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[Thudde]

The wiki for cooking says you have a higher chance for a happy thought with better quality food because there is more chance for the dwarf to get something he/she really likes.  But my cooks almost always makes food using all the same items - quarry bush stew made with quarry bush leaves + quarry bush leaves.  Yes, I have mix food on.  Seems they always choose one item and only mix food when the first ingredient runs out. 

Shouldn't a cook prefer to use different ingredients? 

[dakenho]

you would think, it seems more based on what ever is closest to the kitchen, this has annoyed me to no end with my brewer as quiet often i will have to say, please stop brewing plump helmets we have 300 ales from that and a million and a half pig tales laying around.  of course with brewing I think  you can use the job manager to specify specific things.   I have also never understood why a dwarf prefers a plump helmet to a prepared meal even if they don't have a preference for them.

the truth is (at-least to me) is that cooking and eating needs an overhaul.  For one it is way to easy to provide enough food to feed every dwarf in your fortress, I think food and nutrition should be based on something different than 1 food = 1 meal.  I think the easiest solution is to base it off of the foods weight, as it stands 1 elephant is over 400 meals (at-least as of the last time i had elephants) and with infinite supply and a grandmaster hunter...or look at my current fortress which is supported by 5 chickens, each laying about 10 eggs average, 50 eggs is almost enough food for 16 dwarfs for a year.  any ways I am getting off topic

[Askot Bokbondeler]

you would think, it seems more based on what ever is closest to the kitchen, this has annoyed me to no end with my brewer as quiet often i will have to say, please stop brewing plump helmets we have 300 ales from that and a million and a half pig tales laying around.  of course with brewing I think  you can use the job manager to specify specific things.   I have also never understood why a dwarf prefers a plump helmet to a prepared meal even if they don't have a preference for them.

you can disable cooking for specific ingredients on the z screen

[dakenho]

you would think, it seems more based on what ever is closest to the kitchen, this has annoyed me to no end with my brewer as quiet often i will have to say, please stop brewing plump helmets we have 300 ales from that and a million and a half pig tales laying around.  of course with brewing I think  you can use the job manager to specify specific things.   I have also never understood why a dwarf prefers a plump helmet to a prepared meal even if they don't have a preference for them.

you can disable cooking for specific ingredients on the z screen

thats what I do with ale, typically though on a mature fortress I have a lot of different food

typically, rock nuts, flour, cheese, pump helmets, and various meats, and in recent versions eggs, honey