Vegetarians

[Leffa]

We need a good gaucho barbecue in the game! rofl

[StorymasterQ]

this is why no one likes vegetarians 

Oh, don't be like that. I know for a fact that cannibals absolutely LOVE vegetarians

[Celthric Aysen]

i somehow find it weird how people get offended by this, it doesn't makes sense at all,Its just a video game not real life.

anyway, i disagree,i say keep the requirement for meat, its the only thing that makes making meals difficult, unless your using human meat anyway.

[StorymasterQ]

i somehow find it weird how people get offended by this...

You must be new to the Internet. Welcome!

[Celthric Aysen]

i somehow find it weird how people get offended by this...

You must be new to the Internet. Welcome!

I already know what kind of people lurk the internet, 50%Idiots 20%smart 30% just playin dumb, Im just pointing out that its nothing to be offended about.

Its simply just an excuse so that cooking meals be easier -_-

[Coenmcj]

i somehow find it weird how people get offended by this...

You must be new to the Internet. Welcome!

I already know what kind of people lurk the internet, 50%Idiots 20%smart 30% just playin dumb, Im just pointing out that its nothing to be offended about.

Its simply just an excuse so that cooking meals be easier -_-

Blackjack has a fair point, it seems that people on the internet get offended alot more easily than those you would meet in the outside world, but hey, Different cultures from a world wide perspective clashing together to form a whole new little community? There's going to be conflict regardless.

[Col_Jessep]

Oh, you guys probably know the saying:
How do you know if somebody doesn't eat meat, doesn't drive a car or doesn't watch TV? He will tell you.
It's so exciting to be an individualist! ;P

[Rainsoda]

well cause proper meals require meat lul

[b0rsuk]

Its simply just an excuse so that cooking meals be easier -_-

Yes, because vegetarian diet is so easy. Hunting all those obscure vegetables you need to replace meat.

[Edixo]

lol ancient thread

Vegetarians also eat eggs and drink milk. You can cook fine and lavish meals with both.

[minimurgle]

This is kinda like the rock paper shotgun about him being sexist. Though if anything, Tynan is anti bald people.

[Aerial]

The vegetable garden mod already addresses all of these issues.  It adds a number of different crop types, among them beans which can then be used to make tofu, and the tofu used in place of meat.  I think I also saw red lentils being usable in place of meat, but I'd have to double-check that.  And there's a recipe for a vegan egg substitute. 

[Greep]

This is kinda like the rock paper shotgun about him being sexist. Though if anything, Tynan is anti bald people.

Everyone is bald in code when they wear headgear, so the jokes on you

Would be cool to have a salad cooking item, though, which uses a lot of different ingredients and is less filling than meat although with the same mood boost.

[Headshotkill]

[LanceKalvaz]

The cooking system could easily be expanded upon as a whole (I know it's a placeholder, just saying). As just one example, add soy beans as a crop. They can't safely be eaten raw (darn those lectins!) but just like how hops can be processed into wort then beer, soybeans could be either cooked to produce soy milk and okara or fermented to make soy sauce, natto, tempeh, miso, etc. Okara can't be eaten raw either but can be cooked into plenty of stuff, used to make japanese pickles or as great fertilizer in nitrogen-poor soil. It's an entire industry in one crop!

For game balance purposes, it also allows for a simple crop to be cooked into food directly or fermented/processed over time (to simplify and save space, you could use the existing beer fermenting barrels) into a product that can easily make fine meals. Of course it would be easier to just go out and turn the nearest living thing into meat but as our storytellers keep reminding us, meat spoils quickly. Fermented soy products don't really spoil.. As some like to say, they just 'get stronger'. There is also the plus side of giving people options, be it for role play or traits added later like vegetarian. Turning spoiled foods and/or okara into fertilizer to boost crops grow speed for the life of that plant (maybe adding a % boost to grow speed, capped at what rich soil provides) would be awesome too.

Adding some/all of these things as tribal research could give new and interesting things to do or easily allow it to be skipped and ignore the soy bean altogether. Also, allow rice/potatoes/etc to be fermented into whisky/vodka/sake/wine in the same barrels.