"nastyjman;c-18016094" wrote:
So, there are about 218 recipes that can be cooked. I think I understand why Food may not have been added as a Like or Dislike; that's because it becomes hazy how you would categorize a dish. There are overlaps that happen like Spaghetti: does it go under Pasta or Beef? And Salmon Maki Rolls: are they Seafood or Japanese?
Maybe, instead of condensing it, we just go for the specific dish. That means there will be a dedicated Category on the Likes and Dislikes panel for the type of dish. That way, we don't have to scroll too much when searching for a dish. Also, the devs could break apart the Standard recipes, and the categorization can be used to organize the recipes by tabs when cooking.
Here's the table of how many recipes there are per Category:
Category = Dish Count
PIT/CAMPFIRE = 5
OUTDOOR = 20
OFF-THE-GRID = 5
GRAND MEALS = 5
GOURMET = 33
STANDARD = 88
FOOD STALL = 41
EXPERIMENTAL = 21
Perhaps they can reorganize the dishes by type, like Snacks, Appetizers, Soups, Breakfast, Main Course, Desserts. Sort these as Categories for Likes/Dislikes.
Spaghetti would go under both meat and Italian. Veggie version just Italian.
So a veggie that liked Italian would like the second, a carnivore Italian-lover would like the first and someone with no protein preference (onmivore) who loved Italian would like either.
Each dish would have to be tagged with all preference tags that fit, same as furniture can be tagged as both blue and modern, or red and industrial.
