Njerpez Cookery Mod v2.0 - Dec 2025 Update! [URW 3.87+]

[Bedlam]

Posted v2.02 of the mod today, minor tweaks and fixes.

In the latest URW 3.87 there's now a hardcoded "ember-roasted turnip" recipe, which mods can't update or remove. Of course NjerpCooking mod always  included its own version of this, so I did experiment with using the base game one and getting rid of the one we always had. But sadly, the base game one felt too inconvenient, as you need to burn fires for many hours to get some decent glowing embers and even these go away fast. I dont' feel that's very realistic, I myself successfully cooked root veggies in the embers of an ordinary small campfire in real life before, not to mention that you could dig a small pit for the veggies, cover with earth, and start a campfire on top to slowcook them down there.

Our vision in the mod is that roasting the turnip should be simple and convenient (otherwise why would a player not just eat them one by one, in the raw). So the current version has the original mod's "Roast Turnip" recipe included just under the base game one. You can use both, but the mod's one is recommended since all it requires is a fire and it cooks more turnips at once. It's a little confusing, having two "roast turnip" recipes under Vegetables. I hope future game versions might improve on this by making the base game ember-roasted turnip recipe a normal one, not hardcoded.

And now just for fun, a couple of mod-theme "postcards from the East":

[Bedlam]

Today's small update "NjerpCooking v2.04" introduces fixes, a better PDF guide, and a new recipe: "Villain Stew"



It's a very nice new recipe, as useful as the ubiquitous "Hunter's Borsch", as long as your character has some salted cuts or fish. What makes it unique is that you can make a sour, astringent salty stew in the wilderness (without an oven) from just about anything you had at hand. It can take flowers, leaves, edible wild plants, roots, veggies, berries, mushroom, even normally inedible nutrient rich seeds like clayweed or hemp, and of course extra meat or fish, or leftover fats, if desired. Everything is stewed for 3 hours in the salty stock, and gives you a uniquely flavorful stew to salivate over, with nutrition effects depending on your custom ingredients as always.

I'm enjoying how the recipe has made my character actually bring salted cuts or a small cup-ful of salt on hunting expeditions. It's easier to access Villain Stew via the "Fish" cookery menu, but it is also there under the "Meat" section too (both function the same, it's just there for convenience). Hope you like it!

There are also useful tweaks n' fixes, so definitely worth updating when you get the chance.