Silken Potato Mash

Overview

Silken Potato Mash is a cooking recipe in Starsand Island that transforms simple farm ingredients into a nutritious, stamina-rich dish. The in-game description reads: "Freshly steamed potatoes mashed with a hint of wild fruits, lightly flavored to highlight natural sweetness, low-fat and healthy." It uses the Saucepan cooking method and holds a Rarity I rating at Item Level 3, placing it in the mid-tier range of recipes.

The recipe requires 2 Potatoes and 1 Fine Salt, and it takes 57 seconds to cook. Silken Potato Mash restores 95 stamina when eaten and sells for 197 Coins. These stats make it a strong everyday food for sustaining long work sessions on the farm, in the mines, or while exploring the island. The recipe is purchased from the Aureleaf Kitchen in Starsand Town for 210 Coins.

Recipe Details

Silken Potato Mash can be prepared at either a Gas Stove or a Campfire. Both stations produce the same result with identical cook times. At 57 seconds per serving, it cooks faster than many other mid-tier dishes while delivering a solid 95 stamina recovery.

Where to Get the Recipe

The Silken Potato Mash recipe is purchased from the Aureleaf Kitchen in Starsand Town for 210 Coins. Aureleaf Kitchen is open daily from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM. To buy the recipe, walk up to the cash register inside the restaurant and interact with it. Browse the recipe section of the shop inventory, find Silken Potato Mash, and purchase it. Once bought, the recipe is permanently learned and will appear in your cooking menu whenever you interact with a Gas Stove or Campfire.

Aureleaf Kitchen sells dozens of other recipes as well, so it is worth checking back periodically as you progress through the game. The 210-Coin price tag is very affordable, and learning this recipe early gives you access to a reliable stamina food that will serve you well throughout the mid-game and beyond.

Ingredient Sourcing

Silken Potato Mash requires two ingredients: 2 Potatoes and 1 Fine Salt. Both are easy to obtain once you have your farm and crafting stations set up.

Potato

Potato is a crop that grows in all four seasons (Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter), so you can plant it year-round without worrying about seasonal restrictions. Potato Seeds cost 45 Coins from the Happiness Seed Shop and take 3.6 days to mature. Each seed produces 4 harvests before the plant is spent, yielding 1 Potato per harvest. That means a single 45-Coin seed investment gives you 4 Potatoes, enough for 2 servings of Silken Potato Mash.

Potatoes require Soil to grow. Plant them on your farm plots and keep them watered daily. Setting up sprinklers will automate the watering process and free you up for other tasks. Since Potatoes grow quickly and produce multiple harvests, even a small patch of 10 plants will keep you well supplied with ingredients for regular Silken Potato Mash production.

Fine Salt

Fine Salt is a processed ingredient obtained by using the Separator. You can produce Fine Salt by processing Raw Salt in the Separator. Raw Salt is gathered from salt deposits found along coastal areas and in certain cave locations on the island. Keep a stock of Fine Salt in your storage so you always have some on hand for cooking. Since Silken Potato Mash only requires 1 Fine Salt per serving, your supply will last a long time as long as you process a batch of Raw Salt every few days.

Profitability

A raw Potato sells for 32 Coins. Two Potatoes sold raw bring in 64 Coins. Cooking them into a Silken Potato Mash (with 1 Fine Salt) produces a dish that sells for 197 Coins. After accounting for the raw Potato value, the cooking process adds roughly 133 Coins in value per serving, plus 20 Cooking EXP. This makes Silken Potato Mash a solid recipe for converting cheap farm produce into meaningful income.

The profit margin is especially good because Potatoes are one of the cheapest crops to grow. With seed costs of just 45 Coins for 4 Potatoes (enough for 2 servings), your ingredient cost per dish works out to about 22.5 Coins in seeds plus the Fine Salt cost. Even accounting for the salt, the profit per Silken Potato Mash is substantial.

Selling on the Merchant Ship

The Merchant Ship at Starsand Port pays double the normal selling price for all goods. Selling Silken Potato Mash to the Merchant Ship yields 394 Coins per serving instead of 197. At that price, the profit margin becomes excellent for a recipe with such simple ingredients. If you batch-cook Silken Potato Mash and sell the surplus on the Merchant Ship, it becomes one of the better early-to-mid-game money-making strategies using farm crops.

Gifting Preferences

Silken Potato Mash can be given as a gift to the island's residents. Knowing which characters appreciate (or dislike) this dish helps you build friendship efficiently without wasting food on the wrong people.

Regis loves receiving Silken Potato Mash, making it an easy and affordable way to build your relationship with him. Since the ingredients are cheap and readily available, you can prepare extra servings specifically for gifting to Regis on a regular basis. Avoid giving it to Bruce, Panda, Sagewood, or Matilda, as they either dislike or hate the dish. For other characters not listed above, Silken Potato Mash is generally received with a neutral or positive reaction.

Related Recipes

Silken Potato Mash is one of several dishes that use Potato as an ingredient. If you grow Potatoes in bulk, consider trying these other Potato-based recipes as well.

Tips

• At 95 stamina per serving, Silken Potato Mash restores nearly three times as much stamina as a Baked Potato (33 stamina). If you have Fine Salt available, it is almost always better to cook Silken Potato Mash instead.

• Buy the recipe from Aureleaf Kitchen early. At 210 Coins, it pays for itself after selling just two servings (394 Coins total). The sooner you learn it, the sooner you can start using it for stamina and income.

• Potato Seeds cost only 45 Coins and each seed yields 4 Potatoes across its lifespan. That means 2 seeds (90 Coins) give you 8 Potatoes, enough for 4 servings of Silken Potato Mash worth 788 Coins total. The return on investment is excellent.

• Keep a dedicated stock of Fine Salt in your storage chest. Running out of Fine Salt mid-cooking session is frustrating. Process a batch of Raw Salt in the Separator every few days to stay ahead of demand.

• Silken Potato Mash is one of the best gifts for Regis since he loves it. Cook a couple of extra servings each batch and set them aside for gifting days.

• Since Potatoes grow in all four seasons, you never need to worry about seasonal availability. Plant a dedicated Potato patch and keep it running year-round for a steady supply of both food and income.

• For even greater profits, save your Silken Potato Mash and sell it on the Merchant Ship when it arrives at Starsand Port. The doubled price of 394 Coins per serving turns this dish into a genuine money-maker.

See Also

• Cooking Recipes

• Cooking

• Potato

• Fine Salt

• Gas Stove

• Campfire

• Separator

• Aureleaf Kitchen

• Merchant Ship

• Baked Potato

• Regis