Blue Catfish
| Blue Catfish | |
|---|---|
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| Class | Raw Meat and Fish |
| Type | - |
| Hunger | -15 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 159 |
| Fresh | 4 days |
| Rotten | 8 days |
| Cook Time | 20 min |
| Weight | 0.4 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BlueCatfish
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The Blue Catfish is a whole freshwater fish that can be cooked and eaten or cut into fillets. It weighs 0.4 and is rich in protein. Like other whole fish, it is dangerous to eat raw and makes the character unhappy if eaten as it is.
The best use of a Blue Catfish is to slice it into two Fish Fillets with a knife. Fillets go into soups, stews, rice and many other dishes, and they also make sushi. A whole fish keeps for a few days before it rots. Blue Catfish are most often found in the freezers and fridges of catfish restaurant kitchens. The Rancher is the best occupation for raw meat and fish. It starts with the most Butchering skill. The Chef and the Fishing Guide also start with some Butchering skill.
Eating
A whole Blue Catfish lowers hunger by 15. It holds 159 calories, with 35 grams of protein and almost no carbohydrates or fat. That makes it a lean, protein heavy food.
Eating the fish whole carries a heavy mood cost, as it adds 20 unhappiness. Raw fish is dangerous and can make the character sick, so it should always be cooked first. The cooked fish is good hot and bad cold, so it is best eaten straight off the heat.
Slicing the fish is usually the better choice. Fish Fillets are what soups, stews and other evolved dishes take. The Black Crappie and the Largemouth Bass share the same figures, so these fish are equal as food.
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 | Unhappiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Catfish | -15 | 159 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 20 |
Cooking
A whole Blue Catfish cooks in 20 minutes and burns after 60. An oven or a fire is the right place to cook it, as fish is bad in a microwave.
The Slice Fillet recipe uses a sharp knife or a meat cleaver to turn the fish into two Fish Fillets. Fillets go into Soup, Stew, Pie, Stir Fry, Rice, Pasta and other dishes. The whole fish also goes straight into the Prepare Sushi, Prepare Maki and Prepare Onigiri recipes. The Cooking skill makes every ingredient go further in an evolved dish.
Storage
A Blue Catfish stays fresh for 4 days and is fully rotten by day 8. A fridge or a freezer slows both counts down. A fresh fish is best filleted and cooked soon after it is found.
Locations
Blue Catfish have one reliable Location. Catfish restaurant kitchens hold them in the freezer almost half the time and in the fridge about a third of the time. Elsewhere they are a rare find. Butcher display cases in the Gigamart kitchen and seafood restaurant kitchens hold them now and then. Grocery store, barbecue store and butcher display cases and restaurant freezers turn one up only rarely.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Catfish kitchen | Freezer | 44.4% |
| Catfish kitchen | Fridge | 36.4% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gigamart kitchen | Butcher display case | 5.2% |
| Seafood kitchen | Butcher display case | 5.2% |
| Seafood kitchen | Other | 5.2% |
| Gigamart | Butcher display case | 1.3% |
| Grocery store | Butcher display case | 1.3% |
| Barbecue store | Butcher display case | 1% |
| Butcher | Butcher display case | 1% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Freezer | 0.7% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Freezer | 0.7% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 0.2% |
Notes
- Catfish restaurant kitchens are by far the best place to loot Blue Catfish.
- Always cook a Blue Catfish before eating it, as raw fish is dangerous.
- Slicing one fish with a sharp knife or a meat cleaver gives two Fish Fillets for cooking.
- Cook fish in an oven or over a fire rather than a microwave.
- A whole Blue Catfish goes straight into sushi, maki and onigiri.
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