Unmilled Rice

Unmilled Rice

Type	Crop
Season	Spring
Seed	Rice Shoot

Unmilled Rice is a Spring paddy crop that is almost worthless until it is processed. Sold straight from the field, it earns less than the Rice Shoot cost to plant. Run through a Mill, each stalk becomes a bag of Rice worth far more, and Rice is a key ingredient in several dishes and in Vinegar. Planted near water, the shoots grow faster and never need watering. Villagers dislike it as a gift and Leo hates it, so it belongs in the Mill rather than in a gift box.

Growing

Pierre's General Store sells Rice Shoots in Spring. The crop is harvested with a Scythe rather than picked by hand.

Rice is a paddy crop. Shoots planted close to a pond, river or other body of water count as irrigated. Irrigated rice ripens two days sooner than rice on dry ground, and it does not need to be watered at all. A strip of rice along the Farm Pond or river is therefore one of the easiest Spring crops to look after. Shoots planted far from water grow at the normal pace and need watering every day like other crops.

The plant does not regrow, and each harvest needs a new shoot. Irrigated rice fits four rounds into one Spring, with each new shoot planted on the day of the last harvest.

Prices

Raw Unmilled Rice sells for less than the shoot costs at Pierre's, so selling it raw loses money unless the stalk is gold quality. The Tiller profession adds only a little.

The Mill fixes that. A Mill turns each Unmilled Rice into one Rice by the next morning, and Rice is worth more than three times the raw stalk. Robin builds the Mill at the Carpenter's Shop. It also grinds Wheat into Wheat Flour and Beets into Sugar, so it pays for itself on any farm that cooks.

A Preserves Jar can also turn Unmilled Rice into pickles, worth twice the raw price plus 50g. That is a similar value to milled Rice, but the jar takes longer than the Mill's overnight wait. The Keg makes rice juice worth much less. For most farms the Mill is the simplest choice.

Uses

Milled Rice goes into Rice Pudding, Maki Roll and Mango Sticky Rice. Evelyn mails the Rice Pudding recipe at seven hearts, and Demetrius loves the dish. Cooking a fish with Seaweed and Rice makes a Maki Roll, and The Queen of Sauce teaches it.

A Keg turns Rice into Vinegar. Radish Salad, Coleslaw and other dishes need Vinegar, so a little rice can keep the kitchen supplied.

Pierre sells Rice for twice what it fetches when shipped. Growing and milling rice is far cheaper for anyone who cooks often.

At the dye pots in Emily's and Haley's house, Unmilled Rice counts as an orange dye.

Every villager dislikes Unmilled Rice except Leo, who hates it. Milled Rice is the more useful form, though even that is better cooked than given away.

All Crops

Every crop, with its season, growth time and normal-quality sell price.

Crop	Season	Growth	Price
Blue Jazz	Spring	7 days	50g
Carrot	Spring	3 days	35g
Cauliflower	Spring	12 days	175g
Garlic	Spring	4 days	60g
Green Bean	Spring	10 days	40g
Kale	Spring	6 days	110g
Parsnip	Spring	4 days	35g
Potato	Spring	6 days	80g
Rhubarb	Spring	13 days	220g
Strawberry	Spring	8 days	120g
Tulip	Spring	6 days	30g
Unmilled Rice	Spring	-	-
Ancient Fruit	Spring, Summer, Fall	28 days	550g
Tea Leaves	Spring, Summer, Fall	20 days	-
Blueberry	Summer	13 days	50g
Hops	Summer	11 days	25g
Hot Pepper	Summer	5 days	40g
Melon	Summer	12 days	250g
Poppy	Summer	7 days	140g
Radish	Summer	6 days	90g
Red Cabbage	Summer	9 days	260g
Starfruit	Summer	13 days	750g
Summer Spangle	Summer	8 days	90g
Summer Squash	Summer	6 days	-
Tomato	Summer	11 days	60g
Corn	Summer, Fall	14 days	50g
Sunflower	Summer, Fall	8 days	80g
Wheat	Summer, Fall	4 days	25g
Amaranth	Fall	7 days	150g
Artichoke	Fall	8 days	160g
Beet	Fall	6 days	100g
Bok Choy	Fall	4 days	80g
Cranberries	Fall	7 days	-
Eggplant	Fall	5 days	60g
Fairy Rose	Fall	12 days	-
Pumpkin	Fall	13 days	320g
Sweet Gem Berry	Fall	24 days	-
Yam	Fall	10 days	160g
Powdermelon	Winter	-	60g
Broccoli	-	-	-
Cactus Fruit	-	-	75g
Grape	-	-	80g
Pineapple	-	-	-
Qi Fruit	-	-	-
Taro Root	-	10 days	100g