Dry noodle guide

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Dry noodle cooking can be broken down into several types: basic, saucy, meins, lasagnas, and wontons.

Basic Dry Noodle

Pasta Dish	Ingredient	Adventures	Stat gains	Fullness
boring spaghetti boring spaghetti	tomato tomato	4-11	6-8 Strongness, 6-8 Enchantedness, 6-8 Cheek	3
delicious noodles delicious noodles	herbs herbs	4-12	9-25 Cheek	3
spicy noodles spicy noodles	spices spices	6-12	-	3
delicious spicy noodles delicious spicy noodles	secret blend of herbs and spices secret blend of herbs and spices	7-15	29-33 Enchantedness	3
painful penne pasta painful penne pasta	jabañero pepper jabañero pepper	5-13	17-20 Strongness †	3
pr0n m4nic0tti pr0n m4nic0tti	pr0n legs pr0n legs	8-14	28-30 Cheek	4
ravioli della hippy ravioli della hippy	wad of tofu wad of tofu	4-12	19-23 Enchantedness	3

† painful penne pasta will cause you to lose 20-23 HP.

Of these, the best is clearly the delicious spicy noodles offering 10.3 stats per fullness and 3.7 adventures per fullness. However, the difficulty with these is it requires spices and herbs. Spices may be difficult to obtain. Additionally, one could make significantly better chow meins with the herbs and spices.

Failing easy access to secret blends the next best for adventures at 3.2 adventures per fullness and with acceptable stats at 6.0 stats per fullness is the painful penne pasta, though this also requires access to the hermit for the jabañero pepper.

Without touching the hermit, boring spaghetti and ravioli della hippy both offer 7.0 stats per fullness. Spaghetti offers 2.5 adventures per fullness while ravioli della hippy is 2.7 adventures per fullness. The advantage of boring spaghetti is its easy tomato drops at low levels and that one can buy tomatoes from the hippy store later in the game if needed.

Delicious noodles are a reasonable choice if one is trying to work on moxie offering slightly better adventures per fullness at 2.8, though lower stats per fullness at 5.7.

Pr0n m4nic0tti is now a viable choice with 2.8 adventures per fullness and 7.X stats per fullness.

Reagent dishes (Saucy dry noodles)

Food name	Base food item	Sauce name	Stat gain
fettucini Inconnu fettucini Inconnu	goat cheese goat cheese	fancy schmancy cheese sauce fancy schmancy cheese sauce	47 - 52 Cheek
gnocchetti di Nietzsche gnocchetti di Nietzsche	knob mushroom Knob mushroom	Himalayan Hidalgo sauce Himalayan Hidalgo sauce	47 - 52 Enchantedness
spaghetti with Skullheads spaghetti with Skullheads	Knob sausage Knob sausage	sauce of the ages sauce of the ages	47 - 52 Strongness
Hell ramen Hell ramen	Hellion cube hellion cube	Hell broth Hell broth	23 - 28 in each stat and meat

There are four saucy dry noodles, of which three are about the same - one working for each stat. All sauce dishes are 6 fullness items meaning that without Stomach of Steel, one can only eat two a day. With Stomach of Steel, one is able to eat three per day.

Hell ramen is the best of the set with the most stats per fullness at 12.8. The other three offer 8.3 stats per fullness, though in a particular area. This makes them choice dishes for Stat Days where the 25% bonus can be used with best efficiency.

All Sauce dishes offer about 4.2 adventures per fullness.

Lo meins

Lo Mein	Base Ingredient	Adventures	Stat gains	Fullness
asparagus lo mein asparagus lo mein	stalk of asparagus stalk of asparagus	9-16	10-14 Strongness 12-16 Enchantedness.	3
Knob lo mein Knob lo mein	Knob mushroom Knob mushroom	14-20	30-34 Enchantedness	4
Knoll lo mein Knoll lo mein	Knoll mushroom Knoll mushroom	14-21	30-34 Strongness	4
olive lo mein olive lo mein	olive olive	9-16	10-14 Strongness 10-14 Cheek	3
spooky lo mein spooky lo mein	spooky mushroom spooky mushroom	14-21	30-34 Cheek	4

Lo meins are the lowest tier of all three meins. They can be cooked using Pastamastery by cooking dry noodles with a first-tier stir fry (the base ingredient cooked with a secret blend of herbs and spices). The Wok of Ages is not required.

Chow mein

Food name	Stir-fry	Protein	Adventures	Stat Gains	Fullness
tofu chow mein tofu chow mein	asparagus stir-fry asparagus stir-fry	wad of tofu wad of tofu	11-19	18-22 Strongness 20-25 Enchantedness	3
pr0n chow mein pr0n chow mein	olive stir-fry olive stir-fry	pr0n legs pr0n legs	16-24	20-26 Strongness 20-26 Cheek	4
Knob sausage chow mein Knob sausage chow mein	Knoll stir-fry Knoll stir-fry	Knob sausage Knob sausage	21-29	72-76 Strongness	5
bat wing chow mein bat wing chow mein	Knob stir-fry Knob stir-fry	bat wing bat wing	21-29	70-75 Enchantedness	5
rat appendix chow mein rat appendix chow mein	spooky stir-fry spooky stir-fry	rat appendix rat appendix	21-29	70-75 Cheek	5

The chow mein dishes are some of the best foods in the Kingdom. They all require a secret blend of herbs and spices, dry noodles, MSG and one or two other ingredients. You need Pastamastery to summon the dry noodles and Transcendental Noodlecraft to create chow mein. Generally, the tofu and pr0n chow meins are considered separate from the other chow meins, due to their lower fullness, lower stat boosts, and irregular recipes.

Hi meins

Hi Mein	Base Sauce	Pulverize a... (Lvl available)	Adventures	Muscle	Mysticality	Moxie	Fullness
cold hi mein cold hi mein	cold and sour sauce cold and sour sauce	frozen nunchaku frozen nunchaku (8)	21-29	70-75	30-35	15-20	5
hot hi mein hot hi mein	hot and sour sauce hot and sour sauce	demon buckler demon buckler (6)	21-29	70-75	15-20	30-35	5
sleazy hi mein sleazy hi mein	sleazy and sour sauce sleazy and sour sauce	buffalo blade buffalo blade (6)	21-29	25-30	25-30	70-75	5
spooky hi mein spooky hi mein	spooky and sour sauce spooky and sour sauce	spiked femur spiked femur (6)	21-29	15-20	70-75	30-35	5
stinky hi mein stinky hi mein	stench and sour sauce stench and sour sauce	lihc face lihc face (7)	21-29	30-35	70-75	15-20	5

Hi meins are an improved type of chow mein. They are created by kicking elemental sour sauces up a notch in The Wok of Ages. Transcendental Noodlecraft is required to access The Wok of Ages. The Way of Sauce is required to make the elemental sour sauces. You must be able to Pulverize equipment to get half of the ingredients for the elemental sour sauces.

There are several disadvantages to hi meins that offset their advantages. Access to The Malus of Forethought is only available to Muscle classes, while The Wok of Ages is only accessible to Mysticality classes. Therefore, characters in Hardcore will have to belong to a Mystical class to make and consume hi mein, and will have to wait until they've found and smashed equipment good enough to produce elemental nuggets without the Malus' special combining properties. The Pulverize a... column lists a lower-level option for nuggets, although some level-independent options like the Cerebral Crossbow also exist.

Lasagnas

Lasagna	Base Food	Seasoning	Casserole	Adventures	Stat Gains	Fullness
gnat lasagna gnat lasagna	filet of tangy gnat ("fotelif") filet of tangy gnat ("fotelif")	ancient spice ancient spice	gnatloaf casserole gnatloaf casserole	11-18	45-55 Strongness	3
long pork lasagna long pork lasagna	long pork long pork	black pepper black pepper	long pork casserole long pork casserole	11-18	45-55 Enchantedness	3
fishy fish lasagna fishy fish lasagna	displaced fish displaced fish	dehydrated caviar dehydrated caviar	fishy fish casserole fishy fish casserole	11-18	45-55 Cheek	3

Lasagnas are slightly less effective than chow meins and can not they be eaten until level 11. Lasagnas only require 2 ingredients, compared to 4 for the chow meins. However, each lasagna includes ingredients not available until level 11. The Wok of Ages is required.

Wontons

Wonton	McMillicancuddy Item	Base Food	Food	Adventures	Muscle	Mysticality	Moxie	Fullness
sausage wonton sausage wonton	McMillicancuddy's Special Lager McMillicancuddy's Special Lager	frat brats frat brats	beer basted brat beer basted brat	12-18	50-80	20-30	20-30	3
tofu wonton tofu wonton	megatofu megatofu	mixed wildflower greens mixed wildflower greens	super salad super salad	11-18	20-30	50-80	20-30	3

Each wonton requires an ingredient available only after completing the Defowl the Farm quest during level 12 and either visiting the farm or obtaining an instant rations kit. The sausage wonton, which is comparable to a chow mein, is slightly better than the tofu wonton, which is comparable with the lasagna. As with the lasagna, they only require 2 ingredients, and may be more helpful in Aftercore than a regular run. The Wok of Ages is required.