Fried Mushroom

Fried Mushroom is a cooked meal made from Mushroom at the Electric Grill. It upgrades raw Mushroom into a higher-quality food item, making it a simple early processed meal for colonies that can already farm Dusk Cap. One unit of Fried Mushroom requires 1 unit of Mushroom worth 2400 kcal, and the result provides 2800 kcal with a food quality of +1.

Fried Mushroom also serves as an ingredient for further cooking at the Gas Range. It can be turned into Mushroom Wrap, and it is also used in Mushroom Quiche. Among these, Mushroom Wrap is the more advanced mushroom-based meal, combining Fried Mushroom with Lettuce for a much higher food quality.

Because Fried Mushroom only adds a small calorie increase over its ingredient, its main value is quality improvement rather than efficiency. It is useful when you want to keep using mushroom crops directly but need better morale food than raw Mushroom can provide. If the goal is to feed a colony primarily with Fried Mushroom, roughly 2.68 Dusk Cap plants are needed per duplicant. If the goal is to move onward to Mushroom Wrap, the same estimate drops to about 1.57 Dusk Cap plants per duplicant, plus 0.83 Waterweed plants for the Lettuce component.

• Crafted in the Electric Grill from Mushroom.
• Costs 2400 kcal of Mushroom per 2800 kcal Fried Mushroom.
• Provides food quality +1.
• Can be cooked in the Gas Range into Mushroom Wrap or Mushroom Quiche.
• Often acts as the intermediate step between raw mushroom harvests and higher-quality mushroom dishes.