Depending on the stage that you are in Castleville, crafting food becomes good for you to obtain more Castleville Energy.
Below I will analyze the different Castleville food recipes and determine which one is the best one for the energy. Because different food recipes have different building blocks. I will start with the fundamentals food ingredients and move on to the final kitchen food products. I will assume the worst case scenario where you will plant and harvest. For situations where you can obtain the products other than animal tending or farming will be noted.
For the following Castleville Food recipe analysis to work, I have made the following assumptions:
1. I will assume that time for farming is negligible because the cooking time is high themselves in the current version. Read For the list of Castleville crops.
2. I also assume that no Castleville beasties are involved in the crafted food calculation.
3. Chicken Meat will be obtained roughly 1 out of 4. Which means 4 energy = 1 Chicken
4. Lastly, I will assume that no energy will be used for items that you can request from neighbor, for example: Flax.
Basic Ingredients
These ingredients cannot be used themselves directly. These basic materials are crafted in kitchen directly through harvested plants as well as animal tending. However, they are essential for you to cook additional food items. The castleville energy calculation is done by adding one “collection” energy plus all the energy spent to collect materials.
Castleville Flour Sack
Note: Can also be obtained via Mill.
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 5 Energy
Time Spent to Cook: 14 Minutes
Energy Spent for Harvest Material: 4 Energy for 4 Wheat, No Energy for 3 Reputation
Castleville Flaxseed Oil
Note: Can be requested via Friend Feed
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 1 Energy
Time Spent to Cook: 5 Minutes
Energy Spent for Harvest Material: 0 Because of Friend Request
Castleville Stick of Butter
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 6 Energy
Time Spent to Cook: 5 Minutes
Energy Spent for Harvest Material: 5 Energy for 5 Milk
Intermediate Cooking Ingredients
Castleville Bread Dough
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 10 Energy
Time Spent to Cook: 1.5 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
1 Stick of Butter: 6 Energy
2 Egg: 2 Energy
2 Milk Bottle: 2 Energy
Castleville Cake
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 41 Energy
Time Spent to Cook: 13 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
4 Flour Sack: 20 Energy
3 Stick of Butter: 18 Energy
2 Egg: 2 Energy
2 Honey: No Energy because you can obtain it via neighbor Kingdom
Castleville Chocolate Bar
Item Use: Gives 3 EXP
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 16 Energy
Time Spent to Cook: 1.5 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
5 Cocoa: 5 Energy
1 Stick of Butter: 6 Energy
4 Milk Bottle: 4 Energy
Castleville Hot Bun
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 17 Energy
Time Spent to Cook: 2 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
1 Bread Dough: 10
1 Stick of Butter: 6
Final Castleville Food Products
Castleville Carrot Cake
Item Use: Gives 10 Energy
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 102 Energy
NET ENERGY: -92 Energy
Time Spent: 29 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
2 Cake: 82 Energy
20 Carrots: 20 Energy
Castleville Chicken Pot Pie
Item Use: Gives 4 Energy
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 25 Energy
NET ENERGY: -21 Energy
Time Spent: 3.5 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
1 Bread Dough: 10
1 Chicken Meat: 4
10 Potato: 10 Energy
Castleville Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Item Use: Gives 6 Energy
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 76 Energy
NET ENERGY: -70 Energy
Time Spent: 13 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
15 Strawberries: 15 Energy
4 Chocolate Bar: 64 Energy
Castleville Fried Fish
Item Use: Gives 5 Energy
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 15 Energy
NET ENERGY: -10 Energy
Time Spent: 8 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
4 Bass: 0 Energy because You can get Fish via Neighbor’s Kingdom
4 Flaxseed Oil: 4 Energy
2 Flour Sack: 10 Energy
Castleville Grape Juice
Item Use: Gives 3 Energy
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 11 Energy
NET ENERGY: -8 Energy
Time Spent: 1.5 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
10 Grapes: 10 Energy, Note: There are some feeds that give you 5 grapes
5 Pail of Water: 0 Energy because you can get that via Fishing in friend’s kingdom
Castleville Hard Boiled Eggs
Item Use: Gives 3 Energy
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 11 Energy
NET ENERGY: -8 Energy
Time Spent: 8 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
10 Eggs: 10 Energy
Castleville Meat Sandwich
Item Use: Gives 7 Energy
FINAL TOTAL ENERGY USED: 86 Energy
NET ENERGY: -79 Energy
Time Spent: 8 Hours
Energy Spent for Cooking Material:
4 Hot Bun: 68 Energy
12 Meat: 12 Energy
3 Cabbage: 3 Energy
3 Tomato: 3 Energy
Conclusion
Based on these analysis,
The best item to cook for in Castleville is fried fish because the majority of its materials can be obtained via the social aspect of the game. You will lose out on the energy over the long run if you do craft and cook other items.