Tomato
| Tomato | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Fruits and Vegetables |
| Type | Vegetables |
| Hunger | -12 |
| Thirst | -8 |
| Calories | 14 |
| Fresh | 4 days |
| Rotten | 12 days |
| Cook Time | 10 min |
| Weight | 0.2 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Tomato
|
A Tomato is a fresh vegetable that can be eaten raw, cooked or added to a long list of dishes. It is light and fairly filling, and it eases thirst as well as hunger. Its widest use is as a cooking ingredient in pizza, soup, stew, pasta and rice.
Tomatoes spoil within a few days, so they suit a cook who plans to use them soon. They come from grocery stands, produce crates and restaurant fridges, and a farm can grow them from Tomato Seeds. They also work as bait in traps for small animals. The Farmer is the best occupation for fruits and vegetables. It starts with the most Agriculture skill.
Eating
Eating a raw tomato lowers hunger by 12 and thirst by 8. That thirst bonus is a real help when clean water is short. A tomato holds only 14 calories, with a little carbohydrate and protein. That makes tomatoes a poor way to keep body weight up.
Tomatoes are better hot, so a cooked tomato gives a small mood lift if eaten soon after cooking. Raw tomatoes are safe to eat straight from the stand. Their best value comes from going into a cooked dish rather than being eaten alone.
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 | Thirst | Calories | Carbs | Protein | Fat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato | -12 | -8 | 14 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
Cooking
A tomato cooks in 10 minutes in an oven, a microwave or over a fire, and burns after 30.
Tomatoes go into Pizza, Soup, Stew, Pie, Stir Fry, Rice and Pasta, adding 12 hunger to each. In an Omelette, Sandwich, Burger, Hotdog, Salad, Taco or Burrito they add 6. That range makes the tomato a useful vegetable for almost any meal.
Tomatoes also feed three crafting recipes. Make Guacamole combines a tomato with an Avocado, an Onion, a Jalapeno and salt to make 5 portions. Make Jar of Preserved Food puts 4 tomatoes into a jar with vinegar, salt and water. Collect Seeds takes one tomato and gives Tomato Seeds for planting.
These dishes take the Tomato as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Pasta | 12 | - |
| Pie | 12 | - |
| Pizza | 12 | - |
| Rice | 12 | - |
| Soup | 12 | - |
| Stew | 12 | - |
| Stir Fry | 12 | - |
| Burger | 6 | - |
| Burrito | 6 | - |
| Hot Dog | 6 | - |
| Omelette | 6 | - |
| Salad | 6 | - |
| Sandwich | 6 | - |
| Taco | 6 | - |
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Tomato as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collect Seeds | Tomato Seeds | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.TomatoSeed
|
| Make Guacamole | Guacamole | 
|
- | Cooking: 0 | /additem Base.Guacamole
|
| Make Jar of Preserved Food | Jar of Bell Peppers | 
|
- | Cooking: 0 | /additem Base.CannedBellPepper
|
Farming
Tomatoes grow from Tomato Seeds. A plant takes about 15 days to grow and gives 4 or 5 tomatoes at harvest. The sowing season runs from April to June, and May is the best month. Tomatoes planted from October through March do poorly.
As trap bait, a tomato gives a 35 percent chance to attract a rabbit, a mouse, a rat or a raccoon.
How the crop grows, from the game's farming data.
| Seed | Image | Grow Time | Harvest | Sowing Months | Best Months | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tomato Seeds |
|
15 days | 4-5 | April, May, June | May | /additem Base.TomatoSeed
|
Trapped animals it lures as bait.
| Animal | Attraction |
|---|---|
| Rabbit | 35% |
| Mouse | 35% |
| Rat | 35% |
| Raccoon | 35% |
Storage
A fresh tomato stays fresh for 4 days and is fully rotten by day 12. A fridge slows both counts down. For long keeping, preserving tomatoes in a jar is the better choice.
Locations
Tomatoes are a common find wherever fresh food is sold or stored. Produce crates are certain to hold them. Grocery stands at Gigamart, grocery stores and outdoor supply stores carry them about half the time. Spiffo's kitchen and storage fridges hold them almost as often. Cafeteria and diner fridges turn them up about one time in three. Burger, pizza, Italian and Mexican kitchen fridges hold them less often, and a house fridge can hold one now and then.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Produce crate | Crate | 100% |
| Gigamart | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Grocery store | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Outdoor supply store | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Spiffos kitchen | Fridge | 48.5% |
| Spiffos storage | Fridge | 48.5% |
| Cafeteria | Fridge | 33.3% |
| Cafeteria kitchen | Fridge | 33.3% |
| Diner counter | Fridge | 32.7% |
| Diner kitchen | Fridge | 32.7% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Italian kitchen | Fridge | 15.4% |
| Mexican kitchen | Fridge | 9.5% |
| Any building | Fridge | 3.4% |
| Living room | Fridge | 3.4% |
| Hoarder kitchen | Fridge | 2.5% |
Notes
- One tomato gives seeds through Collect Seeds, so a single find can start a crop.
- Four tomatoes fill one jar of preserved food, which keeps far longer than fresh tomatoes.
- A tomato adds twice as much hunger to a soup or pasta as it does to a salad or sandwich.
- A tomato lures four kinds of small animal, so it suits any small trap.
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