What's YOUR favorite winter food?

[Helst_navngivet]

I want to see what everyone prefers to eat in the dull months!

For me, it's either some form of cheap vegetable soup, or hefty cabbage stew. (Hefty cabbage stew has an insane 1800+ satiety, by the way!)

Soup is pretty cheap, and we have a huge amount of turnips and other vegetables, so it's great as a little "snack" when working at the base.

But I'm curious as to what others eat during the winter, and the reason behind it!

Edited August 14 by Helst_navngivet
reason: expanded text a little

[LadyWYT]

Generally some sort of meaty stew, or some sort of pie that isn't pure vegetable. I lean more heavily into carnivore than vegetarian, plus Blackguards burn through calories faster than the other classes. So eating more filling meals is more of a priority.

[SnapJelly]

Nothing but wine! Winter is the time to get SLAMMED! XD

Real answer though, I rarely don't have enough foodstuffs build up by winter start to just keep eating as I usually have, but sometimes ajustments have to be made according to how low the pantry gets of course, first winter I do usually run out of fruit preserves at some point but 2nd I'll have MOUNTAINS of jam and honey stored.

[HalfAxd]

I end up burning lots of calories during winter because I build roads and misc cave diving.

Last game I burned through all my meats and considerable stocks of veggies...  started making bread too, but had never made porridge (of all things). 

I had huge amounts of grain...  surprised how filling that was...

For being on the go (not sitting around making bread, etc.) I'm kinda in the porridge mode for winter.

 

[Slam]

Meat.

[Dilan Rona]

Depends on what I got stored (cooked, or uncooked). End of winter (if pickings were slim), its whatever is still left...

[Facethief]

I have a bunch of carrot pies and random meals stored up in my current save, first winter.

[Kiler_]

I managed to get a few pairs of pigs breeding, and with growing a bunch of flax, have a really good supply of meat now. While the pigs are gestating I'll switch crops to cabbage for the next harvest and process most of the boars and half the females to keep the population manageable. Then I'll make a bunch of meals from 12 meat and 12 cabbage and move them to sealed crocks in the basement. That will get me through winter and into spring before doing it over again. I'll also mix in any berries/fruit to make jams that have a very looooong shelf life.

The first winter is always the worst. That's usually whatever I can find, mostly mushrooms and fish, and sometimes bushmeat if I'm not using it for bait.

[Michael Gates]

Bears. Last time I went through an entire winter I was killing a bear every other day or so, and you can't just leave it to rot.

[HalfAxd]

15 hours ago, Michael Gates said:

Bears

Look for the bear necessities. 

[Coca Cola]

On 8/14/2026 at 4:02 PM, SnapJelly said:

Nothing but wine! Winter is the time to get SLAMMED! XD

this is so real

[Zaph42nd]

Meat stew and wine, wine is good for fruits, meat stews give you protein, grains are easy with charred bread but been meaning to get more into making pies. Fishing is also decently viable during the winter in a pinch, although typically not a first-resort unless you've built on a decently large lake (or near an ocean)

[Sparticus247]

Fish and onion pot pie, and a 3-liter jug of honey does wonders for my digestion.

[Maelstrom]

meat/veggie/fruit stew.  Then some bread or veggie pie to top of the grains.  I also keep a barrel or two of honey (also used to make sulfur/honey poultices).