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Prepared meals do not produce any byproducts such as [[seed]]s, [[shell]]s, or [[bone]]s when cooked or eaten. This makes them ideal for placement in dining rooms located far away from your main population because food and refuse haulers will not have to trek long distances to retrieve the seeds or bones left after a meal, and a single enormous meal stack can feed several dwarves for a year or more. | Prepared meals do not produce any byproducts such as [[seed]]s, [[shell]]s, or [[bone]]s when cooked or eaten. This makes them ideal for placement in dining rooms located far away from your main population because food and refuse haulers will not have to trek long distances to retrieve the seeds or bones left after a meal, and a single enormous meal stack can feed several dwarves for a year or more. | ||
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| + | A [[food]] [[stockpile]] can be customized to accept prepared meals, or only prepared meals, by using the {{k|u}} key within that stockpile. A stockpile that accepts prepared meals does not filter based on what ingredients were used - a prepared meal is simply a prepared meal, end of discussion. This can be toggled either on an existing stockpile by {{k|q}}uerying it and then using the {{k|s}} option to change it, or when creating a custom stockpile using {{k|p}} and then {{k|t}}. If all foods are {{k|b}}locked and prepared foods are allowed, ''only'' prepared foods will be placed in that stockpile. | ||
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| + | [[Barrel]]s can only hold a max of 10 items - stacks of prepared food that are larger than 10 will not fit in barrels, and will be placed individually on stockpile tiles. This may make them more vulnerable to [[vermin]], but can actually create denser stockpiles in terms of meals/tile. | ||
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| + | Many players put their prepared foods stockpiles near [[dining room]]s, to reduce the travel time for dwarfs that are [[Labor#Get back to work|eating]]. | ||
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A Kitchen is a workshop used by a cook. The cook uses this workshop primarily to combine base ingredients (meat, plump helmets, etc.) into prepared food. It is also used to render fat into tallow.
Prepared meals
On the Kitchen submenu of the Overall Status screen (z), you can specify which foods the kitchen is allowed to cook (and also which plants the still is allowed to brew). Blue means "cook this food"; red means "do not cook".
There are three grades of meals you can prepare at a kitchen:
- Easy (biscuit) requires two cookable items.
- Fine (stew) requires three cookable items.
- Lavish (roast) requires four cookable items.
The items to be cooked do not have to be different: for instance, a cook might combine two plump helmet spawn into a stack of two "plump helmet spawn biscuits", or four spawn into four "plump helmet spawn roasts". The amount of food produced always equals the total number of food items used.
If large stacks of food are used as the ingredients, a large stack of meals will be produced. For example, 22 "Minced cave fish roasts" could be created from "minced cave fish [5], minced turtle, minced dwarven wine [14], and minced turtle [2]".
Prepared meals do not produce any byproducts such as seeds, shells, or bones when cooked or eaten. This makes them ideal for placement in dining rooms located far away from your main population because food and refuse haulers will not have to trek long distances to retrieve the seeds or bones left after a meal, and a single enormous meal stack can feed several dwarves for a year or more.
& stockpiles
A food stockpile can be customized to accept prepared meals, or only prepared meals, by using the u key within that stockpile. A stockpile that accepts prepared meals does not filter based on what ingredients were used - a prepared meal is simply a prepared meal, end of discussion. This can be toggled either on an existing stockpile by querying it and then using the s option to change it, or when creating a custom stockpile using p and then t. If all foods are blocked and prepared foods are allowed, only prepared foods will be placed in that stockpile.
Barrels can only hold a max of 10 items - stacks of prepared food that are larger than 10 will not fit in barrels, and will be placed individually on stockpile tiles. This may make them more vulnerable to vermin, but can actually create denser stockpiles in terms of meals/tile.
Many players put their prepared foods stockpiles near dining rooms, to reduce the travel time for dwarfs that are eating.
Rotting
The only problem with prepared meals is that if they are not stored properly they can quickly rot, effectively rendering their preparation a waste of time and resources. Currently, prepared food stacks of 10 or less can be stored in a barrel, ensuring their long-lasting preservation. Stacks greater than 10 cannot be stored in barrels. Often these large, lavish meals are left in the kitchen where vermin quickly bring about contamination and spoil. Care must be taken to ensure larger meals do not putresce in this manner. Designated food haulers may help prevent this problem. Prepared meals will not rot in a food stockpile, even outside of a barrel.
Value of a prepared meal
Regardless of the type of meal you produce, a stack of prepared meals has a base value of 10 for each meal in the stack, multiplied by the quality rating of the preparation quality. However, the final value of a stack of meals is highly variable because it is so strongly influenced by the quality of the ingredients and the size of the ingredient stacks. The quality designator shown is not taken from the preparation results, but from the best quality of any one ingredient. The value added by the preparation can be a small fraction of the total value of the meal when expensive or exceptionally-prepared ingredients go into the meal. Meat from animals with high MODVALUE, processed plants that generate large stacks, or luxury food items like cheese are all ingredients that can cause a stack of prepared meals to have a surprisingly high value.
Some examples:
≡Dwarven wheat flour roast [33]≡
This is a stack of 33 well-prepared Dwarven wheat flour roast. The ingredients are exceptionally minced Plump helmet, well-minced deer meat, superiorly minced Quarry bush Leaves and minced Dwarven wheat flour.
Total value: 3102☼
10 (prepared meal) * 3 (well) == 30
2 (plant) * 2 (plump helmet) * 5 (exceptional) == 20
2 (meat) * 1 (deer) * 2 (well-made) == 4
5 (quarry bush leaves) * 4 (superior) == 20
20 (dwarven wheat flour) * 1 (no label) == 20
Subtotal (value of one serving): 94☼
94 (value) * 33 (quantity) == 3102☼
*Dragon meat stew [41]*
This is a stack of 41 well-prepared dragon meat stew. The ingredients are finely-minced Dwarven syrup, minced quarry bush leaves and well-minced dragon meat.
Total value: 11685☼
10 (prepared meal)* 2 (well) == 20
20 (dwarven syrup) * 3 (fine) == 60
5 (quarry bush leaves) * 1 (no label) == 5
2 (meat) * 50 (dragon) * 2 (well) == 200
Subtotal (value of one serving): 285☼
285 (value) * 41 (quantity) == 11685☼
See also
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