Thistles

Thistles

Class	Herbs
Type	Herb
Hunger	-4
Thirst	-
Calories	45
Fresh	6 days
Rotten	10 days
Cook Time	-
Weight	0.1
Location	-
Spawn ID	`/additem Base.Thistle`

Thistles are a wild plant that can be eaten as a small snack or used as a spice. They are light, so a forager can carry a bundle with little effort. On their own they do little for hunger. Their main use is seasoning a salad, a soup or a hot drink.

Thistles spoil in under a week, so they are best used soon after picking. They come only from foraging in the wild. The best occupations for herbs are the Fishing Guide and the Park Ranger. Each starts with the same Foraging skill.

Eating

Eating thistles lowers hunger by 4. They hold 45 calories, mostly carbohydrates, with a little protein and no fat. That is a fair amount of energy for such a light plant, though it is still only a snack.

Thistles leave mood alone, so they make a fair raw snack. They are safe to eat straight after foraging.

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
Thistles	-4	45	18	3	0

Cooking

Thistles count as a spice in cooking. A spice sits outside the dish's ingredient limit. Thistles go into Salad, Soup and Hot Drink, adding 2 hunger to each. Adding them gives a dish a little more food value and flavour without crowding out the main ingredients.

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