Cooking

Cooking is a skill that all adults in the village have. Cooking is necessary for producing meals, which can be consumed by all members of your village. If a family cannot cook due to lack of supplies or lack of required structures, they can buy meals from the inn. If villagers are left without a source of meals, they are capable of eating raw ingredients, but will only do so as a last resort.

Villagers require several things to cook a meal. They need Firewood, access to a well, and 250 grams of cooking ingredients per meal. Villagers can and usually do cook 3 meals at a time, resulting in 750 grams of cooking ingredients. The required buildings include a cauldron, a wooden block, a well (can be placed in a Public Area zone instead), and a cooking table.

Meal Quality

There are 4 levels of quality for meals: Simple, Normal, Good, and Excellent. The quality that a family will produce will depend on their wealth, their status, and whether those ingredients are available in your village. Peasants will produce only up to Good quality meals. Tavern owners, Nobles (including your ruling family), and Clergy will produce up to Excellent meals.

All cooking ingredients are classed into several categories: Vegetables, Fruit, Meat, Grain, Made Products, and Animal Products.

• Simple Quality Meal: Requires any 1 ingredient category
• Normal Quality Meal: Requires any 2 ingredient categories
• Good Quality Meal: Requires 3 ingredient categories [Meat or Grain], [Made Product or Animal Product], and [Vegetable or Fruit]
• Excellent Quality Meal: Requires 4 ingredient categories [Meat or Grain], Animal Product, Made Product, and [Vegetable or Fruit]

Required Buildings

Building	Cost	Relevant Recipes	Size	Access Points
Cauldron	1 Stone		1x1	4 Tiles (All Sides)
Wooden Block	1 Wood	1 Wood > 10 Firewood	1x1	4 Tiles (All Sides)
Well	4 Stone	N/A	1x1	4 Tiles (All Sides)
Cooking Table	? Planks		2x1	2 Tiles (Front Only)

Ingredients

Ingredient	Category	Produced By	Weight	Storage
Cabbage	Vegetable	Farmer	250	Barrel
Carrot *	Vegetable	Farmer	100	Barrel
Mushroom	Vegetable	Forager Clergy (Apothecary)	100	Barrel
Parsnip	Vegetabel	Farmer	100	Barrel
Potato	Vegetable	Farmer	75	Barrel
Apple *	Fruit	Farmer Everyone	100	Barrel
Pear	Fruit	Farmer Everyone	100	Barrel
Blueberries	Fruit	Forager Everyone	100	Barrel
Grapes	Fruit	Clergy (Wine-Maker)	100	Barrel
Melon	Fruit	Farmer	200	barrel
Pumpkin	Fruit	Farmer	200	Barrel
Fish *	Meat	Fishermen	80	Barrel
Meat	Meat	Butcher	200	Shelf Meat Hook
Corn *	Grain	Farmer	225	Silo Barrel
Rice Grain	Grain	Farmer	160	Silo Barrel
Milk *	Animal Product	Farmer Stables Anyone	200	Shelf
Egg	Animal Product	Farmer Stables Anyone	50	Shelf
Honey	Animal Product	Clergy (Bee-keeper)	250	Shelf
Bread	Made Product	Baker	200	Shelf
Butter	Made Product	Farmer	100	Shelf
Cheese	Made Product	Farmer	100	Shelf
Sausage *	Made Product	Butcher	120	Shelf
Apple Pie	Made Product	Baker	200	Shelf
Pear Pie	Made Product	Baker	200	Shelf
Carrot Pie	Made Product	Baker	200	Shelf
Pumpkin Pie	Made Product	Baker	200	Shelf
Blueberry Pie	Made Product	Baker	200	Shelf
Meat Pie	Made Product	Baker	200

(*) Best of each category based on potential production