Cooking

**Cooking** is a general term for the food preparation steps you can use to produce Meals on the server. The process of cooking will require ingredients gathering, sometimes from custom Plants and use of tools and certain block structures to replicate steps you would use in real life for cooking.

## Utensils

In order to cook, you will need different utensils for storing the ingredients in your inventory, or for putting the ingredients into different processes.

Here are the crafting recipes for the utensils you may need:

The crafting recipe for a TrayThe crafting recipe for a panThe crafting recipe for a potThe crafting recipe for a knife. It is also possible exchange the ingots for diamonds for a more durable knife, that can also be upgraded to a netherite knife.The crafting recipe of a plate.
To add a raw ingredient to a utentsil in your inventory, pick up the exact amount of the ingredient you want to add, and left click on the utensil you want to add it to.

To add all the ingredients from one utensil into another in your inventory, pick up the utensil the ingredients are coming from, and left click it onto the utensil they are going to.

To retrieve & empty the raw ingredients from a utensil in game, hold the utensil in your main hand, and right click the top of a composter block.

## Cooking Processes

### Chopping

Chopping an ingredient will give it the *Chopped* adjective.

#### Process

Chopping is the only cooking process where you place the raw ingredient into the item frame. Take the knife, and right click the ingredient until the amount of chops is complete, signified by saying *Chopped*. To finish chopping, collect the ingredient into a utensil by holding in your hand and right clicking the item frame with item in it. This will add it *Chopped* to the utentsil.

### Pan Frying

Frying an ingredient will give it the *Fried* adjective.

#### Process

To Pan Fry, you will need a *Pan*. Make sure the ingredients you want to fry are in it, then right click the *top of the loom* to start frying. Wait for the timer to hit the maximum, then right click the *top of the loom* (not the pan) to retrieve the fried food. Doing so at the right time will grant the ingredients the *Perfectly Fried* modified adjective.

### Pot Boiling

Boiling an ingredient will give it the *Boiled* adjective.

#### Process

To Pot Boil, you will need a *Pot*. Make sure the ingredients you want to boil are in it, then right click the *top of the loom* to start boiling. Wait for the timer to hit the maximum, then right click the *top of the loom* (not the pot) to retrieve the boiled food. Doing so at the right time will grant the ingredients the *Perfectly Boiled* modified adjective.

### Oven Roasting

Roasting an ingredient will give it the *Roasted* adjective.

#### Process

To Roast, you will need a *Tray*. Make sure the ingredients you want to roast are on it, then right click the *top of the RAIL* to start roasting. Wait for the timer to hit the maximum, then right click the *top of the RAIL* (not the tray) to retrieve the roasted food. Doing so at the right time will grant the ingredients the *Perfectly Roasted* modified adjective.

### Fridge Cooling

Cooling an ingredient will give it the *Cold* adjective.

#### Process

To cool, you will need a *Plate*. Make sure the ingredients you want to cool are on it, then right click the *side of the iron block* to start cooling. You don't need to wait any time, then right click the *side of the block* to retrieve the cooled food.