May Update: Railway Kitchen!
Posted on May 09, 2025'Course you'll have to furnish your own rail cart with the proper kitchen equipment, since y'ain't Company workers who can take 'em out on loan and such. Paying for everything in Shards is a lil' expensive upfront, but once you purchase the equipment, it's yours to use forever! Just need a bit of elbow grease to clean up each tool in between uses!
I've heard my sis Kestrel talking with y'all's head honcho Nicholas 'bout working overtime to scrape together enough funds that everyone will have a fair go at the best meal this side of the Rock Bottom – Hope tunnel divide. Seems only fair for us all to pitch in, don'tcha think?
So's I volunteered to be in charge of stocking everything here at the Commissary Canteen, and we've even opened up a whole new shelf for y'all just to get your hands on Great-Great-Grammy's family recipes! 'Course, Grammy Kitty says you can't buy good taste, but I think y'all are more than welcome to bring a dish on by to prove your skills are just as good as any of us locals!
Drillbert: Chicky, show them! Show them my child!!
Okay, okay! Don't get your prickles all in a poke, Drillbert, I'll show 'em!
Lemme give y'all a tour of the new tools you'll be using to rustle up your lunches from here on out. To start, we have the one and only Drillbert Jr, also known as the Can Opener. I think she's a mite bit too young to be talking yet, but I'm excited for when she does! She's going to be the backbone of any good kitchen, so make sure you pick one up right away! Not this one of course, she's family.
Next we have the Culinary Clock-Out and the Thermal Deduction Apparatus, which are both very important to make sure your food ain't gonna burn, or worse, under-bake! Ma always told me that some foods ain't safe to eat raw, so's y'gotta check the labels real close-like...
Speaking of safety, over here we have the Automated Safety Flipper and the Industrial Slicer, which are two very different sides of the safety coin! One protects your fingers while the other will slice 'em clean off! I ain't allowed to use the slicer myself yet, Pa says not 'til I'm at least thirteen. That's okay, Drillbert can use it for me when the recipe calls for it!
What I am allowed to use is the Weighted Scale and the Premium Cooking Oil! 'Course, I get to use them because I have to weigh out how much oil I'm using at any given time so's I don't waste it again... I can't help it if I thought that Drillbert deserved the finest oil tune-up I could get my hands on! This stuff used to get his gears running buttery-smooth like you wouldn't believe!
Well, anyways, if you're gonna be heading down to the Railway Kitchen, I gotta suggest you pick up the Personalize Tool Kit as well. It's real easy for your tools to get mixed up with other folks' if y'all don't put your names on 'em! I've seen one too many fights break out over who owns which Rotary Drill Mixer...
Times like those, it's better to just head on over to the Community Pantry and remember what it means to be all working together! Though, when it comes to working together, you also gotta get yourselves the Crane attachment so you can actually help yourself the pantry's offerings. Don't be fooled into thinking it comes bundled together!
Once you have all of these set up in your kitchen, you'll be ready for the heavy-duty equipment! The Precision Charbroiler is a nice, easy place to start, but can get pretty toasty to work with, so's y'might wanna get the Deliciousness Distiller next to fix up some nice refreshing drinks! Then you can come over and take a gander at the Topside Herb Garden while you wait for your cuppa to distill down!
After you get a handle on all of those, I suggest the Tasty Tumbler and the Industrial Oven for your really big and fancy meals! And if you've got a sweet tooth, then you can't pass up the Chill Box for all your frozen treat needs. Sometimes it's the only chill you can get after a hard day of work!
Well, there you have it! How are y'all feeling about the Company guest passes to the Railway Kitchen? Ready to dig in and chow down? Drillbert and I are so, so, SO excited to see more of y'all around the Commissary! If you're feeling real bold, swing on by and let me taste test whatever you've made, so I can tell you how it compares to my family's home cooking!
