jorb wrote:You are ignoring the effects of drinks.
You seem to imply that it is some sort of law of nature that your food industry should be based on only a couple of food types.
Trade, variance, &c&c. Time to git gud, scrub.
Not everyone is a NEET and can spend all day playing Hafen producing every other possible (and useless) food type.
Every vegetable cooked thing is useless. Fish is not worth the effort. Chickens are useless until the quality is way up. Who the fuck eats forageables.
Cheese(dairy?) is kinda an inbetween, its good but it takes a while to set up.
Mushrooms? Shit except for boletes.
Baked goods are good, some roasted meat is good, sausages are good.
Any food that's worth trading is already a staple in any village worth two shits.
Drinking half a dozen different drinks each time you eat will just become another chore really quickly.
jorb wrote:For that matter: That is precisely the type of situation that can make introducing higher tier produce of varying kinds actually relevant. I mean, Lord call me crazy, but perhaps carrots and beetroots, and whatnot, shouldn't be eternally useless?
Except there are no "high tier" vegetable foods. They're all shit and/or high hunger.