 days.

Cooking

Many vegetables cook in a pan or an oven. A Potato cooks in 10 minutes. An Onion, an Eggplant, a Sweet Potato and a Turnip each need 30 minutes. An Avocado needs 20. Some raw vegetables lower the mood. A raw Brussels Sprouts raises unhappiness by 10, and a raw Potato raises it by 5. Both carry the note "Cook to remove happiness malus."

Dried beans need a recipe. Their tooltip says "Must be used in a recipe to be eaten." They hold huge calories. Kidney Beans (Dried) holds 3,265 calories, Black Beans (Dried) holds 3,084 and Lentils (Dried) holds 3,000.

Produce fills most evolved recipes. Vegetables go into Soup, Stew, a Salad, a Stir Fry and a savoury Pie. Fruit goes into a fruit Salad, a sweet Pie and a Cake. Make Guacamole mixes an Avocado, an Onion, a Tomato, a Jalapeno and Salt into 5 Guacamole. Make 4 Cabbage Rolls wraps Ground Beef, rice, an Onion and Marinara in a Cabbage.

Farming and Foraging

Farming grows most of this group. Crops include Carrots, Broccoli, the Potato, the Cabbage, Corn, the Tomato, the Radish, Strawberries and the Watermelon. Higher Agriculture means bigger harvests. The Farmer starts with Agriculture 4 and knows the growing season recipes.

Foraging finds wild produce. Search Mode turns up vegetables such as Carrots, Broccoli, the Potato and the Tomato from Foraging 2. Wild fruit needs a higher level. An Orange needs Foraging 5, and an Apple or a Mango needs Foraging 7. A Banana needs Foraging 9. A Pineapple or a Watermelon needs Foraging 10. Fruit follows the seasons. An Apple turns up from May to October, and a Mango from September to November.

Some berries and mushrooms are poisonous. A low Foraging level raises the chance of a poisonous find by up to 30 percent. Most berries turn up from March to November. Dandelions, Rose Hips and Grape Leaves grow wild too.

Locations

Grocery stands hold fresh fruit and vegetables. Produce storage rooms hold loose and rotting stock, and they hold the Watermelon. Store kitchens hold the Potato in bulk. Lettuce sits on its own grocery stand.

Fridges hold the rest. Restaurant fridges hold Carrots, the Tomato and the Cabbage. Office and break room fridges hold the Apple, the Banana and the Orange. Cafeterias keep fruit too. The Gigamart dry goods aisle holds Kidney Beans (Dried) and Lentils (Dried).

Notes

• Plant the Potato for a crop that stays fresh for 28 days.
• Slice Watermelon gives 10 Watermelon Slice, which share out easily.

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