Tadpole
| Tadpole | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Ingredients |
| Type | - |
| Hunger | -1 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 90 |
| Fresh | 2 days |
| Rotten | 4 days |
| Cook Time | 5 min |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Location | - |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Tadpole
|
A Tadpole is a young frog. It is barely filling and makes a character unhappy when eaten. Its main use is as chum to draw fish.
Tadpoles spoil within two days. They must be cooked before eating, since raw ones can make a character sick. The Chef is the best occupation for ingredients. It starts with the most Cooking skill. The Burger Flipper also starts with some Cooking skill.
Eating
A Tadpole lowers hunger by only 1 and adds 20 unhappiness. Eaten raw, it is dangerous and can cause food poisoning. Cooking makes it safe, but the unhappiness stays.
A tadpole holds 90 calories, with about 17 grams of protein. That is a fair amount for its weight of 0.1. Still, the mood cost makes it an emergency food only.
A Slug and a Snail have the same food values. Both keep for 4 days, twice as long as a tadpole.
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 | Unhappiness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadpole | -1 | 90 | 2.11 | 17.41 | 1.9 | 20 |
Cooking
A Tadpole cooks in 5 minutes and burns after 25. A stove or a fire both work.
In evolved recipes, a tadpole can be added to chum as fishing bait, where it counts for 2. That is twice the value of a slug or a snail.
These dishes take the Tadpole as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Chum | 2 | - |
Storage
A Tadpole stays fresh for 2 days and is rotten by day 4. A fridge slows both counts. Tadpoles kept for chum are best used quickly.
Notes
- A tadpole is worth twice as much as a slug or snail in chum.
- Always cook it before eating, since raw ones can cause food poisoning.
- Use tadpoles within two days, before they start to rot.
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