Vinaigrette

The Vinaigrette is an Item that allows for players to harvest Weeds for profit.

General Description
Vinaigrette is an Item that can be found within common locations, including choice enemy Camps, given by Spouses, and rarely as a reward from Seasonal Festivals. Upon being picked up Weeds will become harvestable for 2 (Cashews) per Weed cut. With the exception of the smallest Weed growth stage, the size of the harvested Weed does not relate to it's profitable value. This Item effectively allows players to utilize the normally troublesome Weeds for profit.

Comparison
Vinaigrette has some interesting interactions with other Items and means of gaining Cashews.

Crops
Compared to other forms of profit, primarily Crops, the Vinaigrette yields the least amount of Cashews per collected object. In addition, the amount of effort required to gain an equal amount of profit to the majority of Crops, including even the least valuable ones, makes it far preferable for players to focus their efforts on growing Crops instead of relying on this Item as a large source of Cashews. For instance, a unfertilized mega Prickly Pear is worth 30 upon being harvested. This equates to cutting 15 separate Weeds just to reach the same level of profit, which requires more actions than simply growing one large Crop. This gap becomes more apparent with the most valuable Crops, such as mega Aloe or mega Carrot, which with their 240 would require 120 Weeds to be cut for the same profit. The specifics between Vinaigrette and Crops can be seen in the table below:

Table of Crops vs. Vinaigrette
Because of this, Vinaigrette best serves as an added, bonus means for acquiring more Cashews rather than being the largest source of profit.

Farm Animals
It is important to note this Item's interact with Chickens and Turkeys. Due to how both of these Farm Animals focus on cutting Weeds they pair well with this Item. This effectively allows for both of these Farm Animals to generate profit outside of their eggs, and therefore become more valuable overall. Likewise, the Alien Pet benefits from this Item, and can quickly generate a small profit using it.

Beneficial Upgrades
The following is a list of possible Items that can affect Vinaigrette:
 * Chrono Weeds
 * Crampons
 * Herbicidal Blood
 * Herbicide
 * Psychoactive Weeds
 * Razor Weeds
 * Sprout Energy
 * Squaredown
 * Weed Wacker