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Tatos are a mutated plant species and a consumable item and ingredient in Fallout 4 and Fallout 76.
Background[]
A tato is a mutated hybrid of a potato and a tomato plant, which emerged after nuclear fallout triggered mutations that allowed the two species to cross-pollinate.[1] The resulting hardy plant is radiation-resistant and produces edible tatos,[2] which have the stem and skin of a tomato, with the brownish flesh of the potato.[Non-game 1] Like the latter, it can also be used as a low-tech battery to power lamps[3] or even create a small power generator.[4]
However, it is primarily a foodstuff. While it is nutritious and contains many micronutrients necessary for the immune system,[5] tato taste leaves much to be desired. It is likened to ketchup-flavored cardboard[1] and usually just called disgusting.[6] However, when properly prepared or combined with the right ingredients, it can be delicious. Some of the ways it's used in cuisine include chips,[7] pies,[8] salads,[9] soups,[10] stews,[11] or as part of gravy to thicken and enrich the taste.[12] Even flowers from the plants can be used to produce tea.[13]
Tatos are very easy to grow in almost any kind of soil and stakes covered in tato vines are a common sight across the wasteland.[14][15] With the right care and fertilization (eg. brahmin or human feces) they can produce bumper crops,[16] although they need regular protection from pests (eg. mole rats).[17] Due to their ubiquity, tatos have replaced potatoes and tomatoes even in wasteland culture. For example, someone might "go down like a sack of tatoes",[18] while a comedian might be pelted with them by a displeased audience (or for humiliation).[19] Reportedly, a tato cult has even sprung up in the wasteland at one point.[20]
Variants[]
Tato[]
The tato restores some Hit Points at the cost of radiation damage. It can be very easily farmed from tato plants and is a useful ingredient in several crafting recipes.
Behind the scenes[]
- The plural for tato is alternatively spelled as tatos or tatoes.[18]
- A cut Sunday Brothers' cabin terminal entry would establish that tatos can be used to brew alcohol, as "Tater Shine" (similiar to potatoes).[21]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Volunteer training program: Food
- ↑ Sole Survivor: "What's a tato? Short for potato?"
Connie Abernathy: "You must be a real vault dweller if you don't know what a tato is. Let's just say it's the mighty, rad-resistant cousin of the tomato and potato. Tatos, mutfruit, tarberries. Things change to survive nuclear fallout. Get used to it." - ↑ Tato lamp
- ↑ Tato generator
- ↑ Showman: "I love tatos! Great for the immune system."
Note: Spoken when getting pelted with tatos. - ↑ The Prydwen terminal entries; botany terminal, Tato
Note: This text was written from the perspective of someone who is unaware that both the tomato and the potato are being cultivated elsewhere. The writer also does not mention any sort of DNA test. However, the potato is also found in the Capital Wasteland, and the writer is a scribe in the Brotherhood of Steel, which originated from that area. - ↑ Yasmin Chowdhury: "My latest creation is an Angler tartare with crispy tato chips. Bon Appétit."
- ↑ Joey Bello: "What I wouldn't give for a tato pie."
- ↑ Tato salad surprise
- ↑ Tato soup
- ↑ Sweet tato stew
- ↑ Frank's Fine Radstag Redemption
- ↑ Steeped tato flower tea
- ↑ Sturges: "I hope you don't mind me asking for some more help... but our food supplies are running low. If we're going to settle here, we'll need to get some crops established."
Sole Survivor: "What kind of crops?"
Sturges: "It doesn't much matter. Tatos, mutfruit, corn - whatever you can get to grow." - ↑ Sole Survivor: "I doubt anything will grow around here."
Sturges: "You'd be surprised. I'm no farmer, but I've seen people growing crops in much less promising spots than this." - ↑ Piper Wright: "But they grow a mean tato. Not sure I'll ever be able to eat one again."
Note: Spoken at Warwick Homestead - ↑ Blake Abernathy: "Damn Mole Rats have been at the Tatoes again."
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Robert MacCready: "Holy crap... that guy went down like a sack of tatoes."
- ↑ The Most Sensational Game, tato throwing variant of stage three
- ↑ Beckett: "For a while he was into a Tato cult. They just... spoke to and then... ate Tatos. Um. I try not to judge you know. So... moving on. "
- ↑ Sunday Brothers' cabin terminal entries; Brewmaster's Log: The Recipes, Tater Shine
Non-game
- ↑ Fallout: The Roleplaying Game Rulebook p.158: "A mutated hybrid of the pre-War tomato and potato plants, with the stem and reddish skin of the former and the brownish flesh of the latter. Tatos provide decent nutrition, but taste disgusting. However, they’re relatively easy to grow and thus are a staple of wasteland agriculture and is an ingredient in a variety of recipes."