Copy and paste the following code to link back to this work ( CTRL A/ CMD A will select all), or use the Tweet or Tumblr links to share the work on your Twitter or Tumblr account.Cooking 101 (4363 words) by deliriumofsortsChapters: 2/2Fandom: Rune Factory 4Rating: General AudiencesWarnings: No Archive Warnings ApplyRelationships: Frey (Rune Factory)/VishnalCharacters: Frey (Rune Factory), Vishnal (Rune Factory), Porcoline De Sainte-Coquille, Forte (Rune Factory), Dylas (Rune Factory), Doug (Rune Factory)Additional Tags: HumorSummary: Frey loves everything about her significant other, Vishnal. Well, almost everything, anyway: he can't cook to save his life. Fortunately, her one solution to the problem is to make him attend Porcoline's cooking lessons. Things do not go as expected at all.Work Header. Chapter Text'Princess! Good morning! It's the start of a new day!
Vishnal's voice was chipper as he greeted the sleeping Frey - who had not stirred from her slumber. Drool was present near the corner of her mouth, while the butler-in-training just gaped in awe.But. She never overslept before! Vishnal mused. I can't believe it, Princess just. Sleeping there. I guess I'm going to have to shout.He cleared this throat, his blue eyes showing a glint of passion as he did so.
He'd never actually shouted at his girlfriend before, but he reminded himself it was for a good cause and proceeded to clench his fists (his ardor so strong fire was now in his eyes) and bellow with might, 'wake up!' That had finally elicited a response from Frey: a scream so loud it could easily rival Ventuswill's snoring.
She quickly sat upright on her bed to look at her boyfriend. 'What the devil?! Vishnal, you know you're a butler! You're supposed to wake me up with, oh, what's the word, dignity?' She uncharacteristically screeched at him, her brow furrowed in frustration.Vishnal, however, just gave a toothy grin.
'Ah, I'm aware of that. In fact, I did try to wake you up with dignity, Princess. But I surmise you were so tired you didn't hear me! So I had to shout.' His toothy grin faded into a small, scared frown. I'm sorry if you didn't like it, Princess. I was just doing my job.'
Frey squeaked. 'No, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have reacted like that. But thank you for waking me up, anyway; I still love you!' Getting out of bed to stretch, she realized something didn't exactly. Smell right.'
Erm - Vishnal. I hate to ask you this, but, did you. Perchance, forget to take a bath today, or maybe even yesterday?' Frey's voice had now dropped to a whisper as she asked him this - it was possible that someone like Mr. Volkanon or Clorica could be eavesdropping, or maybe even Pico.Vishnal didn't take kindly to that question. 'I did take a bath today, and yesterday! Now, come on, Princess, I have something to show you!
Something absolutely remarkable. Follow me to my room, please!' The butler walked with a spring in his step and Frey followed, sauntering to the butler rooms. I can't wait to show Princess what meal I fixed up, he thought.
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Vishnal led Frey to his mahogany-wood table; and at the edge of said table was a silver platter. He removed the cloche from the platter and right in the center was. A rather unappetizing waffle (to Frey, at least) that had been burned to a delicate charcoal-like crisp. Syrup was elegantly poured on top of it, trapping the black crumbs inside its brown color.' It's a waffle, Princess!
I made it just for you!' He motioned to the side of the platter: there laid a fork and knife, set daintily on top of a folded napkin.
It was made with love.' Frey looked at the burnt crisp of a waffle. She slowly picked up the fork and put the waffle in her mouth. At that moment, it seemed like the world stopped: her throat felt dry and there was a shiver up her spine. After what seemed like an eternity, she managed to chew some of it and to her surprise, swallow it.' Vishnal asked, his tone hopeful.
'I tried my best not to mess it up this time!' Yeah, yeah, it was,' Frey exhaled, 'great. Cautiousness really paid off.' That's awesome! I followed the recipe exactly, to a T! Well, actually, I wasn't sure if I was supposed to cook it in the oven for six minutes or sixty minutes.'
Frey grimaced. Sixty minutes in the oven for a simple waffle seemed like enough time to actually start a fire in the castle.Unfortunately, Vishnal took notice of her action and frowned. 'Princess, are you sure it was good? You don't have to lie to me to save face. Please tell the truth.'
Frey's face began to pale. 'I'm sorry, sweetie, but, oh, how do I say this, your waffle was. The taste is too terrible for me to even put it in words.
It was burnt, for Pete's sake! Listen, I know you try your best to please me with your God-awful cooking, and I appreciate the sentiment, but you're not a very good chef. Vishnal blinked once, sighed, and sat down dejectedly on his bed.
I'm a bad cook, I try to improve, practice, and whatnot, but. I just can't.
I'll just be stuck like this, a butler with no cooking skills forever, huh. What a great butler I'll be, then.' A wave of guilt crashed down Frey. 'Oh, no, no, no, you're going to be a great butler, you have all those books and everything, you're going to turn out great.
You just need to, practice your cooking skills. And, I think I've got an idea!' Vishnal's eyes lit up. If this involves me getting beat up, though, I'll sit it out.' 'Er, no, nothing of the sort. Maybe I could. Ask Porco for some cooking lessons.?
Him and Dylas and probably Meg could all help you out and maybe the other lethal chefs in Selphia. In fact, the restaurant isn't even going to open today just for the lessons.' A smile crept onto the butler's face, which led to Frey internally sighing with relief.
'Cooking lessons? Princess, that's a great idea.
I haven't even thought of it! Yes, lessons help people learn. Lessons will help me learn! Look out, everybody! After these cooking lessons, I surely will be the best butler on Earth!
No, wait, the best butler in the observable universe!' Frey couldn't help but chuckle at Vishnal's confident rigamarole, if it could even be called that.
Extending an arm out, she patted his hair in a loving manner. 'Yes, you'll be the best butler in the observable universe in due time. But for now you'll have to get ready. The cooking lessons start at fourteen hundred hours. Or, you know, just to simplify it a little. Two o'clock.'
Vishnal let out a low whistle of concern. 'Two o'clock? That's fine with me for the most part, but I'm worried about lunch. You'll be fine preparing a meal for yourself, won't you?And I suppose another breakfast.
I'm sorry about that waffle.' His significant other just broke out into an ear-to-ear grin, much to his surprise and confusion. 'No, it's fine, Vishnal.
I'll be frank with you, I'm never that hungry during breakfast anyway. And yes, I'll be fine preparing myself a quick lunch. These days all I ever have for lunch is some onigiri, or grilled fish.' A nod and what seemed to be a murmur of assent escaped Vishnal's lips, and he suddenly found himself being ushered towards the door quite forcefully by none other than Frey.'
Now, listen, Vishnal. I'm sorry for cutting this whole conversation so short, but you have eight hours to do your butler duties before you need to attend Porco's cooking class. I don't want you to procrastinate and end up regretting having to do your work late at night, alright? So just go tend to your butler duties, I'll go kill some monsters and stuff, and we'll be a happy couple at the end of the day.
'Yes, of course, Princess,' nodded Vishnal once more, 'I understand. I'll go and be a butler for most of the day. I will see you later.' With that, he gave a military salute to Frey, and began walking bristly to the door to meet up with Mr. Volkanon and receive his work duties.Frey waved at him goodbye, letting a huge sigh out.
Maybe when tomorrow arrives, he'll know how to make glazed ham with carrots?
This information is included in my Guides but I felt it might be useful for a player who is beginning RF3:Cooking in Rune Factory 3As in any Harvest Moon or Rune Factory game, Cooked Dishes have a variety of uses and any player who mistakenly believes that he/she cn neglect culinary skills in favour of combat soon will discover that the two go hand-in-hand. For a start, creating Weapons, Accessories and Medicines are based on the same principles as Cooking in the Kitchen. Furthermore, Cooked Dishes have Energy values that are superior to those of raw Items.Your home in the Sharance Tree will not include any area for cooking initially, but when you first speak to Blaise and choose the 'Cookiing Appliances' option in his Menu, he will give you a Kitchen Counter. Basic Cookware then will appear in the Menu under that heading.With the Kitchen Counter alone, you will be able to create 'No Utensil' or 'Hand' Dishes. Learning an actual Recipe will increase your chances of success with any specific Cooked Dish but is not a requirement.
You can use the old 'trial-and'error' method or use this Guide to create new Dishes. Whenever a new Dish is created successfully, the Recipe will be added to your Cookbook. The difference between this method and the purchase and consumption of Recipe Bread is that eating Recipe Bread will add the Recipe to your Cookbook whether or not you have or can make the Dish successfully.In Rune Factory 3, Skill Levels in Cooking determine your success rate where any specific Cooked Dish is concerned. You will not be able to make a Dish at all if you do not have the right Cookware or Utensil but even if you have both the correct Cookware AND the Recipe for a Dish, you may be unable to make it successfully if your Cooking Skill Level is too low.If, therefore, you are using the 'trial-and-error' method to experiment in your Kitchen, you must not suppose that a failure signifies a lack of required ingredients. It may mean solely that you do not have sufficient Skill to prepare the Dish.In Rune Factory 3, you will not have a Pet Glove to tame Monsters. If you wish to tame any Monster, you must give it Food.
Cooked Dishes again have far more value than raw Items in terms of persuading Monsters to surrender and accompany you back to the Monster Barn. In like fashion, a favourite Cooked Dish often will raise the Friendship Levels of human Characters faster than any raw Items.When the actual Cooked Dish has been obtained but the Recipe has not been acquired, the entry will not display the ingredients. Those will be added as soon as they are confirmed. Item information for any Cooked Dish when accessed in-game does not include Skill Level requirements or the list of Ingredients.Tip: When you wish to discover the actual Energy and Status Effects of any food Item, press L and a detailed description of the Item with all Energy and Stat Effects will be displayed.Cooking Appliances from BlaiseIn order to be able to begin to cook, you will need a Kitchen Counter. You can obtain this (as well as Cookware later) from Blaise when he is behind his counter. Simply choose his Cookware option from the Menu and he will give you a Kitchen Counter.Kitchen items from Blaise are delivered instantly to your House and installed in your Kitchen.As soon as you have the Kitchen Counter, the three basic Cookware items will be available from Blaise. These are as follows:My choices:I've come to talk.Buy Recipe Bread.Cooking appliances.Expand refrigerator.Never mind.Choose: Cooking appliances.Blaise: You wanna cook?
Then lemme give ya this Kitchen Counter!After that, if I choose Cooking Appliances:Blaise: Let me show you some basic cooking appliances, which one would you like?Knife: 1200GFrying Pan: 2600GMixer: 500GWhen you have purchased all three Basic Appliances, he will declare:Blaise: You already have all the basic appliances. Let me show you the advanced ones.Oven: 10000GSteamer: 5600GPot: 8800GOvens are a necessity in the kitchen if you're going to do any baking. That'll be 10000G gold.The steamer is a cooking appliance you should definiately have in your kitchen. That'll be 5600 gold.You can cook a lot of interesting dishes with a pot. That'll be 8800 gold.A new aspect of Cooking in Rune Factory 3 is the concept of Recipe Breads instead of Cookbooks.
Recipe Breads made by Blaise, when consumed, will teach you a single Recipe in a specific category. Breads are manufactured and sold in the following categories:Medicine Bread: 160GCooking Bread: 200GWeapon Bread: 350GAccessory Bread: 300GFarming Bread: 450GYou can buy 5 loaves of Bread per day from Blaise.
The actual Recipe that is contained in the Recipe Bread will be random. If, therefore, you are given a Recipe that is fairly useless, you can reload and try again.Note, however, that you will be unable to access the Recipe you have 'consumed' and learned unless you have the appropriate workspace or Cooking Appliance. In other words, you can purchase and 'learn' Forge Recipes by consuming Weapon Bread, but you will not be able to access these Recipes until you have a Forge of your own.From time to time, Blaise will announce that the Recipe Bread you have purchased is particularly delicious. These superior Bread loaves will contain two Recipes instead of one.There is a nameless 'Traveler' who appears in the village and wanders from shop to shop who will offer to sell you Recipe Breads for 800G each. You cannot choose a Category of Bread when buying from the Traveler. It is quite random and very overpriced, similar to Won's visits to your Farmhouse when he offers his special Apples for exorbitant prices.You actually can make Cooked Dishes without having the Recipe for them, but if you have been 'taught' the Recipe, your chances of success will be greater. As in other Rune Factory games, you must Cook frequently and make the same simple Dishes again and again in order to raise your Skill Level in Cooking to allow you to make more complex Dishes.Fortunately, Pink Turnips, a Spring Crop, can be made into Pickled Turnips with nothing more than the Kitchen Counter given to you by Blaise.
Your chance of success will not be guaranteed initially but Pickled Turnips may be the easiest of all Cooked Dishes to make.Another simple Dish that requires no Utensils is Rice Ball, made with the Cooked Rice that you can purchase at the General Store.Blaise's CafeTo purchase any items from Blaise, you need to visit the Cafe before 6.00 p.m. In order to find him behind the counter. Your options, when you speak to him there will be:I've come to talk.Buy Recipe Bread.Cooking appliances.Expand refrigerator.Never mind.Choose: Cooking appliances.Blaise: You wanna cook? Then lemme give ya this Kitchen Counter!As with any items purchased from Blaise, the Kitchen Counter will be installed immediately in your Kitchen.After you have been given the Counter, when you choose Cooking Appliances:Blaise: Let me show you some basic cooking appliances, which one would you like?Knife: 1200GFrying Pan: 2600GMixer: 500GWhen you have purchased all three basic cooking appliances, the 'advanced' appliances will be added to the menu:Blaise: You already have all the basic appliances. Let me show you the advanced ones:Oven: 10000GSteamer: 5600GPot: 8800GIf you wish to learn Recipes, you need to purchase and consume 'Recipe Bread': You can make Cooked Dishes, however, using the old 'trial-and-error' method.
Although having the Recipe will increase your success rate in preparing any new Dish, it can be managed without a Recipe if you know the proper Ingredients.Buy Recipe BreadBlaise: When you eat recipe bread, you'll learn a recipe depending on what kind of recipe bread you ate. I can bake 5 more for you today.Medicine Bread: 160GCooking Bread: 200GWeapon Bread: 350GAccessory Bread: 300GFarming Bread: 450GWhen you eat Medicine Bread, you'll learn recipes that you can use in your pharmacy.
That'll be 160 Gold. Is that okay?Cooking Bread: When you eat Cooking Bread, you'll learn recipes that you can use in your kitchen. That'll be 200 gold.
Is that okay?Farming Bread: When you eat Farming Bread, you'll learn recipes you can make farm tools with at your forge. That'll be 450GWeapons Bread: When you eat Weapons Bread, you'll learn recipes that you can use at your forge. That'll be 350GAccessory Bread: When you eat Accessory Bread, you'll learn recipes that you can use in your workshop. That'll be 300 gold.Easy Dishes for an Aspiring ChefWith a Kitchen Counter and no Cookware, you will be able to make a few Cooked Dishes almost immediately. You will not have 100% success rate initially, but you will gain sufficient Cooking Skill to guarantee success after you have made the Dish a few times.Having the required Ingredients as well as Cooking Skill Levels will determine the Cooked Dishes that can be made in the beginning of Spring.Cooked Rice is one of the Items that can be purchased at the General Store.
With this, you can make a Rice Ball.Rice Ball: 300GRice pressed into a triangle shape. Often packed as lunches, as they're good on the goIngredients: Rice.Sell: 150GHP Rec +50%Effect: 6 HoursSkill Level 6Flour is another Item that can be purchased at the General Store and Bread can be made without any Cookware. It does require a little more Skill than a Rice Ball or Pickled Turnips, however.Bread: 660GA staple of cooking. Can be toasted or filled and used in a variety of dishes.Ingredients: FlourSell: 330GHP Rec +50%, RP Rec +20%, HP Max +10Skill Level 9You should be able to harvest your first Pink Turnips within a couple of days and you then can make:Pickled Turnip: 960G (Lv. 1)Picked turnip. Its refreshing taste is great for cleaning the palate.Ingredients; Pink TurnipSell: 480GHP Rec +40, RP Rec +35%, STR -3, INT +3Skill Level 2Pickled Turnips are one of the easiest Dishes to make. Making Pickled Turnips from the Pink Turnips that you harvest is advantageous for a number of reasons.
Level 1 Pickled Turnips ship for 480G while a raw Pink Turnip ships only for 200G. You therefore can double your income by cooking and increase your Skill Level at the same time.Once you have raised your Skill Level in the Kitchen, you should be able to make:Bamboo Rice: 400G (Lv. 1)Rice mixed with bamboo shoots. A delciious spring dish.Ingredients: Rice, BambooSell: 200GHP Rec +40%, RP Rec +50%, RP Max +10%, STR +2, VIT +2Skll Level 10Bamboo Shoots are plentiful in Spring in your own Fields. You can use any sharp Tool to harvest them but if you use your Hoe, you will till a square of land at the same time, allowing you to plant Seeds afterwards.Another Ingredient that is plentiful once you have entered Privera Forest is the Apple. Apples are War Trophies dropped by the Pomme Pomme Monsters as well as fruit that grows on Trees in more than one area of the Forest.To prepare the Apples, you will need a Mixer, but the Mixer is the least expensive of the Basic Cooking Appliances sold by Blaise.
With a Mixer, you can make:Apple Juice: 166GFresh apple juice. Allows the natural taste, colour and flavour of apples to be completely enjoyed.Sell: 84G (Lv. 2)Skill Level 8HP Rec + 20%, RP Rec +30%, STR + 1, INT +4Sashimi is another class of Dishes that requires a Basic Cooking Appliance in the form of a Knife. The Skill Level requirements for Sashimi depend on the type of Fish that is used, so there are Sashimi Dishes that can be made only by an Expert Chef. Others, like Squid Sashimi, can be made by a beginner. You can find a raw Squid in a tub in Pia's room in the Inn.Squid Sashimi: 260GSlices of raw squid served up for consumption. Generally eaten with soy sauce.Ingredients: SquidSell: 130GHP Rec +20%, RP Rec +30%, STR +1, VIT +4Skill Level 9In Harvest Moon, unless you have a Greenhouse, you are fairly limited in the Ingredients you can obtain in any given Season, especially at the start of any game.
In Rune Factory, this is not the case, as there are Dungeons that are ruled by each of the four Seasons. You are limited only by your skill in exploration and combat. If you can run fast, you can find Items in Dungeons at the start of the game in Rune Factory 3 even if you would be defeated instantly if you were to be forced to fight any of the Monsters there.N.B. To access my RF3 Recipes Cookbook Guide, simply click the Recipe Cookbook Tab at the top of this page.