Stardew Valley's 1.6 Update Will Let Players Drink Mayonnaise, and Fans Couldn't be More Conflicted

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In a flip flop for the ages, Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone has revealed that mayonnaise will become a drinkable item for players once the highly anticipated 1.6 update lands for PC on March 19.

“I like pickles, but mayo... I plead the 5th,” said Barone to a fan in a 2021 Twitter/X post discussing why the digital versions of the foodstuffs couldn't be slurped down in Stardew Valley. “But if I remember right, the real reason you can't eat them in the game is because they are in a glass jar and I didn't want to have to draw a special animation for fishing out the pickles, and no way would I allow drinking mayonnaise.”

I like pickles, but mayo... I plead the 5th. but if I remember right, the real reason you can't eat them in the game is because they are in a glass jar and I didn't want to have to draw a special animation for fishing out the pickles, and no way would I allow drinking mayonnaise.

Well, time makes liars of us all, and in his latest daily patch note Barone announced that the impending 1.6 update will in fact make a player’s artisanal mayonnaise a drinkable item, though why you would want to chug the white stuff, and what benefits it may confer, remain a mystery.

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At the time of writing the post has already banked over 120,000 likes, with many Stardew Valley fans taking to the comments to express a range of emotions running the gamut from horrified to elated. “I wish it was ‘eat’ instead of ‘drink’, I think I’m going to be sick lol,” said Reddit user Whaim on a post discussing the patch note. “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should,” said user gammongaming11.

I hope there’s also a jail added to pelican town, because whoever does this is going to it https://t.co/rmSfaOy9s2

Finally.

i was raised to never question concernedape but i might have to break my rule this once