diff --git a/data/json/items/comestibles/seed.json b/data/json/items/comestibles/seed.json
index b50bf1ccaedf5..57d7c601ca1a8 100644
--- a/data/json/items/comestibles/seed.json
+++ b/data/json/items/comestibles/seed.json
@@ -420,14 +420,15 @@
     "color": "green",
     "use_action": [ "SEED" ],
     "quench": -1,
-    "calories": 17,
+    "volume": "250 ml",
+    "calories": 11,
     "description": "Seeds of the cannabis plant.  Filled with vitamins, they can be roasted or eaten raw.",
+    "//": "1 cup of seeds, which grows into multiple hemps per tile.",
     "price": 100,
-    "weight": "2 g",
+    "weight": "150 g",
     "flags": [ "PLANTABLE_SEED", "NUTRIENT_OVERRIDE", "INEDIBLE" ],
     "seed_data": { "plant_name": "cannabis", "fruit": "cannabis", "grow": "91 days" },
-    "milling": { "into": "paste_seed", "conversion_rate": 0.02 },
-    "volume": "2 ml"
+    "milling": { "into": "paste_seed", "conversion_rate": 0.02 }
   },
   {
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
@@ -533,10 +534,12 @@
     "id": "seed_pumpkin",
     "copy-from": "seed",
     "name": { "str_sp": "pumpkin seeds" },
-    "weight": "2 g",
+    "weight": "120 g",
+    "volume": "250 ml",
     "color": "green",
     "use_action": [ "SEED" ],
-    "calories": 17,
+    "calories": 535,
+    "//": "this is 1 cup of seeds, which grows into multiple pumpkins per tile.",
     "description": "Some raw pumpkin seeds.  Could be fried and eaten.",
     "price": 100,
     "flags": [ "PLANTABLE_SEED" ],
@@ -548,16 +551,17 @@
     "id": "seed_sunflower",
     "copy-from": "seed",
     "name": { "str_sp": "sunflower seeds" },
-    "weight": "2 g",
+    "weight": "140 g",
+    "volume": "250 ml",
     "color": "green",
     "use_action": [ "SEED" ],
-    "calories": 17,
+    "//": "this is 1 cup of seeds, which grows into multiple sunflowers per tile.",
+    "calories": 750,
     "description": "Some raw sunflower seeds.  Could be pressed into oil.",
     "price": 100,
     "flags": [ "PLANTABLE_SEED" ],
     "seed_data": { "plant_name": "sunflower", "fruit": "seed_sunflower", "byproducts": [ "withered" ], "grow": "91 days" },
-    "milling": { "into": "paste_seed", "conversion_rate": 0.02 },
-    "volume": "2 ml"
+    "milling": { "into": "paste_seed", "conversion_rate": 0.02 }
   },
   {
     "type": "COMESTIBLE",
@@ -851,8 +855,9 @@
     "container": "bag_plastic",
     "comestible_type": "FOOD",
     "symbol": "%",
-    "calories": 78,
+    "calories": 150,
     "description": "Some fried seeds of a sunflower, pumpkin or other plant.  Quite nutritious and tasty.",
+    "//": "4 per cup",
     "price": 80,
     "price_postapoc": 50,
     "material": [ "veggy" ],
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/food/seed.json b/data/json/recipes/food/seed.json
index 9c73508d25b43..87550b2165adc 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/food/seed.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/food/seed.json
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@
     "result": "seed_pumpkin",
     "type": "recipe",
     "copy-from": "seed_extraction_cutting",
+    "//p": "about 500 seeds per pumpkin, which is 167g, 740kcal raw. Each seed pile is 17 calories, 4 grams.",
     "components": [ [ [ "pumpkin", 1 ] ] ],
     "byproducts": [ [ "pumpkin_cut", 4 ] ],
-    "charges": 6
+    "charges": 2
   },
   {
     "result": "seed_watermelon",
@@ -418,7 +419,7 @@
     "type": "recipe",
     "copy-from": "seed_extraction_base",
     "components": [ [ [ "sunflower", 1 ] ] ],
-    "charges": 16
+    "charges": 4
   },
   {
     "result": "seed_beans",
diff --git a/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json b/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
index ccebe7a0ead80..0d19d1f636074 100644
--- a/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
+++ b/data/json/recipes/recipe_food.json
@@ -2269,7 +2269,7 @@
     "type": "recipe",
     "activity_level": "LIGHT_EXERCISE",
     "result": "fried_seeds",
-    "charges": 1,
+    "charges": 5,
     "category": "CC_FOOD",
     "subcategory": "CSC_FOOD_SNACK",
     "skill_used": "cooking",
@@ -2278,8 +2278,27 @@
     "autolearn": true,
     "batch_time_factors": [ 80, 1 ],
     "qualities": [ { "id": "COOK", "level": 2 } ],
-    "tools": [ [ [ "surface_heat", 5, "LIST" ] ] ],
-    "components": [ [ [ "seed_weed", 4 ], [ "seed_pumpkin", 4 ], [ "seed_sunflower", 4 ] ] ]
+    "tools": [ [ [ "surface_heat", 12, "LIST" ] ], [ [ "frying_oil", 1, "LIST" ] ] ],
+    "//": "32g x5 total, oil is 15g while seeds are combined 140-150g",
+    "components": [ [ [ "seed_weed", 1 ], [ "seed_sunflower", 1 ] ] ]
+  },
+  {
+    "type": "recipe",
+    "activity_level": "LIGHT_EXERCISE",
+    "result": "fried_seeds",
+    "id_suffix": "pumpkin",
+    "charges": 4,
+    "category": "CC_FOOD",
+    "subcategory": "CSC_FOOD_SNACK",
+    "skill_used": "cooking",
+    "difficulty": 1,
+    "time": "8 m",
+    "autolearn": true,
+    "batch_time_factors": [ 80, 1 ],
+    "qualities": [ { "id": "COOK", "level": 2 } ],
+    "tools": [ [ [ "surface_heat", 10, "LIST" ] ], [ [ "frying_oil", 1, "LIST" ] ] ],
+    "//": "32g x4 total, oil is 15g while seeds are combined 120g",
+    "components": [ [ [ "seed_pumpkin", 1 ] ] ]
   },
   {
     "type": "recipe",