Ham Slice

Ham Slice

Class	Cooked and Prepared
Type	Meat
Hunger	-10
Thirst	-
Calories	260
Fresh	3 days
Rotten	6 days
Cook Time	10 min
Weight	0.2
Crafting Skill	Cooking: 0
Crafting	See How to Craft
Location	Containers
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.HamSlice`
Crafting XP	3 XP (Cooking)

A Ham Slice is a slice cut from a whole Ham. It is a handy cooking meat that fits into many everyday dishes. A slice weighs 0.2.

Ham Slices spoil within a few days. They are made by slicing a Ham with a sharp knife or a meat cleaver, which gives six slices. They are also found ready cut in restaurant displays. 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.

Eating

Eating a Ham Slice lowers hunger by 10. It holds 260 calories, with 19.5 grams of protein and 13 grams of fat. That is a rich bite for its weight and helps keep body weight up.

Ham Slices are better hot, so a cooked slice gives a small mood lift when eaten soon after cooking. They can be eaten without cooking. Their effects turn worse as they start to rot.

A strip of Bacon lowers hunger by 12 with 160 calories. A Ham Slice fills a little less but carries more energy.

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
Ham Slice	-10	260	15.16	19.5	13

Cooking

A Ham Slice cooks in 10 minutes and burns after 30. It shines in evolved dishes, adding 10 hunger to each. It goes into Pizza, Soup, Stew, an Omelette, a Sandwich, a Burger, a Salad, Rice and Pasta. Each slice takes an ingredient slot.

The Slice Ham recipe turns one Ham into 6 Ham Slices. A sharp knife or meat cleaver is needed and is kept. Six slices can fill several sandwiches or bulk out a large pot of soup. A higher Cooking skill lets each ingredient go further.

These dishes take the Ham Slice as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.

Dish	Hunger Restored	Note
Burger	10	-
Omelette	10	-
Pasta	10	-
Pizza	10	-
Rice	10	-
Salad	10	-
Sandwich	10	-
Soup	10	-
Stew	10	-

How to Craft Ham Slice

Each recipe that makes the Ham Slice is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.

Slice Ham

The Slice Ham recipe makes the Ham Slice. It needs Cooking level 0.

Name	Image	Amount	Kept	Spawn ID
Large Knife		1x	Yes	`/additem Base.LargeKnife`
Ham		1x	No	`/additem Base.Ham`

Storage

A Ham Slice stays fresh for 3 days and is fully rotten by day 6. A fridge slows both counts down. A whole Ham keeps longer, so slicing just before cooking avoids waste.

Locations

Ready cut Ham Slices are found in restaurants. Fancy restaurant kitchen displays almost always hold them. Restaurant dining room and restaurant kitchen displays hold them most of the time. Slicing a whole Ham is the other way to get them.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.