Black Beans
| Black Beans | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Fruits and Vegetables |
| Type | Bean |
| Hunger | -10 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 45 |
| Fresh | 3 days |
| Rotten | 5 days |
| Cook Time | - |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Blackbeans
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Black Beans are a fresh, perishable bean that can be eaten straight away or cooked into a dish. They weigh only 0.1, so they cost almost nothing to carry. Their best use is as a cooking ingredient, where they add solid hunger to soups, stews, rice dishes and Mexican food.
Fresh Black Beans spoil within a few days, so they suit a cook who plans to use them soon. They are mostly found on grocery stands, with a smaller chance in Western and Mexican restaurant fridges. The Farmer is the best occupation for fruits and vegetables. It starts with the most Agriculture skill.
Eating
Eating a portion of Black Beans lowers hunger by 10. That is generous for a 0.1 weight item. They hold 45 calories, with about 10 grams of carbohydrates, 4 grams of protein and almost no fat. Beans are a lean food, so they do little to raise body weight on their own.
Raw Black Beans carry no danger, so they can be eaten as they are. Their protein makes them a fair partner for starchy foods like rice.
Black Beans (Dried) are the long lasting version. A bag of dried beans lowers hunger by 60 but weighs 2.0 and must go into a recipe before it can be eaten well. The fresh beans are lighter and ready to eat at once.
The table shows the game figures for one serving. Negative hunger and thirst fill the character up, and negative unhappiness and boredom cheer them up.
| Item | Hunger | Calories | Carbs | Protein | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Beans | -10 | 45 | 10.45 | 3.95 | 0.45 |
Cooking
Black Beans go into Soup, Stew, Stir Fry, Rice and Burrito, adding 10 hunger to each. In a Taco or a Salad they add 5. They need no cooking first, so they can go into a salad or burrito raw.
A pot of rice or a burrito with black beans and some meat makes a filling and balanced meal. The Cooking skill makes each ingredient go further, so a trained cook gets more out of every portion of beans.
These dishes take Black Beans as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Burrito | 10 | - |
| Rice | 10 | - |
| Soup | 10 | - |
| Stew | 10 | - |
| Stir Fry | 10 | - |
| Salad | 5 | - |
| Taco | 5 | - |
Storage
Black Beans stay fresh for 3 days and are fully rotten by day 5. A fridge slows both counts down. For long keeping, Black Beans (Dried) are the better choice, as they never spoil.
Locations
Black Beans are a common find on the grocery stands at Gigamart and in grocery stores, where they turn up about half the time. Western and Mexican restaurant kitchen fridges hold them now and then. Ordinary restaurant and fancy restaurant kitchen fridges hold them only rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gigamart | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Grocery store | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 2.1% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 2.1% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Western kitchen | Fridge | 9.6% |
| Mexican kitchen | Fridge | 9.5% |
Notes
- Black Beans add twice as much hunger to a soup, stew or burrito as they do to a taco or salad.
- They can go into a burrito or salad raw, with no cooking first.
- Grocery stands are the most reliable place to find fresh black beans.
- Use fresh beans first and keep dried beans for the long term.
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