New Crops/Recipes

[summer cape]

Should you ever wish to add new crops to the game I think pumpkins would fit in nicely. Roasted pumpkin seeds, pumpkin pie, pumpkin soup, pumpkin bread.

Also corn for cornmeal to make cornbread, also can be added to soups, or just roasted corn

[timber oar]

Just to let you know. Pumpkins comes from South America, Corn from North America. Would not be discovered in another 450-500 years.

[summer cape]

I wasnt thinking historically, just game mechanics wise, but thanks for the info

Also i mean this as repectfully as possible, but this is a fictional game, it doesnt have to be 100% accurate

[placid ledge]

Another thought: broad (fava) beans and fig trees, perhaps. Maybe lovage (introduced to Europe by the Romans) or fennel. Watercress seems to be period-appropriate as well, and possibly salsify.

[cloud cave]

sure, but there's a difference between, say, adding a Mediterranean plant and adding something from an undiscovered continent 😉

I wouldn't mind more crops, though. There should be more accurate veggies to chose from for an addition 🙂

[summer cape]

I can respect that

[spare tendon]

YES!!!! I have been hoping for corn to be added in as well. * Just seen the corn North America post. Guess I could settle for a Native American Dynasty in the future as well. You know building tepees and hunting buffalo works too. 😃

[dawn axle]

Cucumber, chard, millet, peas and lentils would be possible, I think

[pure pumice]

As much as I'd love to have corn fields, I really like the authentic side of the game. More crops would be awesome, just maybe something from the region and time period.

[cloud cave]

maybe edit your first message for period- and place-appropriate crops?

[placid ledge]

Oops. I can do that. Ought I delete the second one?

[cloud cave]

as you wish

[sudden badge]

what I kinda want is different types of meat like "beef" "pork" "chicken" "mutton" or "Venison" (which in medieval terms pretty much just meant game-meat). that way you can have "meatpie" (with any combination of meat) "Cottage pie" with beef. "Shepherd's pie" with mutton etc.

[lofty pawn]

I mean we do have chickens, goats, sheep, cows, pigs, and donkeys. It only makes sense to have them as different meats.

[sudden badge]

exactly. Would be fun to play around with~

[strong saddle]

What comes to mind for me are turnips, radishes, peas, etc

[karmic solar]

Barley and beans would fit

[lament scroll]

Could someone please suggest some period and region appropriate crops?

[timber oar]

Both barley and beans would be.

Rye, not that much up so far North.

[lament scroll]

Root veg?

Like rutabaga

Turnips, parsnips, radish?

Celery and cabbage?

Fennel

Celeriac

Lentils?

[timber oar]

Would likely be from early 1600. Its a hybrid.

Cabbage we have

[lament scroll]

kohlrabi?

[lament scroll]

Hybrid between?

[timber oar]

Turnips, likely . Parsnips might have been around, but maybe not so far north. Same with radish, even if the romans had them, them likely would not have grown very well either.
And radish is just disqusting 😁🤭

Celert is not likely before around 300 years later up north, but maybe.
Fennel also likely to early.
Celeriac, Im not sure at all. But I think that aswell is a "warm" crop.
Lentils might be the most unlikely of all beans, but there would have been beans.

If I remember correctly, rutabaga is a hybrid beetwean cabbage and turnip.

[lament scroll]

Hmm, interesting to learn

Funny how we assume so much and take everything for granted

Imagine eating carrots back in those times

[lofty pawn]

A Polish wiki page on the topic indicates:
"Food in the Middle Ages came primarily from agriculture. Millet was sown, eventually also rye and wheat. Legumes (broad beans, peas, vetches and lentils) and vegetables (carrots, cucumbers, cabbage, onions, dill, turnips) were known. Among the fruit trees, contrary to the opinion about the lack of fruit, apples, plums, cherries, sweet cherries, pears, walnuts, less frequently peaches."

[lament scroll]

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[lofty pawn]

Plums and prunes have been an eastern European staple food for centuries.

[dawn axle]

Middle Ages are a very long time frame. Not everything known in High MA were available in early MA (where MD takes place).

So suggestions are fine, but I guess, we'll have to rely on folks who know what was already there and what not.

[slow yew]

I was thinking cotton would be an interesting addition... not sure if they had it back then though

[timber oar]

Them had in America

[slow yew]

didn't cotton originate in Egypt?

[timber oar]

Them did have it in Kina and India aswell.

Would likely not have been used in Europe until around 1600.

[upbeat sun]

Yes please we need more nutrients ❤️

[upbeat sun]

From this book

[quartz cloud]

I'm so happy other members of the community appreciate the time period. The game is called Médiéval Dynasty after all ☺️

However I like the OPs idea of new period appropriate crops, as well as more recipes and it would be cool if that was implemented in conjunction with other ideas regarding happiness linked to types of food.

[timber oar]

Still, atleast 600 years to early for Racimir to even have heard of it.

[loud anchor]

Corn wasn't in that timeline of the game. So having corn wouldn't make sense

[tender ginkgo]

carrots too, but we still have them in the game

[tender ginkgo]

barley, beans and parsnips would also be possible

adding pheasants in the wildlife would be nice too

[timber oar]

No.

Sure you think of potatos.

[tender ginkgo]

Yes I was wrong, I confused them with potatoes

Yes

Ty

[blissful badge]

Dandelions are in game, and I am pretty sure htey were a food item. Would be interesting to try and cultivate them.

[dawn axle]

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[olive path]

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[bleak pasture]

Here to say that I would love more crops to be added to the game. 1 for more recipes, and 2 to offer more choices when planting your fields during each season. As it is, rye is the most likely one to plant in fall because it leaves the field open in spring, and cabbage is the only thing you can plant in summer. Which makes it hard to change things up.

[elder trellis]

I’m no Polish crop historian 😅, but barley has certainly been cultivated in Europe long enough to be in the game. It likes cooler weather, so maybe sow in autumn, harvest in winter? Could be an alternative for flour and gruel, and also go into beer and whiskey. 😋

Even the word ‘barn’ apparently comes from barley.

[tall latch]

Ah I see parsnips have already been brought up lol

But also adding more berries would be neat, having the current ones renamed blueberries and adding something like blackberries

[flat shore]

How about adding chicory as a crop, too? I believe the roots were eaten roasted, and powdered and roasted roots in hot water make a coffee-like drink. My main reason to suggest them, though, is to have something other than the poppies to bloom in the fields.

[charred hatch]

chicory root is consumed now both as a coffee replacement but also as a supplement for gut health and regulating blood pressure

[raw sierra]

Hi. It’s been a while since anyone suggested legumes (beans). Adding this crop would be nice, and a new recipe for bean stew, bean soup could be added. The kitchen is my favorite building on MD.

[vague oak]

More CROPS options. Potatoes, tomatoes, sunflower, broccoli, cauliflower, mushrooms (with a new building type that requires moisture).

RECIPES to be expanded and added. Im actually surprised apple pie isnt a thing, haha. Pies with different types of meat/fruit/vegetables. Stews varying in relation to what meat was used to produce it.

[wild notch]

The beans were not in Poland and generally in Europe until XVI century (late 1400s). It was brought to Europe from America as the case of Columbus's discoveries.
I doubt it's a possibility of beans crop to be added in MD as it's situated in Xth century.

[flat shore]

From what I know legumes have been in Europe at least since the Stone Age.

[wild notch]

The crops you mentioned were introduced in Poland in late 16th century thanks to Italian Queen named Bona Sforza (married to King Sigmund The Old).
They were not in Poland before, and as far as I know the game is following the historical facts, so I doubt the devs will like to twist the history.

[wild notch]

Not every kind of legumes were at that time in Poland. Just peas, broad beans alongside with cabbage, cucumber, onions or lentils.
But other legumes came after 16th century.
As for legumes they came on different times because they are different types.

[glass viper]

@vague oak The same applies to potatoes, tomatoes and sunflowers, which also originate from America.
Cauliflower and broccoli do not originate from America, but from Anatolia, and only spread to Europe in the 16th century.

[flat shore]

Peas, broad beans and/or lentils would be cool additions though 🙂

[wild notch]

This is why important is to specify because legumes is wide-range types of beans due to the fact they came on different times.
I think Thalassa mentioned them kinds before (some posts before, at the very beginning of this thread). So, if they were the case instead of original proposal (pumpkins), I would not see a problem. Botanically speaking pumpkins are not legumes at all.

[flat shore]

sorry I didn't read through everything. I'd love to see more crops added, if they're realistic.

[dawn axle]

Regarding legumes, I mentioned peas, because I was not sure about if/what kind of beans would have been present.

Oh - and lentils, I think.

[vague oak]

oh damn, really? No tomatoes or potatoes at all?? Thats a sad freaken life, jeeeeez. I was mentioning those as examples of produce that are used in multiple dishes though, thus opening the floor for more recipes, any substitutes would do tbh. The sunflower suggestion was more towards opening a new area of production like oil or such. I havent done any research to the produce in that era, but even working towards a different region or country's semi-similar historical look would be a very welcome change. Even a later age theme of a map or so.

[little olive]

changing country or later age won't happen in this game though.... well country maybe but later age... the game is Medieval Dynasty not Renaissance Dynasty or even Industrial Dynasty. Anyway, this thread is about crops/recipes not about a new map

[wild notch]

The game is set in X or XIth century. And as far as I know the game is on the way to remain realistic. Suggestions for crops that were not in X/XI century Poland but came centuries later that we know thanks to Italian Queen named Bona Sforza married to King Sigmund The Old... pity you didn't search.

[wild notch]

As for the sun flower... It was brought to Europe in XVI century. First time its use was as decorative flower. In Poland, the sunflower became used to plant/farmed only around ....1730.

[vague oak]

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[unique mauve]

A grape Arbor would be amazing!

[mint wing]

Jerusalem artichoke used before we had potatoes
Rutabaga / swede
Turnip
Green kale

Missing options for vegetable or grain to grow during autumn and winter to be able to efficiently grow fields all year around.

[desert cloud]

As one who has a medieval garden and a ton of heritage seeds to go with it, it would be nice to have smaller crop plots for like a personal garden or small garden.
But to be able to grow garlic, leeks, onions, turnip, parsnip, good King Henry, orach, skirret, sorrel, chervil, mustard, spinach, lettuce, peas, broad beans, lentils, vetch, rutabaga, radish, salsify, beets, lentils, rosehips, crabapple, blueberry, elderberry, gooseberry, currant, strawberry, rapini, kale, mint, oregano, thyme, rosemary, lovage, hyssop, sage, fennel, dill and maybe instead of having to go find the medicinal herbs, you could again have small flower gardens that have angelica, valarian, elcampane, meadowsweet, comfrey, Tansy, yarrow, horehound, feverfew, calendula, chamomile, etc etc

[fathom trail]

If I ask really nicely, will we get pictures of this in off topic?

[desert cloud]

nothing is growing its still too cold sadly