I love all the amazing new recipes we got this year! :heart: There is still so much more I am hoping for, am I the only one? I still hope they will add some new recipes with the new delivery system or gift one in an update, I'd love Pad Thai, Mashed Potatoes, Bubble Tea, Poutine French Fries, Onion Rings, Avocado Smoothies, Cotton Candy, Potato Salad, Gourmet Pizzas (for delivery and to bake in the oven), Lasagna, Nachos, Kimchi, Milkshakes, Egg Nog, Oatmeal maker to make oatmeal with toppings like the ice cream one, a smoothie maker, a salad/produce blender, fruit processor, and also I'm still dreaming of the day I can bake cupcakes in my oven. What do you think? Do we have enough food now? If you pick option 2 please post your wishlist :smiley:

I'm a diabetic. There are so many things I either can't have or don't allow myself to have for the sake of living a long life and seeing my potential grand children some day. I love the sims and how many new foods and recipes get added. I'll NEVER say no to more recipes!

Cooking and eating are two of my favorite things in the game (RL, too) A list, hmm... Red beans and rice, shrimp and grits, jambalaya, chicken and dumplings, meatloaf, cornbread, maque choux, boudin, ... is that enough? LOL.

mmmm boudin and jambalaya... now I'm hungry! Maybe some crawfish ettoufe too!

I would love some more soups, breakfast options and special child friendly menus (something like my hits for kids dishes for TS2: https://modthesims.info/d/412486/thai-translation-01-05-11-hits-for-kids-part-i.html).On the other hand, there actually are other areas of the game that I feel are much more lacking than foods, so I guess I'd rather take something else.

I often cheat the needs on my sims unless I have story reasons for not doing so. But at the same time, sometimes there are also story reasons for cooking or making drinks. I do feel that we have a lot of food dishes, probably plenty by now (for me, anyway), but I wouldn't mind seeing a few more drinks added at some point.

Do we have enough food and drinks?

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ignominiusrex
4 years ago
"NorthDakotaGamer;c-18042750" wrote:
There is too many that I will never use. I am not into the cultural dishes being added. I do need more that are more geared to my culture in the American Midwest. There really isn't anything like that, even when I tried researching mods to accomplish that.

Out of curiosity what are some examples of Midwest US food not in the game? I tend to imagine rhubarb pie, chili, cornbread (though that's a US thing all over the place and it's as weirdly absent as fried chicken, but in the case of fried chicken, it'slike pizza im that most peopleget it from a place that specializes in it, rather than making it at home, similar to how most French don'tmake their own baguette at homebut get it from a boulangerie).

So what are the foods you would want to see?
mightyspritesims
Legend
4 years ago
When I think of Midwest food I think of many of the dishes in the game already like mac n cheese, tuna casserole, roast chicken, franks n beans, BLT, monte cristo sandwich, chili... Fried chicken, also, that's fair... what else do you feel is missing?
ignominiusrex
3 years ago
I'm still hoping to see the Midwest food question answered because of my lack of knowledge about anything Midwestern other than that... there aren't a lot of trees, and it gets really hot in summer and really cold in winter? Or is that the plains? Wait, can someone tell me if the Midwest counts as the plains states or is it more easterly? Is Chicago Midwestern? Deep dish pizza would be great.
Cinebar
3 years ago
"Oldeseadogge;c-18037548" wrote:
You have pretty much covered the appliances, other than a waffle maker and hot sandwich maker. As for food, a place to start is food related to the worlds. In Sulani, I expect the 'order food' option to be Polynesian, in Windenburg - northern Europe, Willow Creek/Magnolia Promenade - Cajun/deep south, and so on. Related to that idea is that regular restaurants should have a menu that varies with time of day, like real ones. For those of us who like to make our own restaurants, or customize any in game, why not have ethnic options such as Italian, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, and so on. There are a wide variety of food stalls in the build menu, but I doubt I've seen all of them in game. If I add one somewhere, I need to hire an attendant. Stalls like that should come with attendant - if only drawing a random sim like the already in game ones do. TS2 can do it, so why not 4?

I was going to vote we have enough food but I like your way of thinking so I'm going to agree with you. Besides, Maxis won't add cornbread, collard greens, boiled potatoes, and brown beans (soup beans) to the menu lists of things to cook....not inclusive to people of the south other than Cajun foods and pan blackened foods. Southern cooking is not just Cajun foods, Maxis.
MonCherie7
3 years ago
I would love for more information to be added about recipes, such as its origins, or what it tastes like.
JanuaryGarnet08
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I love all the options it’s a way to make my households each feel more unique so I would love more recipes especially from different cultures like Morocco , Ethiopia and other countries on the African continent, Greece, Turkey, South America, and more. I do hope they can and will fix the menu lag that has been occurring since the Cottage Living patch though.
EmmaVane
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
"Elliandre;c-18019283" wrote:
"Childrenofhurin;c-18019255" wrote:
New recipes are something I always appreciate, and there are still so many foods I’d love to see in the game: lasagne, garlic bread, new pizzas (and a pizza oven), chicken or veal schnitzel, new pasta dishes and plenty more.

But most of all, I would really like to see gingerbread added to the game (gingerbread sims and gingerbread houses), it would be such a great way of using the new group cooking feature and the last Christmas-themed addition I’m still hoping for.

I am really hoping for some new Christmas stuff this month too. A gingerbread house the parents could make with their kids or decorate and then eat would be amazing new food! :love: I think we are getting a treat this month, I just can't remember where I read that, maybe I was dreaming.

"babajayne;c-18019278" wrote:
"Elliandre;c-18019247" wrote:
"VeeDub;c-18019241" wrote:
"mightysprite;c-18019236" wrote:
I would love more recipes, but lately my Cook menu has gotten very laggy :/

Mine's pretty laggy, too, and I don't even have all the packs or any CC foods at all.

Mine got a bit laggy lately too. If I sell off food ingredients it gets a bit better but sometimes there are food ingredients collecting in the house inventory, not sure how that is happening .

If you have harvestables on your plants and you reload the lot for any reason (whether you reloaded the game or travelled and returned) those harvestables go into the household inventory. I think this is a bug because it is a relatively new thing.

I don’t really know how to vote on this poll because I do think we have enough food options, but I like having a good variety and I’m not going to complain when they add more. Food is one thing I think they’ve done extensively well and I’d rather get other content that adds more interesting gameplay options. For example, more stuff to create on the woodworking table would be nice. New types of collectibles might be cool to go along with new worlds. Or new things to do with refined gems - that would really make my day.

Oh that's good to know. thank you! I will try to check my plants before I travel to a different location.

More woodworking items would be great. I've never been sure what to do with the gems actually. The game mentions some type of crown thing you can slot them into but I have never found it. What do you usually do with the gems after you refine them?

The crown is called "Celestial Crystal Crown" - It came with Get Famous and has different benefits with different crystals. Some are mood boosts for particular skills, motive boosts or boost things like friendship etc. The boosts last until the crystal expires, or the crown is removed.
EmmaVane
Seasoned Ace
3 years ago
I like having lots of food, but a way to set favourites for each sim that cooks would be good too.

That way I could set up ethnic favourites in ethnic homes, along with any others that fit Lifestyles, skill type (baked meals in baker's home), dietary requirements and future (I hope) food preferences for the household.

Bonus points if they cook from this list autonomously too.
elliandre
3 years ago
@EmmaVane Thank you! :smile: I found it in BB, but I haven't tried it yet. I think I will do that today actually, thanks for replying to that. I actually thought it was a relic in the jungle and spent months digging for it until someone mentioned it's in BB catalog in another topic :joy:

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