Thyme
| Thyme | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Herbs |
| Type | Herb |
| Hunger | -1 |
| Thirst | - |
| Calories | 0.1 |
| Fresh | 6 days |
| Rotten | 10 days |
| Cook Time | - |
| Weight | 0.1 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Thyme
|
Thyme is a fresh herb used as a spice in cooking. It carries almost no food value of its own. Its worth lies in seasoning a wide range of dishes, from omelettes and soups to burgers and pasta.
Fresh thyme spoils within a week, but it can be dried on a drying rack into Thyme (Dried), which keeps. It is found by foraging, turns up in kitchen fridges now and then, and a farm can grow it from Thyme Seeds. The best occupations for herbs are the Fishing Guide and the Park Ranger. Each starts with the same Foraging skill.
Eating
Eating fresh thyme lowers hunger by just 1. It holds a tenth of a calorie. As food it is a poor choice even for a starving character.
Thyme leaves mood alone, so a stray sprig eaten by mistake does no harm. It belongs in the pot rather than in the mouth.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thyme | -1 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cooking
Thyme counts as a spice. A spice sits outside the dish's ingredient limit, so it seasons a meal on top of the main ingredients. Thyme goes into Omelette, Stir Fry, Soup, Stew, Bread, Toast, Burger, Hotdog, Sandwich and Pasta, adding 1 hunger to each.
The Dry Thyme recipe turns fresh thyme into Thyme (Dried) on a drying rack. Dried thyme seasons almost the same list of dishes and lasts much longer in the larder.
These dishes take the Thyme as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Bread | 1 | - |
| Burger | 1 | - |
| Hot Dog | 1 | - |
| Omelette | 1 | - |
| Pasta | 1 | - |
| Sandwich | 1 | - |
| Soup | 1 | - |
| Stew | 1 | - |
| Stir Fry | 1 | - |
| Toast | 1 | - |
Farming
Thyme grows from Thyme Seeds. A plant takes about 20 days to grow and gives 4 to 6 sprigs at harvest. The sowing season runs from February to April, and March is the best month. Thyme planted from August 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thyme Seeds | 
|
20 days | 4-6 | February, March, April | March | /additem Base.ThymeSeed
|
Storage
Fresh thyme stays fresh for 6 days and is fully rotten by day 10. A fridge slows both counts down. Drying it is the way to keep a supply through the year.
Locations
Fresh thyme is a rare find in loot. Restaurant kitchen fridges, including those in fancy restaurants, hold it a few times in a hundred. A fridge in a house or any other building can turn one up, but only rarely. Foraging is the more reliable way to gather it.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 4.3% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 4.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Any building | Fridge | 1.7% |
| Living room | Fridge | 1.7% |
Notes
- Thyme seasons both savoury mains and bread or toast, so one bundle covers many meals.
- Drying thyme on a rack turns a short-lived herb into one that keeps.
- A crop of thyme needs a spring sowing, with March the best month.
- Thyme is a spice, so adding it never pushes out a main ingredient.
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