How do i cook food?

[Beer Mug The Russian Dwarf]

i killed a rabbit now how do i cook it?

[Panfilo]

First you have to slaughter it. Build a butcher table and set a bill to butcher animals. Then have a stove fueled or powered and set a bill to make meals. The colonists will turn the rabbit into meat, and the meat into meals.

[erfqfrqe]

What @jerjare said. Slaughter, butcher, then cook. Make sure you have someone set as a cook in the priorities screen.

[Panfilo]

A few other things:

If you have a butcher table, just set the bill to 'butcher animals forever'. That way as soon as you have a dead animal, your colonists will chop it up into meat. If they don't seem to be butchering your kills, make sure to click on the dead animal to allow colonists to interact with it. If they still won't butcher it, then it's probably at too low priority for work. You can always click a colonist with cooking skill then right click butcher table to 'prioritize butchering animals'. They'll grab a dead animal if allowed to do so, no matter how far away, turn it into meat, and put the meat in a stockpile that can accept it.

Cooking simple meals need a stove and just one type of ingredient. Better quality meals need a meat and vegetable, and give a joy bonus but need more ingredients for the same amount of meals. I set a bill for complex meals, followed by simple meals. If my cook has the ingredients, he'll make the fancy meals but if he only has meat or vegetables he'll make simple meals.