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'My compliments to the Chef!' Food in Skyrim

  • Posted by Paul November 3, 2011 - 620 views

    We seen loads of previews of Skyrim that talk about killing wolves, mooching around Riverwood and charging off to Bleak Falls Barrow. I must have read dozens! I came upon a slightly different take on Skyrim via a site called KillScreenDaily.

    This journalist focused on what he could eat in Skyrim. Yes you read that right. He used his allotted time to see what he could learn about the various types of edible content in the game.

    You can read the article via this link, but to summarise here's a list of what he found.

    • butterfly
    • salmon
    • bees
    • dragonflies
    • torchbug
    • beef
    • chicken breast
    • venison
    • potato
    • wheat
    • cabbage
    • eider cheese wedge
    • grilled leeks
    • horker loaf
    • sweet roll
    • cooked salmon steak
    • grapes
    • leg of goat

    This got me thinking. How much time are we going to take with food in Skyrim?

    Will you just grab any old food and stuff it down - for the modest health boost. Will you look to cook the food so that raw salmon becomes grilled salmon, for example, and confers better benefits.

    Or maybe you'll go down the whole role playing route and carefully select ingredients with which to prefer tasty and balanced meals, making sure to eat regularly. We know there's no 'hardcore' mode - at least without mods - but that doesn't stop us from immersing ourselves in a full roleplaying experience.

    Let's talk about food in Skyrim...

Comments

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  • Kynareth
    Kynareth   ·  November 5, 2011
    Iron Chef: Skyrim, anyone?
  • Suho1004
    Suho1004   ·  November 4, 2011
    I am definitely going to be spending time with the cooking system in Skyrim. I used to sit down in the taverns in Oblivion around meal time, pull out some food from my pack, and dig in. It required significant use of my imagination, as eating in Oblivion ...  more
  • Mike W
    Mike W   ·  November 4, 2011
    @Anonymous Lex
    Ha! MANFLESH. I lol'd.
  • Lion El
    Lion El   ·  November 4, 2011
    Definitely, I'll learn to cook and other crafting skills to get all the perks and then travel throught Skyrim main quest.
    In Oblivion I don't eat anything at all because the ingredients seem poor in effects, but that will change in Skyrim .
  • Matt
    Matt   ·  November 4, 2011
    i honestly might, if the cooking is as good as they are making it seem have my character eating regularly. I love that kind of immersion. Hopefully we can make things like meal combos which combine two or so foods, Ie cooked salmon and potato together and...  more
  • Nakia the Rogue
    Nakia the Rogue   ·  November 3, 2011
    I usually don't worry about food very much until I have played the game several times.  I just might change my mind in Skyrim since cooking is available from the start.  Bugs?  Well, we had rat meat in Oblivion.  So why not?  In Oblivion I use Real hunger...  more
  • Melmoz
    Melmoz   ·  November 3, 2011
    This was my favorite preview I've read! That is simply spectacular! Now I'm inspired to keep a list of everything I will eat in Skyrim :]
  • Hrolf Krake
    Hrolf Krake   ·  November 3, 2011
    A comprehensive food system in skyrim REALLY makes my heart pump! I want breakfast, second breakfast, elevensies, luncheon, afternoon tea, and dinner. Just like hobbits!

  • Darvakiin
    Darvakiin   ·  November 3, 2011
    @ Anonymous Lex 
    For the meat! For the meat! 
    For the sake of my mouth
    For the tongue, For the teeth
    For the dragons blood
    The dragonburger is good
    and the blood plenty
    For the tongue! For the teeth!
    For the...  more
  • Pineapple Lord
    Pineapple Lord   ·  November 3, 2011
    I wonder if you could make something along the lines of steak tartare. No cooking needed!
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