Judging the Cooked Dishes

[CheesePoopStardew]

Okay, first thing I have to judge. Why does the omelet look like scrambled eggs?
And why does chocolate cake only need wheat flour, sugar, and an egg? Where's the chocolate part?

 

[RennyBenny]

i always wondered how that made a chocolate cake! theres no chocolate

 

[NextXander]

Okay, first thing I have to judge. Why does the omelet look like scrambled eggs?
And why does chocolate cake only need wheat flour, sugar, and an egg? Where's the chocolate part?

He's saving all the chocolate for his next game

 

[CheesePoopStardew]

also where's the ice cream flavoring? Shouldn't it be like, because it's pink white and green, shouldn't there be strawberries and/or green tea leaves? I get that there isn't vanilla, but there is green tea leaves and strawberry

 

[FilthyGorilla]

He's saving all the chocolate for his next game

Haha, gonna have to wait for the HC x Stardew crossover to finally get some chocolate

 

[CheesePoopStardew]

also the cookies are shown with chocolate chips, but it's not really 'chocolate chip' but it doesn't matter. Just saying, too many things are featured with chocolate when they don't even have chocolate

 

[Lenora Rose]

Almost none of the dishes listed include the majority of their ingredients - I mean, leek, dandelion and vinegar make a salad, I guess, but not a good one, and I wouldn't want to make parsnip soup as listed. Not a thing made with "wheat flour" doesn't need significant processing and other ingredients (bread, pizza, spaghetti, etc etc etc etc). The salmon dinner mentions lemon spritz in its description but there are no lemons in game. Pepper poppers with no breading, fish tacos with no salsa or cheese, nothing has seasonings, stir fry "on a bed of rice" without rice as an ingredient... not to mention that Evelyn complains that Gus is serving only meat at the festival while if you eat off his grill you get... a survival burger, which has no meat.

my justification is just to mentally assume that the farmer bought kitchen staples (or moved in with them) and has stuff like salt, seasonings and cocoa in their pantry.

 

[Maher]

And why does chocolate cake only need wheat flour, sugar, and an egg? Where's the chocolate part?

Well, the chocolate cake recipe hearkens back to a time before the Gotoro chocolate embargo.

Maybe Evelyn remembers chocolate cake with chocolate, but these days a sad simulacrum is made by caramelizing the sugar and toasting the flour.

This embargo is the reason that the answer to the question posed by the book title "Is War with the Gotoro Empire necessary?" is a resounding "Yes!"

So let's all thank Kent for his service in the battle for theobromine, with a dish of roasted hazelnuts, which taste sort of like chocolate if you don't know what chocolate tastes like.

 

[One More Day]

The biggest omissions for me are

Fiddlehead Risotto doesn't require rice
Eggplant Parmesan doesn't require cheese
Bruschetta doesn't require garlic

 

[Sockpuppet]

Okay, first thing I have to judge. Why does the omelet look like scrambled eggs?
And why does chocolate cake only need wheat flour, sugar, and an egg? Where's the chocolate part?

Because its a game not Master Chef

 

[Maher]

Pepper poppers with no breading

This is the direction the Stardew Valley Cookbook takes as well, describing it as a healthier option. I blame Harvey. You can get real pepper poppers in game by befriending Shane, who will gift them to you from his hoard of stolen Joja frozen goods. Only Shane can microwave them as Yoba and Joja intended. The farmer will have to take them out of their plastic tray and transfer them to a baking sheet to enjoy their "unique blend of Cheez and reconstituted peppers in a panko crust" at home.

 

[sweetpea83]

This is not officially a cooking game.
That said give CONCERNED APE his time on the real game as a game.
Rest in peace now proceed with the game.

 

[CheesePoopStardew]

This is not officially a cooking game.
That said give CONCERNED APE his time on the real game as a game.
Rest in peace now proceed with the game.

well, I know it's not, but all we're saying is that the description and pictures don't match the ingredients.