How to Cook in Tales of The Shire

Cooking in games is so fun and engaging! Tales of the Shire offers just that experience! The gameplay is so chill and lets you do gardening, fishing, cooking, home decoration, and so much more. When it comes to cooking, it is surely very exciting but has its own complications. Just like in real life, cooking needs many ingredients and consists of several steps. The townsfolk will come to you asking for tasty dishes and you have to satisfy them. So, let’s learn how to cook in Tales of the Shire.

How to Cook in Tales of The Shire

Cooking involves four steps in Tales of the Shire.

1. Pick a Recipe

The first step is picking a recipe and you will find over 100 recipes to choose from. Then go to the kitchen and choose from your list of available recipes like pastries, porridge, soup, stew, and more. Each dish will need different ingredients and will have a flavor profile like Spicy, Sweet, Bitter, or Sour.

2. Select Ingredients

Some recipes like Hodge-Podge, Creamy Pumpkin Soup, Crispy Fish Pie, and more require specific items. To get ingredients, you can either do gardening or visit the Sandyman’s shop. Each ingredient is color-coded according to its flavor:

Red: Spicy
Blue: Salty
Green: Sour
Purple: Sweet
Grey: Bitter

3. Add Seasoning

After you have collected the ingredients, you need to add seasoning to the uncooked meal to enhance its flavor. You can add herbs, spices, or oil to change the dish’s flavor to make it sweet from spicy, or sour from sweet. This will prove helpful if one of your guests prefers a different flavor than what the recipe originally offers.

4. Prepare the Meal

Now that you have all the ingredients you need, you will start preparing the meal. Use your tools like the Chopping Block, Ovens, and Frying Pan as required to cook the meal. You will need to match the texture or tenderness based on what the recipe asks. As you level up in the Cooking Club, more tools and options will unlock.

Cooking Tips

These cooking tips will help you in the game.

To make food Chunky, chop it less.
To make food Smooth, chop it more.
To make food Crisp, cook it for a shorter time.
To make food Tender, cook it for a longer time.

Some Recipes to Try

There are over 100 recipes in the game, but you can start with these as they need fewer ingredients:

Sticky Strawberry Jam
Cool Taters and Beans
Raised Cheese Bread
Very Good Fish Cakes
Baby Marrow Tart
The Bywater Dish
Saddle of Mutton Stuffed with Cheese
Garden Greens Summer Style
Creamy Pumpkin Soup

Finding More Recipes

At the start, you will have a few recipes. To get more, you can:

Complete side quests
Build friendships with villagers
Host meals and invite guests over

Summary

This is how to cook in Tales of the Shire. If you love cooking games, you will really enjoy this one. The gameplay is so cool, and you will stay hooked throughout. There are so many ingredients to collect, grow, and buy that all your time will be well spent in this. Plus, visiting shops and completing quests are other tasks that will keep you engaged. Overall, these fun activities are what make the game so exciting!