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food in the wasteland

this post is inspired by @newvegascowboy 's post on food in the wasteland (go check it out if you haven't read it, its wonderful), and it got me thinking, much of the world in fallout has one characteristic, in one way or another, there is always some group grasping onto the past, and i wondered how that could affect food

lots of folks hold recipes and family tradition close, and at the end of the world that's all some folks have, and with that thought i started wondering how culture would affect food and food would affect culture

a couple notes first, if yall will humour me

i wont be covering fallout 76 or prime (for now) as i have next to no knowledge of them

the Nuka world dlc will get its own post because of unique circumstance within the setting

this wont be all encompassing, it is a collection of thoughts and notes (which yall can use as a basis for any ideas)

yall are wonderful and enjoy

comonwealth

go to meats/eggs

radstag (doe,buck,etc)

brahmin (also used for leather, milk, fertiliser)

yao guai

deathclaw

deathclaw eggs

commonwealth fish

horseshoe mirelurk (young and adult)

mirelurk hunter

mirelurk eggs

(supposedly iguana and squirrel)

clam/oyster (farharbour item called oyster bucket, implies shellfish in general area (all other animals drop meat but it is less appealing or too much effort for everyday people)

major crops

mutfruit

razorgrain

tato

gourd

melon

carrot

corn

tarberry

all fresh variants aswell

foraged plants (food/medicine)

hubflower

bloodleaf

brain fungus

wild carrot flower

glowing fungus

wild gourd blossom

wild tarberry

wild razorgrain

wild mutfruit

wild corn

thistle

wild tato blossoms

silt bean

wild melon blossom

ash blossom

mutated fern flower

theoretical cooking components

butter

cheese

seed oils

tallow (brahmin or yao guai)

maple syrup/sap (maple trees are found in the commonwealth)

pre-existing recipes + theorized realworld components

noodles (ramen made by takashi): razorgrain noodles (alkaline water+razorgrain flower) cooked in broth (brahmin likely), may have additions

molerat chunks: cubed molerat fried in seasonings

radscorpion omelet: radscorpion egg mixed with milk, fried and filled with preference

stingwing filet: fileted and fried stingwing

yao guai roast: yao guai meat, cooked in a thin layer of water in a covered pan, cooked with chopped carrots and tatos (maybe some kind of seasoning or something)

radstag stew: cubed radstag, stewed with cubed gourd and chopped tatos, cooked with a splash of vodka (maybe other seasoning+carrots)

squirell stew: chopped squirell, stewed with chopped tato and carrots, seasoned with bloodleaf

mirelurk cake: chopped mirelurk mixed with mirelurk egg and day old razorgrain bread, fried in thin layer of oil

deathclaw wellingham: heat milk, razorgrain flour, and cheese in a pot till melted and thick, dice/grate tato's, after which mix them in then put to side to cool, mix deathclaw eggwhites till stiff, and fold into cooled-down mixture, place in can and bake

vegetable soup: cook vegetables and seasoning of choice till water becomes broth and vegetables are soft

deathclaw omellet: mix together a deathclaw egg and milk, dice carrots and or mutfruit for filling, fry and fill

sweetroll: mix milk, butter, razorgrain flour and an egg of your chosing, and bake into a small roll, cover with a sugar based glaze of choice

mirelur omelet: mix mirelurk egg with milk, fry and fill with prefference (like mirelurk)

pretty much any meat: fried/grilled/poached (use common sense)

moonshine: bobrov secret recipe

possible local foods

marinated roast beef

"lobster" roll

clam chowder

baked silt beans

clambake

yankee potroast

baked fish

boiled mirelurk

maple anything

fried clams

seafood soups

homemade razorgrain bread/rolls

new england boiled dinner

homemade doughnuts?

vodka

mutfruit cider/wine

wines made from most fruits

cornmeal breads

gravies

mashed tatos

boiled tatos

cooked/boiled vegetables

vibes of the food

hardy food, mostly local with a lot of proteins and carbs, stuff that lasts, especially through the winter. diamond city and goodneighbour have more high end food, good cuts of beef, venison and even deathclaw are found in the markets, takashi toils over hardy broths and succulent mirelurk paired with glowing fungus, fresh breads and high end cooking, down south and along the coast, theres lots of fish and mirelurk on the menu, small house gardens, while to the north there are many orchards, and fields, small by prewar status but mind blowing to folks who come from dc way, central boston is home to more merging of the local diets, but much more pre-war food, folks scrounge for food more than grow it. the food is almost reminiscent of the colonial days, lots of dried or canned goods

the island

go to meats

rad-rabbit

erratic/island radstag

yao guai

fog crawler

hermit crab

mirelurk

mirelurk hunter

commonwealth fish

mackrel

haddock

angler

barnacle

dolphish (dolphin creature)

wolf

clam/oyster (farharbour item called oyster bucket, implies shellfish in general area

crops (most likely to br grown on island)

corn

tatos

carrots most crops are likely shiped in, as growing conditions are rough

foraged plants

aster

black bloodleaf

blight

cave fungus

lure weed

raw sap (maple)

wild gourd (blossom)

wild mutfruit

wild carrot

hub flower

wild tato (blossom)

wild corn

silt bean

mutated fern

razorgrain (found growing feral)

theoretical cooking stuff

tallow

dolphish blubber

syrup (made from sap)

pre-existing recipe + theories of contents

chicken noodle soup: chicken thigh cooked with chopped carrots, razorgrain or cornmeal noodles and seasoned with black bloodleaf

ground molerat: cooked ground molerat meat

gulper slurry: gulper innards stewed with carrot and tato, seasoned with black bloodleaf

wares brew: alcohol distilled from sap

the captains feast: yao guai roast cooked with tato and carrots, cooked in vodka and seasoned with black bloodleaf

sludge cocktail: mix condensed fog, blight and water

seasoned rabbit skewers: fried rabbit and skewers seaoned with aster, black bloodleaf, lureweed and blight (fried in oil, oil coated rabbit as its cooked)

resilient sludge cocktail: condensed fog, bloodbug meat and rad-x

mirelurk jerky: dried mirelurk coated with tarberry juice

wolf ribs: rib meat of a wolf, seasoned with lureweed as cooked

possible recipes

chowder

cooked clam/oysters

boiled mirelurk

"lobster" rolls

ployes

clambake

needhams (made with tato)

mirelurk cakes

"indian pudding" made with syrup not molases

homemade "cornbread" (more bread like}

baked fish

fried fish

boiled fog crawler

cooked meats

homemade stews

fried eggs

homemade gravy

roast chicken

homebrewed alcohol

baked (silt) beans

razorgrainmeal (oatmeal stand in)

food vibes very hearty but humble, lots of seafood, meat heavy meals are meant for special occasions, salted foods are common, lots of preserved foods, very dense foods, very filling, typical of a town where you have to worry about fish people and ancient sea gods, it is the food of people who think that an easy week is half a day off after a full 50 hour work week, imported foods like mutfruit jam is saved for the guests kinda food

washington

meats

brahmin

molerat

yao guai

mirelurk

radroach

possibly iguana (iguana bits)

possibly squirell (squirell bits)

crops/plants

apple

pear

carrot

potato

mutfruit

crunchy mutfruit

cooking components

butter

cheese

tallow

pre-existing recipes + components and stuff

mirelurk cakes: mirelurk meat, eggs and potato starch, fried in oil/butter

noodles: potato starch noodles boiled in a simple broth

squirell stew: made with squirell, potato and carrots

cooked meat

possible recipes

boiled mirelurk

apple "jam"

potato bread

food vibes desperate and despair, most soil is unfarmable due to all the bombs, people eat what they catch, brahmin are sickly and produce precious little food, its inventive in a sad way, even with cleaned up rivers the fish are still unfit to eat, and will be for a while, the soil will take lots of tlc and hydroponics can only do so much, its a wasteland

the mojave

go to meats/egg

bighorner (used for milk, wool and hides)

brahmin (used for milk, fertiliser, transport and hides)

deathclaw

deathclaw eggs

gecko (used for hides too)

gecko eggs

perch

minnow

suposedly iguana and squirell (iguana/squirell bits)

molerat

crops (some imported)

crunchy mutfruit

fresh apple

fresh pear

fresh carrot

fresh potato

jalapeno

maize

mutfruit

pinto bean

foraged (and farmed) plants

barrel cactus

bannana yucca

broc flower

buffalo gourd

cave fungus

honey mesquite

nevada agave

pinyon nuts

prickly pear

white horsenettle

xander root

possible cooking components

butter

cheese

tallow

oil

chile oil

pre-existing recipes + components

brahmin wellington: brahmin steak, wrapped in ant egg puff pastry

caravan lunch: cram, instamash and pork and beans

desert salad: xander greens, topped with sliced barrel cactus, thin sliced dried brahmin meat and pinyon nuts

gecko kebab: gecko meat marinated in jalapeno and banana yucca

noodles: cornmeal noodles cooked in a broth

ruby's caserole: cornmeal crust filled with chopped molerat marinated in jalapeno and radscorpion venom

trail mix: fresh apple+pear, pinyon nuts and sugar bombs

wasteland omelet: deathclaw eg mixed with brahmin milk, filled with a mixture of blamco mac n cheese, mutfruit and lakelurk meat

possible recipes

Chateaubriand

onion rings (the strip)

ribs

cornbread

grits

tortilla

chicken fried steak

baked potato

mashed potato

homemade gravy

green chili stew

mutton stew (bighorner)

sagebrush salad

quesadilla

stuffed peppers

chile

sauted corn (corn, chiles. seasonings)

stews -soups

tamales

grilled maize

fried fish (near lake mead)

cactus fries

nopales

jalapeno poppers

sopapillas

homemade bread

homemade rolls

food vibes western-new mexico, the strip has more high end food but most of the mojave has more rural staples, very flavourful, kinda ranch food, keeps you going all day and makes you glad to come home, really homecooked vibes, lots of variations, like never ask for a recipe in a crowded room cause it will start a fight over whose grandma had the better recipe, lots of meat and vegetables, very little fish, not a lot of "pickyness" over food

zion canyon traditional

meat

perch

rainbow trout

yao guai

gecko

mantis

bighorner

molerat

plants

cave fungi

daturana

sacred datura

xander root

prickly pear

spore plant pods

bannana yucca

honey mesquite

pinyon nuts

cooking components

tallow

recipes

stews

fried meats

fried xander greens

fried fish

fried mushroom

roasted pinyon nuts

food vibes not highly intricate but somehow nostalgic, very traditional indigenous, simple in an uncomplicated way not a bad way, some of the best quality ingredients around, clean food and clean water, smoky flavors, food isn't meant to be showy or fancy, its meant to leave you full and happy as you spend time with family, its meant to be honored and not wasted

new California republic

meat

brahmin

deathclaw

deathclaw egg

gecko

gecko egg

fish

various wild game

crops

potato

onion

cabbage

maize

green mutfruit

fava bean

apple

rice

tomato

carrot

foraged

seaweed

recipes

shi rice: cooked rice served with a side of seaweed or fish

brahmin, any cut of meat grilled or fried

cornbread

grits

tortillas

cabbage soup

chile

cabbage salad

mashed potatos

baked potato

sauerkraut-coleslaw

pickled veg

jerky

mashed potato

baked potato

stews

soups

food vibes very diverse, lots of regional staples, San Francisco has lots of seafood while towns like Modoc have mostly brahmin meat and veg, Klamath has gecko, its very locale dependent ¨(out of character, fallout 1-2 is super bleak and sparse) food is often a matter of survival more than fancy, with the exemption of larger settlements and cities where imports are available and you can afford to experiment with food

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Hey y’all

Hello and welcome, I just wanted to say thank you to all of y’all who’ve shown my art some love, y’all really brought a smile to my face

I also wanted to let y’all know my posting will remain spotty for a bit but fear not, when I return I’ll have some fresh art( ironically I’m in the process of revising my Brahmin lol)

I hope y’all are doing wonderful and I love y’all

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I had a thought and I’m genuinely curious what other people think. What do y’all consider killing feral ghouls as in context to like, the real world

Personally I’d consider it like mercy, letting them finally rest

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Hey y’all and welcome

Some of y’all may have noticed I disappeared for a bit, but I return and with good news

I’ve decided to revamp all my work and give y’all something more worthy of your time. I will give y’all a quick overview of what I’m doing below

New creature

New plants

My personal au

Fanon

Canon

In depth looks into wasteland life

Deep dives into factions

Asks and questions

Talking about the games

Keep in mind this list will likely grow and change at some point, this is no end all be all, so don’t be afraid to ask

Ps. if you read to here, I love you and you’re doing amazing

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To all the fellow Fallout fans/writers/artists in general:

A few weeks ago I found a link to a map containing all the locations and factions from the entire series (except 76) 

I don’t know who created it (if anyone knows please let me know so I can credit them) but I’m very thankful to that person because this has been extremely useful to me and I imagine it will help out a lot of ppl too. It’s perfect for worldbuilding and writing in general 

You can access it here

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Behold, snuppies

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Let there be light

Vaultoween 2022 No. 12: "Light"

Another (bug) collection for my running tally of collections!

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These are amazing

Ahem... moo

Vaultoween 2022 No. 1: "Brahmin"

Been wanting to make one of these ever since I did the night stalkers and the mothmen

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A few examples of meat capresei

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A few examples of dairy capresei

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waste iguana

a common wasteland species and general pest, the wasteland iguana, a species found all throughout north America, is best known for how often they are food, either for people or predators,like young deathclaws, feral dogs, large birds and even very brave cats. waste iguanas are nearly at the bottom of the food chain. they feed primarily on radroaches, baby radsorpions, eggs, birds and plantlife, they often raid coops and gardens for an easy meal, which is a big part of how they became pests, another reason would be how fast they reproduce. waste iguanas lay 5-20 eggs every six months, these eggs take 90 days to 4 months to hatch depending on season and ambient radiation. young waste iguanas care for themselves from the day they hatch but will often stick close to their mothers till they are about a year old. male waste iguanas are highly territorial, often keeping territories that can be up a couple acres of land. males keep a harem of up to 20 females who nest in burrows all over his territory. waste iguanas are eaten in a variety of ways from soups and stews to grilled and fried, even their eggs are used in a variety of dishes. during the fall waste iguanas eat up to twice their body weight trying to put as much weight on as possible, as once winter hits waste iguanas hibernate in a communal burrow till spring when they emerge to feed and breed and lay eggs. there have been rumors of glowing iguanas in the glowing sea, revered by some of the children of atom cults. glowing iguanas have a radioactive bite and inedibal meat

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zebu brahmin are a common sight traveling with merchants and pulling carts

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a common sight ranging the south western wastes, a hardy source of food and caps in the deserts

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beef brahmin, a common sight ranging in the northern wastes

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dairy brahmin. a common sight near settlements but still a beloved source of food and caps

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brahmin breeds

throughout the wastes you can find brahmin in many shapes, sizes and colours, often taking after their pre-war ancestors in appearance, temperament and often purpose. though referred to as breeds for simplicity, they are more like variations, referred to by their traits and less by parents. meaning a dairy brahmin can be born from a beef brahmin, though parent brahmin tend to produce offspring the same type as they are or rarely a combination of the two parents

DAIRY BRAHMIN: one of the more common breeds, they are known for being taller, skinnier brahmin and more often than not are missing horns or with few very small horns. these brahmin are high quantity, quality milk producers with very large udders. a majority of dairy brahmin are primarily white with various coloured spots ranging in the blacks, reds and blonds though some have a solid cream colour with darker marks around the face and spine. dairy brahmin tend to be very docile and friendly if not a little dimwitted at times, sadly due to their temperament they often fall prey to predators, both human and animal. though they have a very sweet personality, dairy brahmin tend to be poor mothers often forgetting or even abandoning calves for no clear reason. these brahmin need more food than other breeds, 44 pounds of grass or hay a day and 30 gallons of water, often needing supplements of grains like razorgrain and corn, dairy brahmin often need more shelter in colder, wetter months as they have much more sparse hair and are less resilient to the cold. it's very rare to find dairy brahmin in feral herds for the previous reasons and are mostly found under the care of humans. most if not almost all brahmin milk is from dairy brahmin as most other breeds produce poorer quality milk with fewer uses in cooking

BEEF BRAHMIN: one of the more common breeds, they are known for being a moderate height, with much larger frames, and often having small to medium-sized horns, these brahmin produce large amounts of high-quality meat, though they are poor milk producers. beef brahmin come in a wide array of colours ranging from black, white, grey, red, cream and even rarely a blue-grey. their patterns range from solid colours to white faces and undersides and even sometimes a roan or freckled pattern. beef brahmin personalities tend to range from skittish and aggressive to docile and friendly depending on the brahmin and how they were raised, because of their temperaments beef brahmin are usually able to care for themselves, able to fend off smaller threats and flee from more serious ones. beef brahmin tend to be very good mothers, some have even been seen fighting a deathclaw and managing to kill it while protecting their calves. these brahmin do well on less feed than dairy brahmin, roughly 29 pounds of grass or hay a day and 26 gallons of water, though they grow quite quickly when their feed is supplemented with grain. beef brahmin often have both more hair and thicker hair than other brahmin which allows them to survive harsher weather. a major part of feral herds are made up of beef brahmin due to their hardiness, though many are still found in the care of humans. a majority of brahmin meat comes from beef brahmin as most other breeds have poorer quality meat.

LONGHORN BRAHMIN: a more uncommon and specialized breed of brahmin. they are known for their short stature and skinny frame, often with two or very rarely three very large horns on both heads. they produce average amounts of poorer quality meat and milk. longhorn brahmin are often white with large coloured patches of hair surrounded by freckles of colour, they range in colour from blacks to reds and rarely cream or all white. longhorn brahmin tend to be docile but wary, though they often become very protective of their calves and even people they like, longhorn brahmin are extremely good mothers if not the best brahmin mothers, even being known to fight their owners if their calf is deemed to be in danger from them. longhorn brahmin survive and thrive on amounts of feed most other brahmin couldn't survive on, such as 15 pounds of grass or hay a day and 18 gallons of water, which is why they are so valued. while having less hair than beef brahmin, longhorn brahmin are very hardy and can survive drought’s, heatwaves even sandstorms that would kill other brahmin, not to mention with only a bit of shelter they can survive very cold weather. due to their usual range and specializations, the only places you could find feral longhorn brahmin would be in the Mojave desert and other parts of the American southwest with little to no other breeds present with them. longhorn brahmin are a hardy breed equally distributed in feral herds as well as domestic herds, used for meat and milk they are a hardy dual purpose breed

zebu BRAHMIN: zebu brahmin are known for their medium to tall height, with a larger set build and a notable and recognizable hump on their shoulders as well as having either no or very small horns and very large floppy ears. they produce an adequate amount of average quality milk and meat. zebu brahmin are usually solid coloured with lighter marks around their noses, feet and ends of their tails, as well as having darker patches on their necks, shoulders, faces and backs, they range in colour from white, grey, black, red and cream. zebu brahmin are very peaceful and docile, known for being easy to train and work with, even as peaceful as they are they can still defend themselves well. zebu brahmin are very caring and nurturing mothers often taking care of other calves without a second thought, zebu brahmin require a similar amount of feed as a beef brahmin, they need roughly25 pounds of grass or hay a day but they can survive on a little more than a longhorn brahmin needs at around 18 pounds of grass or hay while needing 20gallons of water. they can rely on their fat reserves in their hump with no food or water present for short periods. zebu brahmin have a little less hair than beef brahmin but are just as resilient often surviving outside all winter, due to their temperament, their lower feed cost and decent strength, zebu brahmin are often used as pack brahmin or cart brahmin all over the wastes, they can be found in small numbers in the feral herds, including longhorn herds in the Mojave, though many more are kept by humans due to their usefulness

MIXED BRAHMIN: mixed brahmin are a rare occurrence where a brahmin is a perfect mix of two or even rarer three breeds of brahmin, they are unable to be categorized as a single breed because they have traits not found in all brahmin breeds, such as a tall skinny longhorn brahmin with a very large udder which produces lots of milk and has a longhorn type of coat. mixed brahmin are more common in feral herds as many farmers either separate brahmin breeds or specialize in a single breed

FERAL BRAHMIN: feral brahmin are brahmin that have not been domesticated, they can be any breed but beef brahmin are more commonly seen. feral brahmin are usually more sickly and weaker than domesticated brahmin, feral herds also contain a higher amount of mixed brahmin