Spinach
| Spinach | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Fruits and Vegetables |
| Type | Vegetables |
| Hunger | -5 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 24 |
| Fresh | 4 days |
| Rotten | 6 days |
| Cook Time | 10 min |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Spinach
|
Spinach is a leafy green vegetable. It is light and only a little filling on its own. Its main use is in soups, stews and salads.
Spinach spoils within a few days, so it should be used soon. It comes from grocery stands and restaurant fridges, and a farm can grow it from Spinach Seeds. The Farmer is the best occupation for fruits and vegetables. It starts with the most Agriculture skill.
Eating
Spinach lowers hunger by 5. It holds 24 calories, with 3 grams of carbohydrates and 4 grams of protein. That makes it a poor way to keep body weight up.
Spinach is better hot, so a cooked bowl gives a small mood lift if it is eaten soon after cooking. It is also safe to eat raw.
Compared with other greens, spinach is one of the least filling. Lettuce lowers hunger by 15 and Kale by 16. Spinach weighs only 0.1, half the weight of either.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinach | -5 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
Cooking
Spinach cooks in 10 minutes in an oven, on a stove or over a fire, and burns after 30.
It goes into Soup and Stew, adding 10 hunger to each. In a Salad it adds 5. That makes a soup or stew the best use, where it adds twice the food it gives on its own. The Cooking skill makes each ingredient go further.
These dishes take the Spinach as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Soup | 10 | - |
| Stew | 10 | - |
| Salad | 5 | - |
Farming
Spinach grows from Spinach Seeds. A plant takes about 12 days to grow and gives 2 to 4 bunches at harvest.
The sowing season runs from February to July. March and June are the best months to plant. Spinach planted from September through January does poorly.
How the crop grows, from the game's farming data.
| Seed | Image | Grow Time | Harvest | Sowing Months | Best Months | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinach Seeds | 
|
12 days | 2-4 | February, March, April, May, June, July | March, June | /additem Base.SpinachSeed
|
Storage
Spinach stays fresh for 4 days and is rotten by day 6. A fridge slows both counts. It is best cooked into a soup or stew soon after it is picked.
Locations
Spinach is a common find at grocery stands. The grocery stands at Gigamart and grocery stores carry it about half the time. Restaurant kitchen fridges hold it now and then. A farm is the steady supply.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gigamart | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Grocery store | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 4.3% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 4.3% |
Notes
- Spinach adds twice as much hunger to a soup or stew as it gives eaten alone.
- It is better hot, so cook it into a dish and eat it soon after.
- It grows fast, in about 12 days.
- Plant it in March or June for the best crop.
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