A guide to creating food using various Recipes for The Sims 2, version 1.2 For version 1.2, I added a couple of recipes and made some corrections. corrections and additions: Date: 03/01/2009 This Guide is copyrighted (c) by D. L. Davis. You can e-mail me at llyr999 (at) yahoo (dot) com This guide is for private and personal use only. No part or whole of this document shall be reproduced in any form whatsoever. This document is free and may not be used for any commercial uses. This document may not be altered without permission from the author. When you e-mail me, please use as good grammar as possible and do not use any colored backgrounds or fonts. If I have trouble reading it, I will discard it very quickly. I don't have much time in trying to decipher what you're trying to say. Also, please see if your question is answered in the guide before e-mailing me about it. That's all I ask of you when you e-mail me. Thank you. Neoseeker (www.neoseeker.com) is the only site allowed to publish this document, meaning no other websites are allowed to publish this, no exceptions. <<<+=+=+=>>> Note: To quickly get to a section, use either CTRL + F on PCs or CMD + F on Macs and put in the code on the right side into the box that will pop up. Table of Contents: Intro: [A100] Unlocking Recipes: [B100] Recipes in the Refrigerator: [C100] Harvested Food:: [D100] Various Recipes:: [E100] Special Meals: F100 Romantic Meal [F101] Repulsive Meal: [F102] Energy Meal:[F103] Rain Drops: [F104] Nausea Meal: [F105] Notes: [G100] <<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>> This is my Guide to Cooking in Sims 2 [A100] With The Sims 2 one can create food using recipes and food that you have obtained from the refrigerator. It is important to realize that for the greatest number of food choices one needs to have the most expensive refrigerator in the game and this guide assumes that this is the refrigerator that one will use. The most Expensive Refrigerator has all these Ingredients: Meat: Beef Chicken Lamb Llama Ostrich Pork Turkey Vegetable: Beet Broccoli Celery Carrot Lettuce Onion Tomato Potato Fruits: Apple Banana Cherry Lemon Orange Lime Strawberry Dairy: Cheese Egg Yogurt Milk Grain: Oat Flour Rye White Flour Sourdough Whole Wheat Flour Liquid: Broth Juice Water Oils: Canola Oil Corn Oil Olive Oil Fauxlestra Peanut Oil Harvested Animals: Red Snapper Mini Swordfish Halibut Tuna Eel Lobster Squid Shark Golden Egg Harvested Fruits: Chupa-Chupa Starfruit Soursop Plum Mangosteen Passion Fruit Persimmon Dangleberry Harvested Vegetables: Avocado Purslane Spinach Bok Choy Jicama White Truffle Portabella Mushroom You can check the refrigerator for the common recipes and some example ingredients, keep in mind that one can substitute something if it is in the same category, also fish can be substituted for meat in the recipe. For example if the recipe calls for strawberry then any other fruit may be substituted instead or if the recipe calls for beef then another meat item like pork may be substituted or one of the fish items like tuna may be substituted instead of the meat item. Also recipes may have up to 4 ingredients, so one can add more kinds of fruit to a fruit shake or more kinds of meat to Roast or Sliced Roast for example. <<<+=+=+=>>> Unlocking Recipes: [B100] Some of the Recipes are locked at the beginning and the following gives you the method for unlocking them: 1-3: Given by default 4-5: Read in bed 6-7: Read newspapers 8-9: Read magazine in toilet 10: Read a comic book - from comic dispenser 11-12: Read book 13-14: Chat on computer 15-24: Cooking Skill Level 1 to 10 Note that you also learn Recipes by cooking, since when a Sim prepares food that increases their cooking skill. <<<+=+=+=>>> However one doesnÕt need to unlock the Recipes in order to make use of them in the game, you just need to unlock them in order to get credit for doing it in the game and to get 100%. Since I have unlocked all of the Recipes I am giving you all of the Recipes that are in the Refrigerator, including the ones that are locked at the beginning. Recipes in the Refrigerator: [C100] 1.Roast Beef+stove 2.Sandwich Beef+onion+whole wheat flour+counter 3.Sweet Vegetable Soup carrot+passion fruit+lime+counter+stove 4.Fruit Shake strawberry+yogurt+blender 5.Fruit Spacho apple+peanut oil+food processor 6.Salad Lettuce+olive oil+counter 7.Chef's salad Shark+yogurt+bok choy+plum+counter 8.Ceviche Halibut+Lime+Corn Oil+counter 9.Hors D'oeuvres Llama+white truffles+fauxlestra+counter 10.Soup Squid+juice+milk+food processor+stove 11. Fruit in Pastry {will make repulsive meal} Juice + White Flour+ Dangleberry + Corn Oil +Counter+Stove 12. Samosas {will make nausea meal} Swordfish+Oat Flour+Soursop +food processor+stove 13. Combo Pizza Turkey+Cheese+Tomatoes+White Flour+Counter+Stove 14. Roast & Fruit Sauce Beef+Whole wheat flour+Oranges+Fauxlestra+Counter+Stove 15. Salad In a Cup Milk+Lettuce+Olive Oil+Blender 16. Burrito Beef+White flour+Broth+Avocadoes+Counter+Stove 17. Kebabs Llama+Onion_Chupa-Chupa+Counter+Stove 18. Parfait Cherries+Yogurt+Juice+Counter+Stove 19. Fruit smoothie Yogurt+Soursop+Fauxlestra+Food Processor 20. Gratin shake Cheese+Broccoli+Blender 21. Wellington Roast Beef+Broth+White Flour+Canola Oil+Stove 22. Ceviche puree Lobster+Lime+Olive Oil+Food Processor 23. Cheeseless Pizza Golden Egg+Oat Flour+Carrots+Soursop+Food Processor+Stove 24. Casserole Pork+Golden Egg+Purslane+Dangleberries+Food Processor+Stove <<<+=+=+=>>> Harvested Food: [D100] The Harvested Food Section of the refrigerator is empty until you harvest something to do this You need the Aquarium, Garden Hutch, and the Frood Tree. If you don't already have these items On the Miscellaneous section buy, Aquarium - Harvested Animals Garden Hutch - Harvested Vegetables Frood Tree - Harvested Fruit Note: The more you water everyday and the more days you don't harvest it the more seafood, fruit and veggies there will be. Once you have the Aquarium, Garden Hutch, Frood Tree you can harvest fish, fruit and vegetables, but you won't get the Golden Egg and the Dangleberry with them. There are two ways to get a Dangleberry: Buy the Sproutch Couch in the Beds&Seating section and then Water it, then later you may harvest a Dangleberry, just remember to water the couch regularly. Buy a metal detector from the electronic section. When finding treasure sometimes you will find a Dangleberry. Be patient because you need luck for this. There is only one way to get a Golden Egg though: In the Skill building section and buy the Chicken checkers game. If you win, she'll give you a Golden Egg, but if you don't win she'll make a mess and you'll have to clean her up. Note: In order to win in the Chicken Checkers game you should have at least Logic Skill 9 and Logic Skill 10 is recommended. <<<+=+=+=>>> Various Recipes: [E100] One doesnÕt need to use the ingredients given in order to use the Recipe as long as you substitute an ingredient that is in the same category, so I am going to use generic ingredients except in those recipes where it does make a difference. The following is a list of the various recipes I have found, listed using generic ingredients. You may want to use one of these when a Sim has a want consisting of creating new food, or just for some variety. Barbecue meat or fish+fruit+fruit+fruit+stove Barbecue Sausages meat or fish+fruit+fruit+fruit+food processor+stove Burrito meat or fish+liquid+veggie+grain+food processor+stove Carpaccio [1] meat or fish+fruit+counter Carpaccio [2] meat or fish+veggie+counter Casserole meat or fish+meat or fish+veggie+fruit+food processor+stove Ceviche meat or fish+fruit+oil+counter Ceviche Puree meat or fish+oil+fruit+food processor Chef's Salad meat or fish+veggie+fruit+counter Cheeseless Pizza meat or fish+grain+veggie+fruit+food processor+stove Combo Pizza meat or fish+cheese+veggie+grain+counter+stove Crudite veggie+veggie+veggie+veggie+counter Dumpling Stew meat or fish+meat or fish+dairy+grain+stove Fruit fruit+fruit+fruit+fruit+counter Fruit Compote fruit+fruit+fruit+fruit+food processor+stove Fruit Sauce dairy+fruit+stove Fruit Shake fruit+dairy+blender Fruit Smoothie fruit+dairy+oil+blender Fruit Soup fruit+stove Fruitspacho fruit+oil+food processor Fruity Bread fruit+flour+counter+stove Fruity Carpaccio meat or fish+fruit+dairy+counter Fruit in Pastry juice+grain+fruit+oil+counter+stove Gratin Shake veggie+dairy+blender Grilled Vegetable Salad veggie+oil+counter+stove Hawaiian Pizza meat or seafood+cheese+fruit+grain+counter+stove Hors D'Oeuvres meat or fish+veggie+oil+counter Jam Sandwich grain+grain+oil+fruit+food processor Jam and Toast fruit+flour+counter Juice veggie+veggie+veggie+veggie+blender Kebabs meat or fish+veggie+fruit+stove Lasagna meat or fish+veggie+cheese+fruit+food processor+stove Marinated Fruit fruit+oil Meatloaf [1] meat or fish+veggie+veggie+food processor+stove Meatloaf [2] meat or fish+meat or fish+food processor+stove Panini meat or fish+fruit+oil+grain+food processor Parfait fruit+dairy+liquid+counter+stove Pizza meat or fish+cheese+meat or fish+grain+counter+stove Roast meat or fish+stove Roast & Fruit Sauce meat or fish+fruit+grain+oil+stove Roast & Veggies meat or fish+veggie+stove Roast with Fruit meat or fish+fruit+dairy+counter+stove Samosas meat or fish+fruit+grain+food processor+stove Salad veggie+oil+counter Salad-in-a-cup veggie+dairy+oil+blender Sandwich meat or fish+veggie+grain+counter Shake meat or fish+fruit+fruit+fruit+blender Slaw veggie+veggie+veggie+veggie+food processor Sliced Roast meat or fish+counter+stove Soup meat or fish+liquid+dairy+food processor+stove Stir Fry meat or fish+veggie+counter+stove Sweet Shake [1] meat or fish+fruit+dairy+food processor Sweet Shake [2] meat or fish+fruit+dairy+blender Sweet Vegetable soup fruit+veggie+fruit+counter+stove Tartar [1] meat or fish+meat or fish+meat or fish+meat or fish+food processor Tartar [2] meat or fish+ meat or fish+ fruit+fruit+food processor Tartar [3] meat or fish+ meat or fish+ veggies+veggies+food processor Veggie Stir Fry veggie+veggie+counter+stove Vegetable Soup veggie+veggie+veggie+veggie+food processor+stove Wellington Roast meat or fish+liquid+grain+oil+stove <<<+=+=+=>>> Special Meals: [F100] Some foods have Special Effects for Sims like: Red Hearts means that it is a Romantic Meal When your Sim eats this, romantic social interactions are more likely temporarily and usually +3 to skills temporarily. Black Hearts means that it is a Repulsive Meal When your Sim eats this, social interactions will be in enemy mode temporarily. Green Smoke means that it is a Nausea Meal. When your Sim eats this, the Sim will throw up. Rain Drops means that this meal makes the bladder full. When your Sim eats this, they will need to head for the toilet. Sparkles or Stars means that it is an Energy Meal When your Sim eats this they will gain Energy, and +3 to skills temporarily. In order to make a food with a special effect one needs to read the description, for example Energy Meals use food items with a positive number for the energy line in the recipe, Romantic meals use food items like fruit or most fish in the recipe. Meals with Rain drops use food items with a high negative number for bladder. Nausea meals are somewhat harder since with these one needs to read the food description, for example a recipe with Soursop will many times make a nausea meal. Repulsive Meals are the hardest, to make one of these one needs to experiment to find one that has Black Hearts. <<<+=+=+=>>> Here are some sample lists of Recipes that will make particular types of Special Meals: <<<+=+=+=>>> Note: In most of the following recipes for Romantic Meals you can substitute an item in the same category, like for example if it calls for lobster you can usually substitute another seafood item instead and usually you can substitute one of the meats like ostrich or llama. Or if it calls for ostrich or llama you can usually substitute one of the seafood items instead -Red Hearts Romantic Meal [F101] When you eat this all your social interactions will be in Love mode for a short time Barbecue lobster+tuna+passionfruit+counter+stove Barbecue halibut+lemon+orange+lime+counter+stove Carpaccio ostrich+lemon+orange+lime+counter Chef's Salad shark+yogurt+bok choy+plum+counter Combo Pizza ostrich+onion+cheese+sourdough flour+counter+stove Combo Pizza llama+onion+egg+whole wheat flour+counter+stove Fruit strawberry+lemon+cherry+bananas Fruit Compote strawberries+cherries+bananas+passionfruit+counter+stove Fruit Compote strawberries+cherries+bananas+lemon+food processor+stove Fruity Carpaccio ostrich+yogurt+strawberry+counter Fruit In Pastry juice+wheat flour+strawberry+corn oil+counter+stove Note do not use dangleberry in this recipe Meaty Fruity Soup tuna+milk+strawberry+processor+stove Roast With Fruit. lobster+milk+dangleberry+apple+counter+stove Sandwich ostrich+onion+cheese+sourdough flour+counter Sweet Shake ostrich+yogurt+strawberry+blender Sweet Vegetable Soup carrot+passionfruit+lime+counter+stove Shake llama+tuna+passionfruit+blender Slaw avocado+asparagus+white truffle+portabella mushroom+food processor Veggie Stir Fry avocado+asparagus+white truffle+portabella mushroom+counter+stove <<<+=+=+=>>><<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>><<<+=+=+=>>> -Black Hearts Repulsive Meal: [F102] When you eat this all your social interactions will be in enemy mode for a short time For the following recipes be careful to use the exact ingredients if possible, if you don't you may not get the desired result. Do feel free to experiment as there will be other combinations that result in a repulsive meal as this is not a complete and exhaustive list. Fruit in Pastry juice+white flour+dangleberry+corn oil+counter+stove Kebabs chicken+celery+plum+soursop+counter+stove Roast turkey+carrot+corn oil+soursop+stove Roast chicken+carrot+corn oil+soursop+stove Roast & Veggies chicken+celery+plum+soursop+stove Roast with Fruit lobster+milk+soursop+apple+counter+stove Roast with Fruit squid+milk+soursop+apple+counter+stove Roast With Fruit Sauce eel+dangleberry+broth+milk+counter+stove Samosas squid+sourdough+soursop+food processor+stove Sandwich squid+white flour+soursop+counter Sliced Roast chicken+carrot+corn oil+soursop+counter+stove Sliced Roast turkey+carrot+corn oil+soursop+stove <<<+=+=+=>>><<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>><<<+=+=+=>>> -Sparkles Energy Meal:[F103] For the following recipes be careful to use the exact ingredients if possible, if you don't you may not get the desired result. Do feel free to experiment as there will be other combinations that result in a Energy meal as this is not a complete and exhaustive list. Cheeseless Pizza chicken+broccoli+apple+whole wheat flour+counter+stove Cheeseless Pizza ostrich+broccoli+apple+whole wheat flour+counter+stove Meatloaf ostrich+bok choy+spinach+broccoli+food processor+stove Stir Fry ostrich+bok choy+spinach+broccoli+counter+stove Roast & Veggies ostrich+celery+stove Roast & Veggies ostrich+broccoli+stove Roast & Veggies ostrich+bok choy+spinach+broccoli+stove Sandwich chicken+broccoli+apple+whole wheat flour+counter Slaw avocado+asparagus+broccoli+lettuce+food processor Veggie Stir Fry spinach+asparagus+celery+broccoli+counter+stove Veggie Stir Fry bok choy+spinach+broccoli+counter+stove Vegetable Soup asparagus+jicama+spinach+bok choy+food processor+stove Wellington Roast ostrich+liquid+wheat flour+ corn oil+stove <<<+=+=+=>>><<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>><<<+=+=+=>>> Rain Drops: [F104] This type of meal makes the bladder full. When a Sim eats it, they will need to head for the toilet. For the following recipes be careful to use the exact ingredients if possible, if you don't you may not get the desired result. Do feel free to experiment as there will be other combinations that result in a Rain Drops meal as this is not a complete and exhaustive list. Barbecue eel+lime+lemon+plum+counter+stove Barbecue Sausages eel+lime+lemon+plum+counter+food processor+stove Carpaccio eel+tuna+starfruit+plum+counter Ceviche squid+plum+olive oil+counter Chef's Salad eel+yogurt+bok choy+plum+counter Fruit apple+dangleberry+lemon+plum+counter Fruit Compote apple+dangleberry+lemon+plum+counter+stove Fruit Compote apple+dangleberry+lemon+plum+food processor+stove Sliced Roast plum+dangleberry+ostrich+sourdough+counter+stove <<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>> - Smoky Green (nausea) Nausea Meal: [F105] When eaten the Sim will throw up. Carpaccio eel+squid+chupa-chupa+soursop+counter Ceviche squid+eel+fauxlestra+counter Hors D'oeuvres lamb+beets+bananas+counter Roast & Veggies lamb+beets+bananas+stove <<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>> <<<+=+=+=>>> Notes: [G100] I am sure that there are other combinations that will make a special meal and the reader is encouraged to experiment and discover more combinations for themselves. Also I am fairly sure that there are some more recipes that I didnÕt include in this document and the reader is encouraged to explore the possibilities for themselves. If someone discovers a recipe for a special meal that I did not include I encourage them to send it to me, so that I can include it with credit given in the next revision of this document. Please send any recipes or comments to my email address given in the beginning of this document.