Bread vs Pie vs Porridge for consuming grain?

[Vexxvididu]

Bread gives more satiety than porridge but porridge has that hunger freezing effect.  So I was wondering if anyone ever did the math about which one actually fills you up better?

I'm also just curious about what people just like to do more.  I know enjoy making a pie every now and again even if it just takes the most time to prepare.

[ArgentLuna]

Pie ~ Grain and something else.

Bread for convenience when traveling and long term storage however. Have not made porridge, if im cooking on the fire im cooking bulk stew.

Edited November 25, 2025 by ArgentLuna

[Bumber]

I use porridge because it doesn't require preheating the oven. Just throw whichever fuel you want on the campfire, then store the result in a crock, sealing if desired.

[Eepy_T1me]

I personally love porridge. something so satisfying mechanics-wise about huddling around my little campfire like goldie locks and muttering about red currants.

[Eepy_T1me]

1 hour ago, Eepy_T1me said:

I personally love porridge. something so satisfying mechanics-wise about huddling around my little campfire like goldie locks and muttering about red currants.

dude y'all ain't gonna believe this but this is the post that upgraded me to the  "berry picker" rank

Edited November 25, 2025 by Eepy_T1me

[LadyWYT]

12 hours ago, Vexxvididu said:

So I was wondering if anyone ever did the math about which one actually fills you up better?

Which one fills you up better? Porridge, since you can fill all four slots with grain. Which one do I prefer though for getting my grain sat up? Pies. Definitely pies. Porridge just feels bland(even with berries or honey) and doesn't transport nearly as well as pies do. Since porridge counts as a meal, it does technically pause hunger for a bit, but to me it's a negligible amount and thus I'd rather have the greater stacking ability of pies.*

*That could also be a side effect of being a Blackguard. It's not uncommon for us to run on a steady diet of rage and redmeat.

[Maelstrom]

9 hours ago, Eepy_T1me said:

dude y'all ain't gonna believe this but this is the post that upgraded me to the  "berry picker" rank

Congrats on graduating from Wolf-Bait.

I should petition Tyron to add a Drifter Fodder rank.  

[Facethief]

11 hours ago, Bumber said:

I use porridge because it doesn't require preheating the oven. Just throw whichever fuel you want on the campfire, then store the result in a crock, sealing if desired.

Charred bread is calling… pick up the phone!

[Vexxvididu]

3 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

Which one fills you up better? Porridge, since you can fill all four slots with grain

What I mean is, which fills you up better per grain used.  Bread is more satiety per grain, but maybe not as good given that bread doesn't pause the hunger meter.  Pies also have a hunter pausing effect.  I was trying to get at which is more "optimal" but agree with the pole consensus that pies are more fun!

[Eepy_T1me]

3 hours ago, Maelstrom said:

Congrats on graduating from Wolf-Bait.

I should petition Tyron to add a Drifter Fodder rank.  

thanks haha. feels good to pick berries instead of getting fed to wolves ngl

[Teh Pizza Lady]

Pie over porridge. With porridge, you get...6 meals tops  if you carry your cook pot with you. 4 if you use a crock. Unfortunately for long hauls this means you either have to refill said pot/crock while on the go, or you have inventory slots that are being taken up by said pots/crocks. Granted your elk can help with that (saddlebags and pot/crock storage slots) but your elk can also carry a stack of pies.

[Tom Cantine]

Early game, one of the very first things I try to do is make a cooking pot and a bowl, even while I'm travelling in search of a more permanent home. As I'm out foraging, I'll cook whatever I can get in that pot, and so that often includes porridge with berries. 

I don't think I'd say I have a FAVOURITE way, though. If we had garlic butter, it might be bread, but we don't.

[Chrondeath]

Pies, because I'm making pies anyway to optimize the satiety from and lifespan of berries.  First winter I've always got a giant pile of berries going into it that will expire long before winter is over, and a significantly smaller pile of grain, so the main order of business is figuring out how to maximize what I get from berries.  Juicing reduces their sat instead of increasing it and takes up barrels to store, honey's too hard to come by in quantity and takes up crocks to store, porridge doesn't have as good of a berry-per-grain ratio as pies.  Since I'm making pies anyway, there's not much need for something else to cover the grain nutrition.

Now, second year when the fruit trees are producing and I have boatloads of grain and a full container of pears or something that have significant duration by themselves....yeah, then bread might be the plan for the excess grain, though the fruit pies are still on my mind.

[Slam]

Some rambling on basic, but time saving math

making porridge 4x it value, which is 240 sat per grain. Last 5 days. Has hunger freezing effect

pies use 2 dough per layer, which is also 240 sat per grain Last 8 days, char is 12 days, but only 180 sat. Best travel food since its slices stacks, and high sat.

bread gives 5x the value, 300 sat per grain, also last 8 days, char is 17.5 days, and gives 210 stat. Best grain food, char is mid because grain last longer, and can be sold.

Shoutout to my raw grain, flax bread, part baked enjoyers.

20 hours ago, Eepy_T1me said:

 

I personally love porridge. something so satisfying mechanics-wise about huddling around my little campfire like goldie locks and muttering about red currants.

 

Blueberry’s! Blueberry’s are better, you see me eating basically oatmeal with red currents? No blueberry’s, with some maple syrup (though, we don’t have that, honey it)

[Bumber]

17 hours ago, Facethief said:

Charred bread is calling… pick up the phone!

Still needs to be milled, despite ultimately reducing satiety. Practical for travel food, but you might as well bake some meat pies if you're preparing for a longer journey.

Edited November 26, 2025 by Bumber

[Eepy_T1me]

7 hours ago, Slam said:

Blueberry’s! Blueberry’s are better, you see me eating basically oatmeal with red currents? No blueberry’s, with some maple syrup (though, we don’t have that, honey it)

ohg my god are there blueberries in this game? if they bump my saturation say less! I'm not a huge fan of blueberries irl but they are such a pretty berry and do kinda slap when baked in stuff like porridge or desserts.

[Scorpixel]

Bread is disappointing, the higher calories are dwarfed by it taking the same time as pie (who get to bake with 8 other food units), don't have the 30sec/100sat hunger block for some reason (terrible for the road and occasional wound, especially in the cold), and doesn't even last long unless charred.

I've found it more useful for long travels to just bring a stack of grain and cook it in pots with pies for anything closer, but even then crocks stay undefeated as with everything else.

[Slam]

3 hours ago, Eepy_T1me said:

ohg my god are there blueberries in this game? if they bump my saturation say less! I'm not a huge fan of blueberries irl but they are such a pretty berry and do kinda slap when baked in stuff like porridge or desserts.

Ok, I hate to disappoint, but they’re exactly the same as the other berry’s, asides from cranberry’s. I just like blueberry.

[LadyWYT]

3 hours ago, Eepy_T1me said:

ohg my god are there blueberries in this game?

There are blueberries, but as @Slam noted, there's not really a difference between them and currants. They both have the same shelf life and satiety value. Of the berries we have available in the game though, blueberries are the second-rarest, with only the white currants being harder to find.

From a purely practical standpoint, they aren't an ideal berry since the bushes are a bit harder to find and don't stack. But where's the fun in that?  

5 minutes ago, Slam said:

I just like blueberry.

I do as well, hence why I like to get a patch of them going.

[Eepy_T1me]

1 hour ago, LadyWYT said:

There are blueberries, but as @/Slam noted, there's not really a difference between them and currants. They both have the same shelf life and satiety value. Of the berries we have available in the game though, blueberries are the second-rarest, with only the white currants being harder to find.

1 hour ago, Slam said:

Ok, I hate to disappoint, but they’re exactly the same as the other berry’s, asides from cranberry’s. I just like blueberry.

oh yeowch. could be worse I guess. all the berries look sooo yummy imo

[Maelstrom]

To calrify, blueberry bushes cannot be "planted" on anything other than soil, unlike currants which can be planted on a currant bush that itself is planted in soil.

[Professor Dragon]

I spend most of my time base building, so it is Crocks and porridge all the way for me.
Crocks let you mix up the ingredients to satisfy different food satiety. Standard is grain, grain, vegetable, fruit.
Plus you put one on, come back later, and it's ready. No waiting. And beeswax farms exist for shelf life.
My main base will have 2x Cooking Pots, 3x Crocks, 1x Bowl, 1+ Firepits, 2 - 4x Ovens.

I'll bake bread en masse - but usually only for a specific trader.
As head to the late game, ovens will be added. Once at four, they'll then go up in increments of four as needed. Eight is usually more than enough for any individual trader. Four is honestly fine most of the time. If spare bread, you char and eat that later.

Once  you are late game, then cured meat for completing the Resonance Archive or similar. Lets you carry more loot. My sheep farm finally paid off.

For very long distance travel, I find forage is effective most of the time - you need much less food than you think, with good clothing.
You need much more food than you think for looting the story locations.
Backed up by a Cooking Pot, Crock, Bowl and stacks of grain.

Once you have an Elk, then they take two full Cooking pots filled with food, plus a heap of storage.

 

Circling back, you really only need to count the nutrition stats in the early game. Once you have farms up, food is no longer an issue.
You cook and eat flax porridge because you have so much flax, even after feeding the animals. Or spelt, or turnips, or whatever is on hand.
You can even stop cooking altogether and just throw back raw grain like a madman, although I try and remain a little civilised.

Edited November 26, 2025 by Professor Dragon

[Maelstrom]

On 11/26/2025 at 2:38 PM, Professor Dragon said:

I'll bake bread en masse - but usually only for a specific trader.

may I introduce you to the wolf pup traffic... err trading market?   Certain... uhh...  people are willing to purchase pups for a very tidey sum.  Better still, the cracked vessel market.  Those same people are also interested in the illici... uhmm...  descrete contents of cracked vessels.  Either of which is much, much more lucrative than the baking and selling of breads. 

[Professor Dragon]

4 minutes ago, Maelstrom said:

may I introduce you to the wolf pup traffic... err trading market?   Certain... uhh...  people are willing to purchase pups for a very tidey sum.  Better still, the cracked vessel market.  Those same people are also interested in the illici... uhmm...  descrete contents of cracked vessels.  Either of which is much, much more lucrative than the baking and selling of breads. 

Thank you. I do all of that as well. Those fancy ceramic pots, tapestries and paintings are demanding on gears. 

Long runs:
When I'm after gears in bulk, I'll do really long trading runs with a lot of cracked vessels, wolf pups, clothing etc.
Day trips:
Bread, twine, feathers and leather are handy because I have many traders within an easy day loop who take these, and it all adds up.
Besides, who doesn't like homesteading? 


 

[Maelstrom]

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