Soybeans
| Soybeans | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Fruits and Vegetables |
| Type | Bean |
| Hunger | -5 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 25 |
| Fresh | 3 days |
| Rotten | 5 days |
| Cook Time | - |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Location | - |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Soybeans
|
Soybeans are a fresh bean crop grown on a farm. They are a small food on their own. Their main use is in soups, stews, stir fries, roasted vegetables and rice dishes.
Fresh soybeans spoil within a few days. They can be dried with the Dry Soybeans recipe, which turns them into seeds for the next planting. They come from farming, not from loot. The Farmer is the best occupation for fruits and vegetables. It starts with the most Agriculture skill.
Eating
Soybeans lower hunger by 5. They hold 25 calories, with about 10 grams of carbohydrates and 4 grams of protein. That makes them a light food that does little for body weight.
They weigh only 0.1, so a handful costs little to carry. On their own they are a snack at best. A cooked dish gets far more out of them.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soybeans | -5 | 25 | 10.45 | 3.95 | 0.45 |
Cooking
Soybeans go into Soup, Stew, Stir Fry and Roasted Vegetables, adding 5 hunger to each. They also go into rice cooked in a pot or a pan, and into a stir fry made on a griddle pan, at the same 5 hunger.
A few soybeans with a meat and a vegetable make a filling pot of soup or stew. The Cooking skill makes each ingredient go further.
These dishes take Soybeans as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Rice | 5 | - |
| Roasted Vegetables | 5 | - |
| Soup | 5 | - |
| Stew | 5 | - |
| Stir Fry | 5 | - |
Farming
Soybeans are planted from the beans themselves, fresh or dried. A plant takes about 18 days to grow and gives 2 to 4 soybeans at harvest.
The sowing season runs from March to May, and April is the best month to plant. Soybeans planted from August through February do poorly.
How the crop grows, from the game's farming data.
| Seed | Image | Grow Time | Harvest | Sowing Months | Best Months | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soybeans (Dried) | 
|
18 days | 2-4 | March, April, May | April | /additem Base.SoybeansSeed
|
Storage
Fresh soybeans stay fresh for 3 days and are rotten by day 5. A fridge slows both counts. Drying them keeps them as seed for the next crop.
Notes
- Dry a few soybeans to keep seed for the next planting.
- Plant in April for the best crop.
- Use fresh soybeans soon, since they rot within 5 days.
- They add 5 hunger to soups, stews, stir fries and rice dishes.
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