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« on: December 05, 2010, 09:07:30 pm »
Basic refrigeration is possible. You would need access to ice (so a temperate/cold biome) and it would need to be fashioned into blocks, which would be stored in a special space surrounded by artificial stone so that it doesn't contaminate. Basically, you'd have to "mine" a certain amount of ice blocks and store them in a certain size space to last all summer, but this is technologically minimal, and well within the setting's tech scope.
There is Rock Salt, so it occurs to me that it may be possible to manufacture ice cream in this setting. It would be an EXTREME luxury item, but one that an entire civilization could decide is their crowning achievement (why wouldn't it be?)
SPECIAL BUILDING: CREAMERY
Necessary Equipment:
- Adjacent Farmer's Station
- Barrels (for milk)
- Rock Salt supply
- Cold biome
- Ingredients (1 Milk, 1 Dwarven Sugar, 1 Matrix Substrate (Sweet or Savoury))
- Buckets for storage
New Job Requirement: Creamer.
Like mist, dwarven ice cream generates intense levels of happiness. Unlike mist, it's less of a calculated risk to the fortress itself and more of a highly specialized freedom of workforce. Obviously, fortresses have much better things to be doing than making ice cream, but it's a wildly prestigious activity.
