THE KITCHEN ATLAS: phases P6-P11 — every medium, tool, and dish

Three new doctrines: IRREVERSIBILITY (seasoning is a one-way vector
walk — taste to see, dilute to compromise, never subtract), INFORMATION
TOOLS (thermometer/taste-spoon reveal instead of change; knowing costs
time, the judge respects a confident blind serve), SPEC CUTS (brunoise/
julienne/chiffonade/tourne as data on the existing cutting sim).

P6 water & oil (the fryer's menace), P7 the spice rack (curry capstone,
chili's 8s lag trap, bloom/toast/grind), P8 the knife roll (knife SET
as data, mandoline, melon baller, PREP DRILLS score-attack mode), P9
directed heat (the blowtorch paints a browning Field; creme brulee ends
in the judge's spoon-tap CRACK test), P10 cold & time (cures that span
real days, the churn, granita interrupts), P11 the banquet (fork-anchor
carving, three plates landing hot at once, credits).

Seeds 400-629 reserved per phase, same-seed families for prop sets.
Kill list live: microwave is a cameo, wellington waits, sous vide is a
joke prop. Everything rides the bones — new poetry on proven physics.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>

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+# TOASTSIM — THE KITCHEN ATLAS (the mega plan: every medium, every tool, every dish)
+
+*This is MASTERPLAN.md's continuation — phases P6–P11, cut-ready for Opus.
+Read MASTERPLAN §1–§3 first (the design law and the bones are unchanged and
+non-negotiable), then Brief 3 §1–§2 (working agreements + traps). Each phase
+below gets its own OPUS-BUILD-BRIEF-N.md when its turn comes, re-planned
+against what the previous phase taught. Asset generation is unlimited and
+free on MODELBEAST — when in doubt, render it. Don't be shy.*
+
+## 0. The audit — what exists, what's missing (2026-07-18)
+
+**Mediums covered by P0–P5:** dry radiant (toaster), enclosed roast (oven),
+conductive + fat (the pan, P2), wet-gentle (poach, P3), air (whip, P3).
+**Mediums missing:** boil, steam, deep-fry, grill, directed flame (torch),
+smoke, cure/pickle (time itself as a medium), freeze/churn, microwave (as
+comedy), pressure (as risk).
+**Tools covered:** knife identities (dinner/bread/butter/Best Thing/soup
+spoon), juicers ×3, box grater, toaster, oven tray, tongs+basting spoon (P2).
+**Tools missing:** the knife SET as a system (chef's, paring, boning,
+cleaver, carving pair), mandoline, peeler, melon baller, torch, thermometer,
+pestle & mortar, piping bag, ladle, sieve, rolling pin, ricer, fish slice.
+**Technique classes missing:** spec cuts (brunoise/julienne/chiffonade/
+tourné), peeling, carving, tempering, emulsifying, seasoning-as-navigation.
+
+Six phases close those gaps. Order matters: WATER before the FRYER (the pot
+teaches wet heat cheap), the SPICE RACK before the BANQUET (alchemy is the
+depth multiplier), the KNIFE ROLL early (spec cuts feed every later dish).
+
+## 1. The three doctrines this atlas adds (design law amendments)
+
+1. **THE IRREVERSIBILITY DOCTRINE** (John's law: *you can always add more
+   salt, you can't add less*). Seasoning is a ONE-WAY vector walk. Every
+   pinch, splash, and spoonful moves the dish's point in flavor space and
+   there is NO undo — only dilution (add volume: moves you on OTHER axes
+   too) or acceptance. The TASTE verb (spoon, costs 3s of service time) is
+   the only way to see your position. This single rule makes every shake of
+   the jar a decision with weight. It is the alchemy John asked for: the
+   cauldron never subtracts.
+2. **THE INFORMATION-TOOL DOCTRINE.** Some tools don't change the dish —
+   they reveal it. The thermometer shows the interior ramp; the taste spoon
+   shows flavor position; the flour-dust shows the rolled thickness. Info
+   tools cost TIME, and time is the judge's oldest criterion — knowing vs
+   guessing becomes the skill economy. Masters guess; cowards probe; the
+   judge respects a confident blind serve that lands ("No thermometer. Bold.
+   ...Correct.").
+3. **THE SPEC DOCTRINE.** Every cutting/portioning task can carry a SPEC:
+   a target size band + CV + optional clock. The same dice you know becomes
+   brunoise-2mm-in-40s. Specs are data, not code — one `CutSpec` type feeds
+   the prep bench, the drills mode, and every recipe forever.
+
+## 2. P6 — WATER & OIL (the pot, the steamer, the fryer)
+
+The pot is the pan's sibling: a heat-under-vessel with a LIQUID field.
+- **`sim/pot.ts`**: water state (cold→simmer→rolling; bubble visual+audio
+  cues, no meter — the P2 rule), salt-the-water tie-in (M16 dosing),
+  contents cook on immersion clocks (pasta al dente window, egg 6/8/10min
+  bands — the yolk is a radial doneness ramp, the poach field reused).
+- **Steam**: the basket over the pot — gentlest clock, vegetables keep
+  colour (a `vibrancy` value that boiling murders and steaming keeps — the
+  judge SEES grey broccoli).
+- **THE FRYER**: oil temp is the fear mechanic. Too cold = sog (the sog
+  clock reused as GREASE), too hot = instant char + spit mess; the basket
+  lift-and-drain gesture; the drain rack + paper as a station; double-fry
+  for chips (the ticket teaches it: "twice, love. once for cooked, once
+  for golden"). Water-drop-in-oil = the spit event (mess + a judged burn
+  incident — the knuckle lesson's floor applies: careful play never burns).
+- **Dishes unlocked**: pasta night (boil + pan sauce + emulsify with pasta
+  water — the swirl), soft-boiled egg soldiers (toast reuse!), fish &
+  chips (batter dip + fry + drain), steamed greens side.
+- **Feel that must be right:** the fryer's menace. You should hover.
+- Assets (seeds 400–429): stockpot, pasta pot w/ strainer lid, steamer
+  basket, chip basket, drain rack, oil jug, thermometer probe, egg timer
+  (prop only — the REAL clock is the bubbles), chip cup, newspaper cone.
+
+## 3. P7 — THE SPICE RACK (alchemy; the irreversibility doctrine lands)
+
+- **`sim/flavor.ts`**: 6-axis flavor space — salt / heat / acid / sweet /
+  bitter / aroma. Every dish carries a position vector + a target REGION
+  (per-recipe band, some axes "don't care"). Score = distance-in-band with
+  named misses per axis ("acid's hiding, love", "that's not warm, that's
+  ANGRY").
+- **Spices as data** (the rack grows across days): salt (M16 curve),
+  pepper, chili (heat with a LAG — it blooms 8s after tasting, the trap),
+  paprika, cumin, cinnamon, sugar, lemon (acid + brightness), vinegar,
+  fresh herbs (aroma, DIE if added early to hot pans — timing matrix
+  reused). Each spice = a dose curve + an axis vector + a timing profile.
+  Adding a spice is `flavor.add(spice, mass)` — THERE IS NO SUBTRACT.
+- **The verbs**: pinch/shake (dose gestures, M16), TASTE (the info spoon,
+  3s, shows your vector vs target as a wobbly radar blot — precision of
+  the readout scales with a "palate" stat that grows with tasting? NO —
+  YAGNI, flat readout, the wobble is enough), DILUTE (cream/stock/more
+  base: scales all axes toward origin but raises volume — the only
+  "eraser" and it costs balance elsewhere), GRIND (pestle & mortar — the
+  reamer twist verbatim, whole spices > pre-ground bonus), BLOOM (drop in
+  hot fat — pan tie-in, doubles aroma, burns in 6s), TOAST (dry pan on
+  whole seeds — a browning Field on a spice bed, shake to even it).
+- **Recipes**: curry night is the capstone (bloom → base → build the
+  vector axis by axis → taste → correct → the judge's palate names every
+  axis). Chili con carne, cinnamon toast (day-3 callback with sugar dose!),
+  lemon on the fish (P6 tie).
+- **Feel that must be right:** the fear before the second chili pinch.
+- Assets (seeds 430–469): spice rack shelf, 12 labelled jars (SAME seed
+  ±1 for family coherence), pestle & mortar, taste spoon, cream jug,
+  stock pot, chili string, lemon ×2 (whole/half), herb bundle ×3.
+
+## 4. P8 — THE KNIFE ROLL (tool tiers, spec cuts, drills)
+
+- **THE KNIFE SET, finally**: chef's (the all-rounder), paring (small
+  radius = tight curves, peels), boning (flex, fish/meat seams), cleaver
+  (mass — crushes garlic flat with the SIDE, the bash gesture), carving
+  pair (below), bread + Best Thing + butter (existing). Knives are the
+  existing `ToolId` system scaled up: each has bite/wobble/slip numbers
+  the cutting sim ALREADY consumes — a knife set is mostly DATA + meshes.
+  The KNIFE ROLL UI replaces the drawer when tools exceed 8 (a canvas
+  roll-out cloth — the drawer dwell-fish gesture reused on a new surface).
+- **Spec cuts** (`CutSpec`: { name, sizeMM: [min,max], cv, clockS? }):
+  brunoise (2mm), fine dice (5), medium (12), julienne (2-pass strips —
+  dice pattern with pass B skipped + length spec), chiffonade (STACK the
+  basil leaves first — a mini stack gesture — then slice the roll),
+  bâtonnet, tourné (the absurd seven-sided barrel — 7 curved paring
+  strokes, the S-rank flex, judge line: "A tourné. In THIS kitchen.").
+- **The peeler**: inverse coverage — remove a skin Field without cutting
+  flesh mass; potato, carrot, apple-in-one-ribbon (bonus).
+- **The mandoline**: brutal speed for slices-at-spec, and the knuckle
+  danger at 10× (the guard exists — USING it is the skill; careless
+  no-guard speed = the floor rule protects care, punishes greed).
+- **Melon baller**: sphere-scoop dose gesture — perfect spheres from
+  watermelon/butter; the ballscape is Clark-Evans ON A PLATE (P4 tie).
+- **PREP DRILLS — the minigame mode John asked for**: a side menu off the
+  title ("STAGE" — culinary school). Timed spec tickets: "brunoise this
+  onion, 60 seconds, CV under 0.15". Score-attack, medal times, S-rank
+  ghosts (your best run's cut timings replay as ghost seams). Drills are
+  ONE scene reusing the whole prep bench + specs + clock — pure content.
+- **Feel that must be right:** the mandoline's hum of danger; a landed
+  tourné.
+- Assets (seeds 470–519): knife roll cloth, 6 knives (same-seed family),
+  carving fork, mandoline, peeler, melon baller, watermelon (whole/half),
+  potato ×3, carrot, apple, medal set 2D (bronze/silver/gold/S).
+
+## 5. P9 — FIRE II: DIRECTED HEAT (the torch, the grill, the smoke)
+
+- **THE BLOWTORCH**: the crown gesture of this phase. A hand-held heat
+  source you PAINT with — literally the spread gesture driving a browning
+  Field, but the "knife" is a flame cone: distance = width + intensity,
+  speed = dose. Hold too close/slow = scorch spot; sweep evenly = glass.
+  The torch generalizes: brûlée tops, pepper skins (P1 callback — char
+  then peel!), meringue tips, cheese melts.
+- **CRÈME BRÛLÉE — the elaborate dish that earns the tool**: custard base
+  (P3 whisk + temper: add hot cream to yolks SLOWLY — a pour-rate gesture,
+  too fast = scramble), bake in a water bath (P6 tie), chill (P10 tie or
+  simple clock), sugar dose (even coverage — spread stats), TORCH IT, then
+  **THE CRACK TEST**: the judge taps with the back of a spoon, on camera.
+  Audio is the verdict — the clean *crack* vs a sad *tap*. Field stats →
+  crack quality: mean in band + stdev low + no scorch = the sound of S.
+- **THE GRILL**: the browning Field with GRATE GEOMETRY — stripes! The
+  90° rotate for crosshatch is a technique flex (the dice's second pass,
+  as heat). Flare-ups when fat drips (mess → fire — dodge window).
+- **SMOKE** (long clock): the smoker box as a background station across a
+  whole day; wood chip choice = an aroma axis vector (P7 tie).
+- **Feel that must be right:** the torch sweep, and the crack.
+- Assets (seeds 520–559): blowtorch (hero prop — chrome + red), ramekins
+  ×3, sugar shaker, grill grate, hibachi, smoker box, wood chip bags ×3,
+  blowtorch flame 2D sprite frames, crosshatch reference 2D.
+
+## 6. P10 — COLD & TIME (the freezer, the cure, the long game)
+
+- **Cold as a medium**: freezer states on the temp clock run past fridge —
+  granita (scrape-every-N-minutes across a service — a recurring
+  interrupt the player must remember, no reminder UI), ice cream (the
+  churn — a sustained stir gesture with a stiffening resistance curve,
+  the whip's cousin), chilling sets (brûlée, panna cotta — the wobble
+  test returns at the pass).
+- **CURE & PICKLE — time itself as an ingredient**: salt cure (M16 mass ×
+  DAYS — start a gravlax on day N, it's ready day N+2; the save system
+  already persists days), quick pickles (acid + sugar + time), preserved
+  lemons (P7 tie). A CURING SHELF UI: jars with day counters — the first
+  mechanic that makes the player think ACROSS days. The judge remembers:
+  "You started this Tuesday. It shows. Good."
+- **Feel that must be right:** opening a jar you started three days ago.
+- Assets (seeds 560–589): chest freezer, granita tray + fork, churn
+  bucket, preserving jars ×4 (empty/full family), gravlax slab, curing
+  shelf, ice cream scoop, coupe glass.
+
+## 7. P11 — THE BANQUET (carving, the elaborate table, the symphony)
+
+- **CARVING — the two-handed gesture John called**: the carving FORK
+  anchors (place + hold = a pin constraint on the roast; the off-hand's
+  first real job) and the knife slices AGAINST the anchor — unanchored
+  carving = the roast slides and tears (slip physics at roast scale).
+  Carve at the PASS, plated per-slice, thickness spec + evenness across
+  slices (CV across the whole bird/joint — the ultimate pieces test).
+- **The elaborate dishes** — each one a graduation exam using 4+ stations:
+  the roast dinner (roast + carve + gravy [pan fond + flavor nav] + sides
+  timed to land TOGETHER — the service clock's final form), the whole
+  fish (fillet with the boning knife — seam-following, a guided cut
+  along a curve spec — then pan + lemon + herbs), beef wellington if
+  we're feeling insane (pastry = rolling pin + wrap + the interior ramp
+  through THREE layers — pre-authorized to defer, it's the Everest),
+  crème brûlée returns as a course, the banquet DAY: a 3-course ticket
+  where the temp clocks, cure shelf, and every station play at once.
+- **Menu maturity**: multi-course tickets, course sequencing, the pass
+  window (P5's bones, loaded). The judge brings TWO friends. S the
+  banquet = the game's current ending (roll credits over the messy bench).
+- **Feel that must be right:** the fork anchoring — and the quiet at the
+  pass when all three plates land hot at once.
+- Assets (seeds 590–629): roast chicken + carved family, roast joint,
+  whole fish ×2, carving board with juice groove, gravy boat, dinner
+  plates ×3, the pass window shelf, credits hero art 2D.
+
+## 8. Execution rules (how Opus runs this atlas)
+
+1. **One phase = one brief.** Cut OPUS-BUILD-BRIEF-N.md from this atlas
+   when its turn comes (P6→Brief 4 is next after Brief 3 ships... unless
+   P3 eggs comes first — MASTERPLAN P3–P5 still precede or interleave;
+   the reviewer decides the order each time based on what the last phase
+   taught. Suggested weave: P2 → P3 → P6 → P7 → P4 → P8 → P9 → P5 → P10
+   → P11 — heat before water, alchemy before plating, everything before
+   the banquet).
+2. **Every phase follows Brief 3 §1 working agreements** (harness first,
+   lanes, floors not lotteries, one pressure per day, STATUS discipline,
+   deploy per stage) and §2 traps. New traps get APPENDED to the next
+   brief — pay once.
+3. **Fire the phase's asset batch before writing code.** Seeds are
+   reserved above per phase; same-seed families for prop sets that must
+   read as siblings (knife set, spice jars, preserving jars). Anything
+   that carries physics stays procedural — silhouettes are gameplay.
+4. **Dishes are content, primitives are code.** If a new dish needs no
+   new primitive, it's a data PR (recipe + spec + lines + assets) — batch
+   those freely between phases. If it needs two new primitives, split it.
+5. **The drills mode (P8) and the curing shelf (P10) are the two pieces
+   of NEW SURFACE** (a menu mode; a cross-day UI) — everything else in
+   this atlas is stations and data on existing surfaces. Guard that ratio:
+   if a phase sprouts a third new surface, it's over-scoped — cut it.
+6. **Kill list stays live**: microwave (comedy cameo only — a prop that
+   the judge refuses to acknowledge; pre-authorized to cut), pressure
+   cooker (risk without readable skill — cut unless a clean gesture
+   appears), sous vide (the bag is a joke prop in P10's freezer, nothing
+   more), wellington (defer until P11 ships and begs for it).
+
+## 9. The bet, one last time
+
+Every phase in this atlas is the same bones wearing a new apron: the
+browning Field becomes the fryer's grease, the torch's glass, the grill's
+stripes; the dose curve becomes the spice rack; the reamer twist becomes
+the pestle; the wobble test becomes the crack of a brûlée. That's why this
+plan is buildable by agents in weeks instead of years — nothing here is
+new physics, it's new POETRY on proven physics. The kitchen grows, the
+judge's vocabulary grows with it, and the game stays ONE game — from a
+slice of toast to a three-course banquet with a blowtorch in your hand.

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@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ Composition becomes the scored surface. The plate is a Field + point set:
   masses, brutal curves (§2). Wrong-salt-at-the-pass judged here.
 - **Feel that must be right:** the swoosh. One confident stroke.
 
+> **P6–P11 live in KITCHEN-ATLAS.md** — water & oil, the spice rack (the
+> irreversibility doctrine), the knife roll + drills, directed heat (the
+> torch, the crack), cold & time (cures across days), and the banquet
+> (carving, the symphony). Read it after P2 ships; suggested weave in its §8.
+
 ### P5 — SERVICE (the restaurant)
 The kitchen becomes one organism: multi-course orders, the planning clock
 generalized (M15's fridge/bench timing at menu scale), stations in parallel,