Zucchini
| Zucchini | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Class | Fruits and Vegetables |
| Type | Vegetables |
| Hunger | -10 |
| Thirst | -10 |
| Calories | 33 |
| Fresh | 6 days |
| Rotten | 14 days |
| Cook Time | 20 min |
| Weight | 0.3 |
| Location | Containers |
| Spawn ID | /additem Base.Zucchini
|
Zucchini is a fresh green vegetable that can be eaten raw or cooked into a wide range of dishes. It eases both hunger and thirst, which helps when clean water is short. Its real strength is as an ingredient, adding 10 hunger to most dishes it joins.
Zucchini keeps for under a week before it starts to turn. It is found on grocery stands and in restaurant fridges, and a farm can grow it from Zucchini Seeds. The Farmer is the best occupation for fruits and vegetables. It starts with the most Agriculture skill.
Eating
A raw zucchini lowers hunger by 10 and thirst by 10. It holds 33 calories, with about 6 grams of carbohydrates, 2 grams of protein and very little fat. That makes it a light food that does little to keep body weight up.
The thirst bonus is a real help early on, before a water supply is set up. Zucchini is better hot, so a cooked one eaten soon after cooking gives a small mood lift. It is safe to eat raw.
Zucchini matches the Cucumber in every nutrition figure. Both lower hunger and thirst by 10 and hold 33 calories. A Potato is more filling, lowering hunger by 18, and a Tomato lowers it by 12.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zucchini | -10 | -10 | 33 | 6.1 | 2.37 | 0.63 |
Cooking
A zucchini cooks in 20 minutes in an oven, a microwave or over a fire, and burns after 40. Cooked on its own it is a small side dish. The better use is in an evolved dish.
Zucchini adds 10 hunger to Soup, Stew, Pie, Stir Fry, Salad, Rice, Pasta and Pizza. It adds 5 to a Sandwich or an Omelette. That reach beats the Cucumber, which goes into only a few dishes. A pot of soup or stew with zucchini and some meat makes a filling meal. The Cooking skill makes each ingredient go further, so a trained cook gets more from every zucchini.
These dishes take the Zucchini as an ingredient, with the hunger it restores in each.
| Dish | Hunger Restored | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Pasta | 10 | - |
| Pie | 10 | - |
| Pizza | 10 | - |
| Rice | 10 | - |
| Salad | 10 | - |
| Soup | 10 | - |
| Stew | 10 | - |
| Stir Fry | 10 | - |
| Omelette | 5 | - |
| Sandwich | 5 | - |
Used in Crafting
These recipes take the Zucchini as an ingredient or a part.
| Recipe | Output | Image | Station | Skill | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collect Seeds | Zucchini Seeds | 
|
- | None | /additem Base.ZucchiniSeed
|
Farming
Zucchini grows from Zucchini Seeds. The Collect Seeds recipe takes seeds from a zucchini with tweezers or a knife. A plant takes about 18 days to grow and gives 2 to 4 zucchini at harvest.
The sowing season runs from March to May, and April is the best month to plant. Zucchini sown from August through February does poorly.
How the crop grows, from the game's farming data.
| Seed | Image | Grow Time | Harvest | Sowing Months | Best Months | Spawn ID |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zucchini Seeds |
|
18 days | 2-4 | March, April, May | April | /additem Base.ZucchiniSeed
|
Storage
A fresh zucchini stays fresh for 6 days and is fully rotten by day 14. A fridge slows both counts down. A zucchini past its fresh date is best cooked into a dish quickly.
Locations
Zucchini is a common find on grocery stands. The stands at Gigamart, grocery stores and outdoor supply stores hold it about half the time. Mexican, sushi and Italian kitchen fridges turn it up now and then. Restaurant fridges and house fridges sometimes hold one, though less often. A garden plot gives a much steadier supply once the seeds are in the ground.
The places where it spawns, with the rough chance per container. Each tab shows one kind of place.
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Gigamart | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Grocery store | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Outdoor supply store | Grocery stand | 53.3% |
| Sushi kitchen | Fridge | 8.5% |
| Restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 4.3% |
| Fancy restaurant kitchen | Fridge | 4.3% |
| Location | Container | Chance |
|---|---|---|
| Mexican kitchen | Fridge | 9.5% |
| Italian kitchen | Fridge | 7.7% |
| Any building | Fridge | 3.4% |
| Living room | Fridge | 3.4% |
| Hoarder kitchen | Fridge | 2.5% |
Notes
- Zucchini adds 10 hunger to most dishes, twice what it adds to a sandwich or omelette.
- One zucchini can be turned into Zucchini Seeds with tweezers or a knife.
- April is the best month to plant zucchini.
- Zucchini is better hot, so cook it into a dish and eat it soon after.
- Its thirst bonus makes it a useful snack before a water supply is running.
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