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Mac and Cheese

Mac and Cheese
Mac and Cheese
Class Cooked and Prepared
Type -
Hunger -
Thirst -
Calories 690
Fresh 180 days
Rotten 365 days
Cook Time -
Weight 0.5
Crafting Skill None
Crafting See How to Craft
Location Containers
Spawn ID /additem Base.Macandcheese

Mac and Cheese is a boxed dinner kit holding dried macaroni and a packet of cheese powder. It is a pantry staple that keeps for a long time on a shelf. The box is opened to get at the two ingredients inside.

The Open Mac and Cheese recipe splits one box into Macaroni and Cheese Powder. The macaroni then cooks in a pot or a saucepan, and the cheese powder flavours pasta and other dishes. Boxes are common on grocery and general store shelves, in house kitchens and in hidden food caches. 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

The box itself is a kit rather than a ready meal. Its contents hold 690 calories in total, with 126 grams of carbohydrates, 21 grams of protein and 12 grams of fat.

The two parts are meant to be cooked together. Cheese Powder adds 14 hunger to a pasta dish. Eaten on their own, both the macaroni and the cheese powder make a character thirsty and unhappy. Cooked into a dish, they make a warm, filling meal.

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 Calories Carbs Protein Fat
Mac and Cheese 690 126 21 12

Cooking

The Open Mac and Cheese recipe gives 1 Macaroni and 1 Cheese Powder. The macaroni goes into a Cooking Pot or a Saucepan with the Put Pasta in Saucepan or Put Pasta in Cooking Pot recipe. Cheese Powder then adds 14 hunger to Pasta, Soup, Stew, Rice or an Omelette.

Six boxes can be packed into a Box of Mac and Cheese with the Pack 6 Cans of Food in Box recipe. The Open Box of Canned Food recipe turns that box back into 6 single boxes. A packed box is easier to store and move in bulk.

How to Craft Mac and Cheese

Each recipe that makes the Mac and Cheese is listed with its materials and the tools it keeps.

Open Box of Canned Food

The Open Box of Canned Food recipe makes the Mac and Cheese. It needs no skill level.

Name Image Amount Kept Spawn ID
Box of Mac and Cheese Box of Mac and Cheese 1x No /additem Base.Macandcheese_Box

Used in Crafting

These recipes take the Mac and Cheese as an ingredient or a part.

Recipe Output Image Station Skill Spawn ID
Open Mac and Cheese Macaroni Macaroni - None /additem Base.Macaroni
Pack 6 Cans of Food in Box Box of Mac and Cheese Box of Mac and Cheese - None /additem Base.Macandcheese_Box

Storage

A box stays fresh for 180 days and goes bad after 365. That is half a year of safe shelf life. Once the box is opened, the macaroni and cheese powder inside keep without spoiling.

Locations

Hidden food caches hold a box about one time in five. Gigamart and grocery store shelves carry them a little less often. General store shelves are also good. House kitchens and living rooms keep them on counters, shelves and in overhead cupboards. Survivor cache counters turn them up just as often. Grocery storage rooms hold them now and then, and cafeteria kitchens rarely.

The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.

Location Container Chance
Food cache1 Food box 19%
Survivor cache Counter 9%
Survivor cache Counter 9%
Survivor cache (large building) Counter 9%
Location Container Chance
Gigamart Shelves 16.7%
Grocery store Shelves 16.7%
General store Shelves 10%
Grocery store Other 4.8%
Grocery storage Other 4.8%
Cafeteria kitchen Metal shelves 1%
Cafeteria kitchen Other 1%
Cafeteria kitchen Shelves 1%
Location Container Chance
Kitchen Counter 9%
Kitchen Metal shelves 9%
Kitchen Overhead cupboard 9%
Kitchen Shelves 9%
Living room Counter 9%
Living room Overhead cupboard 9%

Notes

  • Open the box to get Macaroni and Cheese Powder, then cook them together.
  • The opened parts keep without spoiling, so opening early costs nothing.
  • Cheese Powder adds 14 hunger to a pasta dish.
  • Six boxes pack into one larger box for easy storage.


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Name Image Skill Hunger Thirst Calories Fresh Rotten Weight Spawn ID
Bacon Bits Bacon Bits None -1 - 10 3 5 0.03 /additem Base.BaconBits
Bacon Strip Bacon Strip None -4 - 40 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.BaconRashers
Baguette Baguette Cooking: 0 -23 - 532 3 6 0.3 /additem Base.Baguette
Baking Tray with Chocolate Chip Cookies Baking Tray with Chocolate Chip Cookies Cooking: 0 -23 - 960 7 30 1.9 /additem Base.CookieChocolateChipDough
Baking Tray with Chocolate Cookies Baking Tray with Chocolate Cookies Cooking: 0 -23 - 1020 7 30 1.9 /additem Base.CookiesChocolateDough
Baking Tray with Oatmeal Cookies Baking Tray with Oatmeal Cookies Cooking: 0 -23 - 660 7 30 1.9 /additem Base.CookiesOatmealDough
Baking Tray with Shortbread Cookies Baking Tray with Shortbread Cookies Cooking: 0 -23 - 720 7 30 1.9 /additem Base.CookiesShortbreadDough
Baking Tray with Sugar Cookies Baking Tray with Sugar Cookies Cooking: 0 -23 - 720 7 30 1.9 /additem Base.CookiesSugarDough
Baloney Slices Baloney Slices Cooking: 0 -5 - 33 2 4 0.04 /additem Base.BaloneySlice
Beef Patty Beef Patty Cooking: 0 -40 - 612 2 4 0.3 /additem Base.MeatPatty
Biscuit Biscuit None -5 - 160 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.Biscuit
Biscuits Biscuits Cooking: 0 -23 - 960 3 5 1.5 /additem Base.Muffintray_Biscuit
Bowl of Beans Bowl of Beans Cooking: 0 -24 - 170 2 4 1.5 /additem Base.BeanBowl
Bowl of Cereal Bowl of Cereal Cooking: 0 -20 -15 295 4 7 0.8 /additem Base.CerealBowl
Bowl of Oatmeal Bowl of Oatmeal Cooking: 0 -10 - 300 1 2 0.8 /additem Base.Oatmeal
Bread Bread Cooking: 0 -30 - 532 3 6 0.3 /additem Base.Bread
Bread Slices Bread Slices Cooking: 0 -10 - 177 3 6 0.1 /additem Base.BreadSlices
Butter Butter None -24 - 3200 - - 0.3 /additem Base.Butter
Cabbage Roll Cabbage Roll None -20 - 110 3 5 0.3 /additem Base.CabbageRoll
Cake Batter Cake Batter Cooking: 0 - - 800 - - 0.3 /additem Base.CakeBatter
Cake Preparation Cake Preparation Cooking: 0 -30 - 800 4 9 0.5 /additem Base.CakePrep
Cheese Powder Cheese Powder None -14 14 130 - - 0.1 /additem Base.cheese_powdered
Chicken Fillet Chicken Fillet Cooking: 0 -30 - 230 2 4 0.3 /additem Base.ChickenFillet
Chicken Leg Chicken Leg Cooking: 0 -33 - 230 2 4 0.3 /additem Base.Chicken
Chicken Wing Chicken Wing Cooking: 0 -19 - 190 2 4 0.3 /additem Base.ChickenWings
Cornflour Cornflour None -60 - - - - 2 /additem Base.Cornflour2
Cornmeal Cornmeal None -20 - - - - 2 /additem Base.Cornmeal2
Egg Egg None -7 - 63 14 21 0.1 /additem Base.Egg
Egg Carton Egg Carton None - - - 14 21 1 /additem Base.EggCarton
Fish Fillet Fish Fillet Butchering: 0 -25 - 205 2 4 0.2 /additem Base.FishFillet
Fish Roe Fish Roe Fishing: 0 -10 - 63 14 21 0.1 /additem Base.FishRoe
Fish Sushi Fish Sushi Cooking: 0 -8 - 19 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.SushiFish
Flour Flour None -60 - 50 - - 2 /additem Base.Flour2
Fried Onion Rings Fried Onion Rings Cooking: 0 -10 - 200 4 7 0.1 /additem Base.FriedOnionRings
Fried Shrimp Fried Shrimp Cooking: 0 -15 - 160 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.ShrimpFried
Gravy Gravy Cooking: 0 -8 - 79 4 7 0.2 /additem Base.Gravy
Guacamole Guacamole Cooking: 0 -8 - 182 4 8 0.1 /additem Base.Guacamole
Ham Slice Ham Slice Cooking: 0 -10 - 260 3 6 0.2 /additem Base.HamSlice
Hot Dog Hot Dog None -20 - 100 3 6 0.3 /additem Base.Hotdog
Hotdog Wiener Hotdog Wiener None -10 - 65 3 6 0.15 /additem Base.Hotdog_single
Ice Cream Cone Ice Cream Cone Cooking: 0 -15 - 470 1 2 0.2 /additem Base.ConeIcecream
Jack-o'-lantern Jack-o'-lantern Cooking: 0 -40 - 404 14 28 1 /additem Base.HalloweenPumpkin
Lollipop Lollipop None -5 - 40 - - 0.1 /additem Base.Lollipop
Macaroni Macaroni None -60 60 3360 - - 2 /additem Base.Macaroni
Maki Maki Cooking: 0 -10 - 12 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.Maki
Mint Candy Mint Candy None -2 - 60 - - 0.1 /additem Base.MintCandy
Muffin Muffin None -7 - 120 5 8 0.1 /additem Base.MuffinGeneric
Onigiri Onigiri Cooking: 0 -12 - 25 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.Onigiri
Pancakes Pancakes Cooking: 0 -20 - 210 3 5 0.3 /additem Base.PancakesRecipe
Pie Dough Pie Dough Cooking: 0 - - 800 - - 0.3 /additem Base.PieDough
Pie Preparation Pie Preparation Cooking: 0 -15 - 189 4 7 0.5 /additem Base.PiePrep
Pizza Pizza Cooking: 0 -80 - 1529 3 5 1.5 /additem Base.PizzaRecipe
Pizza Slice Pizza Slice Cooking: 0 -25 - 990 3 5 0.3 /additem Base.Pizza
Plain Muffins Plain Muffins Cooking: 0 -30 - 520 3 10 1.5 /additem Base.BakingTray_Muffin
Poppy Seeds Poppy Seeds None -1 - 31 - - 0.1 /additem Base.PoppySeed
Pumpkin Chunks Pumpkin Chunks None -8 - 80 14 28 0.2 /additem Base.PumpkinSmashed
Pumpkin Slice Pumpkin Slice Cooking: 0 -4 - 40 14 28 0.1 /additem Base.PumpkinSliced
Salami Slices Salami Slices Cooking: 0 -4 - 66 10 15 0.02 /additem Base.SalamiSlice
Squid Calamari Squid Calamari Cooking: 0 -10 - 105 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.SquidCalamari
Sunflower Seeds Sunflower Seeds None -5 - 355 - - 0.1 /additem Base.SunflowerSeeds
Toast Toast None -8 - 177 3 6 0.1 /additem Base.Toast
Tortilla Chips Tortilla Chips None -15 - 420 - - 0.2 /additem Base.TortillaChips
Turkey Fillet Turkey Fillet Cooking: 0 -50 - 230 2 4 0.3 /additem Base.TurkeyFillet
Turkey Leg Turkey Leg Cooking: 0 -42 - 230 2 4 0.3 /additem Base.TurkeyLegs
Turkey Wing Turkey Wing Cooking: 0 -30 - 200 2 4 0.3 /additem Base.TurkeyWings
Vegetable Oil Vegetable Oil None -30 - 2120 - - 0.2 /additem Base.OilVegetable
Watermelon Chunks Watermelon Chunks None -12 -25 271 2 3 0.6 /additem Base.WatermelonSmashed
Watermelon Slice Watermelon Slice Cooking: 0 -6 -20 135.5 3 4 0.3 /additem Base.WatermelonSliced
Name Image Hunger Thirst Calories Fresh Rotten Weight Spawn ID
Bag of Chicken Nuggets Bag of Chicken Nuggets - - - 3 5 1 /additem Base.Frozen_ChickenNuggets
Bag of Fish Fingers Bag of Fish Fingers - - - 3 5 1 /additem Base.Frozen_FishFingers
Bag of Fries Bag of Fries - - - 3 5 1 /additem Base.Frozen_FrenchFries
Bag of Tato Dots Bag of Tato Dots - - - 3 5 1 /additem Base.Frozen_TatoDots
Bowl of Noodle Soup Bowl of Noodle Soup -10 - 52 1 3 1 /additem Base.NoodleSoup
Bowl of Pasta Bowl of Pasta -12 - 330 3 6 1 /additem Base.PastaBowl
Bowl of Ramen Noodles Bowl of Ramen Noodles -10 - 52 1 3 1 /additem Base.RamenBowl
Bowl of Rice Bowl of Rice -12 - 160 3 6 1 /additem Base.RiceBowl
Bowl of Soup Bowl of Soup -15 -15 124 1 3 1 /additem Base.SoupBowl
Bowl of Stew Bowl of Stew -15 - 250 2 4 1 /additem Base.StewBowl
Box of Mac and Cheese Box of Mac and Cheese - - - - - 2.5 /additem Base.Macandcheese_Box
Bucket of Soup Bucket of Soup -40 -40 202 3 5 3 /additem Base.BucketOfSoup
Bucket of Stew Bucket of Stew -40 -40 202 3 5 3 /additem Base.BucketOfStew
Burger Burger -25 - 440 3 5 0.3 /additem Base.Burger
Burrito Burrito -25 - 500 3 5 0.3 /additem Base.Burrito
Chicken Nuggets Chicken Nuggets -10 - 230 3 5 0.2 /additem Base.ChickenNuggets
Cooking Pot with Pasta Cooking Pot with Pasta -10 - 560 3 6 3 /additem Base.WaterPotPasta
Cooking Pot with Rice Cooking Pot with Rice -10 - 480 3 6 3 /additem Base.WaterPotRice
Copper Saucepan with Pasta Copper Saucepan with Pasta -10 - 560 3 6 3 /additem Base.WaterSaucepanPastaCopper
Copper Saucepan with Rice Copper Saucepan with Rice -10 - 480 3 6 3 /additem Base.WaterSaucepanRiceCopper
Cornbread Cornbread -10 - 300 3 5 0.1 /additem Base.Cornbread
Corndog Corndog -12 - 180 3 6 0.1 /additem Base.Corndog
Egg (Boiled) Egg (Boiled) -10 - 63 3 6 0.1 /additem Base.EggBoiled
Egg (Poached) Egg (Poached) -10 - 63 3 6 0.1 /additem Base.EggPoached
Egg (Scrambled) Egg (Scrambled) -20 - 120 3 6 0.1 /additem Base.EggScrambled
Egg Sushi Egg Sushi -8 - 19 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.SushiEgg
Fish Fingers Fish Fingers -10 - 230 3 5 0.2 /additem Base.FishFingers
Fried Chicken Fried Chicken -15 - 260 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.ChickenFried
Fries Fries -10 - 203 3 5 0.4 /additem Base.Fries
Hamburger Bun Hamburger Bun -10 - 177 3 6 0.1 /additem Base.BunsHamburger_single
Mac and Cheese Mac and Cheese - - 690 180 365 0.5 /additem Base.Macandcheese
Meat Steam Bun Meat Steam Bun -15 - 35 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.MeatSteamBun
Omelette Omelette -20 - 120 3 6 0.1 /additem Base.EggOmelette
Pack of Hamburger Buns Pack of Hamburger Buns - - 708 3 6 0.4 /additem Base.BunsHamburger
Perogies Perogies -7 - 160 3 7 0.1 /additem Base.Perogies
Pie Pie -15 - 189 4 9 0.5 /additem Base.PieWholeRaw
Pot of Soup Pot of Soup -30 -30 202 3 5 3 /additem Base.PotOfSoup
Pot of Stew Pot of Stew -40 -40 310 3 5 3 /additem Base.PotOfStew
Roast Roast -10 - 180 3 5 1.3 /additem Base.PanFriedVegetables2
Salad Salad -60 - 97 2 3 0.7 /additem Base.FruitSalad
Sandwich Sandwich -10 - 360 3 6 0.2 /additem Base.BaguetteSandwich
Saucepan with Pasta Saucepan with Pasta -10 - 560 3 6 3 /additem Base.WaterSaucepanPasta
Saucepan with Rice Saucepan with Rice -10 - 480 3 6 3 /additem Base.WaterSaucepanRice
Spring Roll Spring Roll -20 - 180 2 4 0.1 /additem Base.Springroll
Stir Fry Stir Fry -10 - 516 3 5 1 /additem Base.PanFriedVegetablesForged
Taco Taco -25 - 400 3 5 0.3 /additem Base.Taco
Taco Shell Taco Shell -5 - 55 15 20 0.1 /additem Base.TacoShell
Tato Dots Tato Dots -10 - 203 3 5 0.2 /additem Base.TatoDots
TV Dinner TV Dinner -23 - 670 3 5 0.4 /additem Base.TVDinner