Cooking Guide in Tales of the Shire

Cooking is one of the main activities in Tales of the Shire. It is probably the most advanced activity compared to the others in the game. The Hobbits love to enjoy their favorite meals, and that is what you have to provide in Bywater. Building a community in Bywater will require you to build relationships with all of the locals. The only way to do it is by cooking their favorite meals and hosting them at your home. In this guide, we will tell you everything you want to know about the cooking activity in Tales of the Shire.

Cooking in Tales of the Shire

Cooking is the most complex activity out of the other main activities in Tales of the Shire. It is because there are various elements to cooking, including several ingredients with different tastes and properties, preparing and mixing ingredients to a certain standard, adding seasonings, and much more. From the point of selecting a recipe you want to cook to finalizing it, you have to go through various steps. To begin the cooking process, you have to go to your home and interact with the kitchen.

1. Choose a Recipe

Tales of the Shire offers over 120 cooking recipes for you to cook and share with the locals. Each recipe is unique and has a different Flavor Profile, including Sweet, Sour, Bitter, and Spicy. The Flavor Profile of each recipe is symbolized in the top-left corner of the recipe.

As you interact with the kitchen, the recipe menu will pop up. All the highlight recipes in the menu are those that you can cook. Moreover, there are various tabs for different types of recipes, like stews, pastries, etc. You unlock more recipes by progressing in the main story, increasing friendship with the locals, and gathering new seasonal ingredients. To begin cooking a dish, select the recipe from the menu to move on to the next step.

2. Select the Correct Ingredients

Every recipe in Tales of the Shire requires different ingredients. As you select the recipe, you will get to select the ingredients that you want to use to cook the dish. Some ingredients are necessary, which you cannot change, while others will let you select the ingredients to your liking. For instance, the Very Good Fish Cakes recipe requires Flour, Onion, Potato, and any Fish. You specifically need to add the Flour, Onion, and Potato, and for fish, you can use any fish in your pantry or inventory.

3. Preparing the Dish

After selecting the ingredients, the main preparation procedure begins, in which you have to use the kitchen appliances to prepare the ingredients and mix them in the bowl to finish the dish. You will start with two cooking appliances, a Chopping Block and a Frying Pan. More appliances will unlock as you level up in the Cooking Club.

As the preparation phase begins, you will see the ingredients at the bottom of the screen. You will start from the left side. For every ingredient, you have to match its standard target to make a standout dish. If you look at the bottom right of the screen, you will see the preferred target for the corresponding ingredient. Some ingredients require to be chunkier or smoother, and some require to be chunkier or tender.

Using the Chopping Block will allow you to cut the ingredients to make them chunky or smooth. Always look at the target on the bottom right of the screen and match the bar to the target. Chopping the ingredients will increase the bar to the smoother side. Now, some ingredients don’t require frying; you need to add them to the bowl. However, some of them require some frying to make them crisp or tender, depending on the target. To see if an ingredient needs frying, look at the frying pan to see if there is a target for the crisp or tender. If there is, then add the ingredient to the frying pan and fry it until it reaches the target spot. Once done, add the ingredient to the bowl.

Repeat the chopping and frying process for all of the ingredients and add them to the bowl. After adding all of the ingredients to the bowl, the dish will be finished.

4. Add Seasonings

The seasoning process comes in handy at certain times, especially if you want to change the flavor of a dish. If you want to change the flavor of a dish from sweet to bitter or spicy, you can add various spices and herbs to the dish. It will allow you to meet the requirements of your guests. However, you do not have to add the seasonings every time.

After completing cooking the dish, you can store it in your inventory or the pantry, behind the kitchen.

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