The new Cooking Option in Family Farm Seaside

I have created a Page where all the Recipes for the Kitchen will be listed but wished to touch upon the new option in a Post as well.

At some point during my absence, Seaside introduced a new optioni in the form of a Kitchen.  The Kitchen is an unfinished building when purchased but each of the four materials used to complete it can be requested from Neighbours.  Once built, the player will be able to make quite a few cooked dishes.

Many of the Dishes require nothing more than the ordinary ingredients that can be grown as Crops, harvested from Animals or Trees or produced in the various Machines.  There are a few, however, that require additional aids in the form of a Spoon, a Fork or a Skillet.  Unfortunately, I did not make a note of the prices of these items, but for the most part, they could be purchased with Coins rather than RC.

If an additional aid is required, you will see an announcement to that effect in the lower left portion of the screen, beneath the Selling Price and the XP Value of the Cooked Dish.  These aids, once purchased, are permanent and never need to be replaced as far as I can see.

There is another requirement where any Cooking is concerned and that is 'Power' or 'Energy'.  A Player initially possesses a total of 30 Power/Energy.  Each Cooking action uses 1 Power/Energy.  Replacement of Power/Energy used is simply a waiting game although an impatient Player can purchase Power/Energy from the Market.  1 Power costs 1 RC.  6 Power costs 5 RC.  As you can see, it is an expensive proposition and I do not see the point, frankly. 

When the Kitchen was released, new time-limited Quest sequences that were intended to persuade Players to purchase and complete the build as quickly as possible were released as well.  These included the 'Neighbour's Day' Quest sequence featuring Darryl and another that involved Felicia.

Some of the Cooked Dishes are easy to make but there are others that require a rather surprising number of ingredients.  One of the 'Neighbour's Day' Quests required the Player to make a total of 10 Summer Toasts.  That requirement delayed my completion of that task considerably, i have to confess!

As always, a Player is best served by NOT selling off raw ingredients and now, with the advent of the Kitchen, not selling many of the Goods produced by Machine either unless it is absolutely necessary.  Many of the ingredients required to make Cooked Dishes in the Kitchen are Products made in Machines.  I would imagine that many if not all future Quest Sequences will include the Kitchen now.