samual82 wrote:make the sorting table also a drying table, anything left on there long enough will turn into dried meats or dried fruits, sun dried tomato's,
Not bad, but other than meats, there's not really anything else you'd dry out for storage. (Apples, but what do you do with dried apples other than make "Trail Mix" with raisins, nuts, and pumpkins seeds, maybe... hmm). Also, the meats have been suggested multiple times using various methods.
And, since you brought this topic back up...
Jorb and Loftar are currently working on Salem. They've already stated they're going to be porting some of the things back into HnH, one of which will be a more fluid inventory system. This will probably simplify the crop sorting, which was the whole idea of the sorting table to begin with. Also, the Herbalist table is already used for drying raisins and pretty much anything else with your crops other than cooking processes.
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