Kitchen Sink
The Kitchen Sink is the first preparation station used by many A & A Cooking ingredients. Its main role is to apply the washed ingredient state before food is cut or used by recipes that require washed produce.
Status: Implemented
All twelve Kitchen Sink variants share the same washing, bucket exchange, and kitchen network behavior.
Material variants
Section titled “Material variants”Kitchen Sinks are available in Oak, Spruce, Birch, Jungle, Acacia, Dark Oak, Mangrove, Cherry, Pale Oak, Bamboo, Crimson, and Warped materials.
Each variant uses matching slabs and planks around a Bucket. See Wood Kitchen Variants for the complete ID and crafting reference.
Washing ingredients
Section titled “Washing ingredients”Hold a washable A & A Cooking ingredient and use it on the sink. If the ingredient has a washable profile and is not already washed, the sink updates the held stack so its ingredient state records washed = true.
Washing does not consume the ingredient and does not change its cut style.
Items without a supported washable ingredient profile pass through to the normal block interaction rather than being converted automatically.
Why washing matters
Section titled “Why washing matters”Recipes can require an exact ingredient state. That means a recipe may distinguish between:
- an unwashed ingredient
- a washed whole ingredient
- a washed sliced, diced, minced, julienned, or shredded ingredient
The Cutting Board also checks the ingredient state before allowing normal preparation, so washing is commonly the first preparation step.
Water buckets
Section titled “Water buckets”The sink also supports bucket exchange:
| Held item | Result |
|---|---|
| Bucket | Water Bucket |
| Water Bucket | Bucket |
This interaction is separate from ingredient washing.
Kitchen network
Section titled “Kitchen network”Every material variant is a compatible kitchen network block. A Sink can bridge nearby Counters, Cabinets, and other supported kitchen blocks regardless of which wood appearance is used.
Recipe Book integration
Section titled “Recipe Book integration”Pinned recipe preparation plans can identify the sink as a required preparation station when a recipe needs a washed ingredient. The pinned recipe HUD can therefore show washing as part of the preparation chain before later steps such as cutting.
Automatic ingredient pulling and recipe loading are documented with the Recipe Book and the individual processing stations.