Brussels Sprouts
| Brussels Sprouts | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Fruits and Vegetables |
| Type | Vegetables |
| Hunger | -20 |
| Thirst | -5 |
| Calories | 119 |
| Fresh | 3 days |
| Rotten | 5 days |
| Cook Time | 10 min |
| Weight | 0.6 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.BrusselSprouts
|
Brussels Sprouts are a fresh green vegetable. They are filling for a vegetable but unpleasant to eat raw. Cooked, they go into a stir fry, a pie or a salad.
Brussels sprouts spoil within a week, so they need to be used soon. They are found on grocery stands and now and then in restaurant and house fridges. The Farmer is the best occupation for fruits and vegetables. It starts with the most Agriculture skill.
Eating
A serving of Brussels Sprouts lowers hunger by 20 and thirst by 5. It holds 119 calories, with about 20 grams of carbohydrates and 8 grams of protein. That is more filling than most fresh vegetables. Carrots, for comparison, lower hunger by only 8.
The downside is mood. Eating the sprouts adds 10 unhappiness. They are good hot, so eating them warm softens that a little. Cooking them into a dish is the better way to use them.
A serving weighs 0.6, which is heavy for its food value. They are best eaten or cooked close to where they are found.
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 | Thirst | Calories | Carbs | Protein | Fat | Unhappiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels Sprouts | -20 | -5 | 119 | 20.45 | 7.95 | 0.85 | 10 |
Cooking
Brussels sprouts cook in 10 minutes in an oven, a microwave or over a fire, and burn after 30. Only cooked sprouts go into evolved dishes. Once cooked, they add 9 hunger to a Stir Fry, a Pie or a Salad. A pie or stir fry with meat and other vegetables makes good use of a serving.
These dishes take Brussels Sprouts as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Pie | 9 | - |
| Salad | 9 | Cooked only |
| Stir Fry | 9 | - |
Storage
Brussels sprouts stay fresh for 3 days and are fully rotten by day 5. A fridge slows both counts down. They are among the faster vegetables to spoil, so they should be cooked early.
Locations
Brussels sprouts are a common find on grocery stands. The stands at Gigamart and grocery stores carry them about half the time. Restaurant kitchen fridges, hoarder kitchen fridges and house fridges hold some 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hoarder kitchen | Fridge | 1.2% |
| Any building | Fridge | 0.9% |
| Living room | Fridge | 0.9% |
Notes
- Cook the sprouts before adding them to a dish, as only cooked sprouts count.
- Eating them raw adds 10 unhappiness, so a dish is the better use.
- They rot within 5 days, so use them early.
- Grocery stands are the most reliable place to find them.
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