Food Preservation (Name TBD) - WIP

[sullen quarry]

Hey all! 3rd mod "cooking" slowly

I was a bit frustrated on how difficult was to get salt and the mortar & pestle in a run where you mainly stay in the forest (this was previous to Banshee mod), so I decided to do a primitive way to dry meat/fish.

Details are still being worked on, I will update once I decide.
But the idea is to have the Meat Rack working on top of the campfire. Both with their normal functions working.

I planned to add basically 2 recipes for each type of meat:
1 with salt (which would make the meat non-perishable or a very very long duration)
2 without salt (which would extend to 2~4 weeks).

I recorded a video of the meat rack working (there is still a bug with the pausing logic, need to fix that tomorrow)
I hope you like it!
If you have any feedback/idea just drop me a message!

[hushed carbon]

wow amazing!!!

[hushed carbon]

i will say ,to add balance ,it should rest very long and not non perishable, cause when we salt and smoke meat, we have to keep them in certain conditions of temp, and humidity and also clean with vinegar, if we notice some strange spots, so the game don't simulate so many variables, so i will keep like 6 moths fresh, and 7 moth go stale, 8 month rotten

[sullen quarry]

Food Preservation (Name TBD) - WIP

So basically something like

Cured Strips (Made with Vinegar, Salt), then smoked/dried and will last for 6~7 months.
Meat Strips just smoked/dried and would last for 2~4 weeks.

[hushed carbon]

sort of

a italian parma ham if not kept in certain condition will not last long

so for the sake of the limits of the game and realism i will say your considerations are correct

cured strip are basically jerky, in game are non perishable but it's kinda unrealistic

jerky meat last 1 or two weeks out of a fridge in the freezer till six months

those for the handmade ones, industrial if kept in their vaccum packs also till one year, due of conservant inside them

i'm kinda of a fan of food preservation

[sullen quarry]

Good to have input on this! Thanks!

[sullen quarry]

Yeah, I don't want to make it 100% accurate also because of many constraints that need to be done

[sullen quarry]

Thanks to albion the big issue that I was stuck with (the craft timer was still running even when I was pausing it) its solved.

Now mainly all lua file is written, I just need to work out the remaining recipes and textures! Hopefully I can make it today 🙂

[sullen quarry]

Added an icon to show that the campfire is not lit 🙂

Now remaining work is basically setup the other items and recipes

[hushed carbon]

how long will take to make the meat?

[sullen quarry]

Good question, I didn't decide yet, I want to check if I can make a configuration so the player can set in the sandbox options a multiplier to increase or reduce the time

[sullen quarry]

Do you have any suggestions?

[wintry harness]

For a quick preserving method, i think 6-8 hours? For a proper preservation with salt etc, I would say 1-2 days. Dunno how realistic that is but I think a game challenge of keeping a fire for days is worth the preserved meat.

[hushed carbon]

Yep at the fire is usually 6/8 hours, so in game i will say 1 or 2 hours max, there is another mod , long preservation , u need 5 h, but for big pieces of meat

We lack of a good preservation mod there are like 4 or 5 some conflict each other

[sullen quarry]

I was thinking also around the same to be honest, not that easy but also not that hard. Keeping the fire up for a day+ would make it worth preserving it for months

[sullen quarry]

About the recipes, for beef (for now), I was thinking about these methods, what do you think? Should I adjust something?

Short term

Method 1: Sun Drying (Cut thin slices, hang in sunlight for ~72 hours, preserve for ~14 days)
Method 2: Jerky over fire (Cut thin slices, hang over the smoke for 24 hours, preserve for ~21 days)
Method 3: Pickle (Cook Beef, pack in jar, cover with vinegar, preserve for ~21 days)

Medium Term

Method 4: Fermentation (Mince beef, mix with salt, berries/grain, pack, preserve for ~60 days)
Method 5: Beewax Coating (Cook beef, dip in wax, preserve for ~90 days)

Long Term

Method 6: Cured Jerky over fire (Rub salt/vinegar, wait 12~24 hours to cure, hang over the smoke for 24 hours, preserve for ~90 days)
Method 7: Fat Preservation (Cook beef, pack in a jar/barrel, cover with rendered fat. Container sealed would preserve for ~120 days)

[sullen quarry]

What you think @hushed carbon @wintry harness?

[hushed carbon]

Amazing

Is also considering to put them in freezer and fridges?

[sullen quarry]

Not 100% how it will work, but I think if you dry it, then put in the freezer/fridges, it should go fresh even longer

[hushed carbon]

i was reading about the beewax...u can check on the mod Hydecoo bee hive

[wintry harness]

I personally think this looks good. For a less rp/immersion intense player, I wonder if it’s a couple recipes too many?

[hushed carbon]

there is also the salt preservation in barrel....european colonist were pouring a lot of salt in barrels layering salt and pork, and after they were just clean and rehydrate the pork for cooking,

[hushed carbon]

u can also add the pemmican a native american recipe for preserving meat mixing fat, berries and meat, it's gonno preserve near forever the meat and i s super caloric

but this is already implemented in another mod