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Cooking<\/strong> is the most complex activity in Tales of the Shire<\/em>. Chopping, mixing, frying, seasoning\u2026 If you want to create delicious dishes, you\u2019ve got to learn all that and more. It\u2019ll take some effort, but once you get the hang of it, you won\u2019t just be a top chef; you will also be the most popular Hobbit in Bywater.<\/p>\n

From the basics of cooking to achieving the flavor bonus, here\u2019s everything you must know about cooking in Tales of the Shire<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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How to cook in Tales of the Shire<\/h2>\n

To make a dish, enter your kitchen and choose \u201cstart cooking.\u201d You can select any recipe you\u2019ve unlocked<\/strong>, as long as you have the required ingredients. Tales of the Shire<\/em>\u2019s fishing<\/a>, foraging<\/a>, and gardening<\/a> activities will get you more fish, fruits, veggies, nuts, and seasonings. Meat, flour, barley, milk, and any other ingredient listed as \u201cmiscellaneous\u201d in the encyclopedia must be bought from a store. To unlock additional recipes, organize Shared Meals with the Townsfolk and satisfy their cravings or serve their preferred flavor.<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve chosen a recipe, it\u2019s time to select the ingredients<\/strong>. The recipe may ask for a specific ingredient, such as rhubarb, or an ingredient type<\/em>, such as a vegetable. In case of the latter, you can select any vegetable in your inventory, be it rhubarb, lettuce, or cucumber.<\/p>\n

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Try to select ingredients with a high deliciousness score<\/strong>; if you use ingredients with more stars, the dish will receive more stars as well. The more delicious the dish, the more friendship experience you\u2019ll receive when you serve it to your friends. Depending on the total number of ingredients in the recipe, every additional ingredient star will roughly translate to \u00bc or \u2155 of a deliciousness star in the final dish. Based on ingredients alone, a dish can receive up to three stars.<\/p>\n

Next, you must prepare each of the ingredients<\/strong>. At the start of the game, you will be given a chopping board and a frying pan \u2014 no additional cooking stations just yet. Some ingredients can be added to the assembling bowl without extra steps (such as oats or milk), while others require chopping (fish, fruits, veggies, etc.). The game will automatically tell you whether chopping is required. Frying is optional.<\/p>\n

To improve the deliciousness score, be mindful of the texture chart<\/strong> in the lower right corner of the screen. See the tiny star? If you move the dish icon close enough to the star, you\u2019ll gain an extra deliciousness point. In the picture below, the dish has reached the perfect texture, and will thus receive +1 deliciousness score.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s how to move between the textures and get closer to the star:<\/p>\n