I just tried this with my Level 10 cook. Cooked some Ramen.
He's neither a Master Chef nor was I using high ingredients. Meal was excellent.
Second test, cheated him the aspiration and it still was excellent (no on the ingredients, don't have a garden currently)
Does it happen to all CL recipes for you or only certain ones ?
@crinrict wrote:I just tried this with my Level 10 cook. Cooked some Ramen.
He's neither a Master Chef nor was I using high ingredients. Meal was excellent.Second test, cheated him the aspiration and it still was excellent (no on the ingredients, don't have a garden currently)
Does it happen to all CL recipes for you or only certain ones ?
Thank you @crinrict After the holidays I'll do some testing with a new save and new sims.
Now I'm wondering if it's my Sims. I never play my Master Chef unless I want to update the bakery. Bakery and Chef have been in my game since GT (lots of Ambrosia). Maybe time for a new baker and bakery. There are Sims in my game who never cook. They buy all their meals out or at the bakery. Thought my picky Celebrities could buy their meals at the bakery, too.
1) This seems to be related to having a Celebrity with the "Refined Palate" trait in the household and the mood of the Sim cooking. If they have any negative moodlets or an unrelated to the meal moodlets the meal may turn out Normal. "Seems." "May." If an energized Sim bakes an Apple Pie and there is a Celebrity in the household with the "Refined Palate" trait there is a chance of the pie being Normal.
2) This seems to happen more often with recipes that are not basegame.
3) I think my bakery and Master Chef need replacing. ☹️ Had them a long time. Oh, well.
Thanks for testing. I'll add as needs input to see if others are seeing this too.
EDIT: Added
Refined Palate plus Energized = Normal recipe. Sim has the Stove and Grill Master trait and Level 9 Cooking. This only happens in Celebrity households with the Refined Palate trait.
