Monday, 28 October 2013

Countdown to content removal (recipes)

A removal of 'Winter holiday content' took place on Tuesday 7th January 2014. Only Christmas content was removed. More information can be found here.

Let me take you back to 3rd January 2013...

A pop-up appears to every player on every TeamLava game, and it informs that all holiday content from 2012 will be removed on the 7th. Chaos ensues as players frantically try to decide what is and what isn't 'holiday content', before invading Design mode to buy up items expected to go and desperately trying to master seasonal recipes.

It was a bit of a shambles in all honesty. Only four days notice of a whole raft of unnamed items and dishes being removed with no promise of any returning at any time in the future. So as that time approaches again, here's a guide as to what you should do.

The definition of 'holiday content' is a dodgy one - Valentine's Day, Halloween and Christmas clearly all fall into this bracket, but what about Summer, Autumn, Carnival and Cruise themed items? So for the sake of taking no chances I'm going to class anything added this year as at risk.

Every week until the end of the year I'll post a list of items released in 2013 for a certain category, comprising of the nine tabs of Design mode and the recipes. And it's with the recipes that we start today. Included in this (long!) list are only recipes added to the main appliances. Those which are likely to become unavailable because they're on an appliance that will be removed will be mentioned in the appliance removal post in a few weeks.

Recipe Appliance Date added Theme
Stuffed Lamb Basic Oven 3rd Jan Winter
Cedar Planked Fish Basic Grill 3rd Jan Winter
Piping Hot Cocoa* Drink Machine 8th Jan Winter
Strawberry Salad Basic Stove 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Flambeed Strawberries Basic Stove 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Heart Pizza Basic Oven 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Seafood Avacados Basic Oven 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Waffle Balls Basic Oven 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Lobster Colorado Basic Oven 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Gushing Cheesecake Basic Oven 18th Jan Valentine's Day
Eggs in a Basket* Basic Stove 12th Feb Valentine's Day
Lovely Pancakes* Basic Stove 12th Feb Valentine's Day
Chocolate Pretzels* Basic Oven 12th Feb Valentine's Day
Artichoke Hearts* Basic Oven 12th Feb Valentine's Day
Heart Steak* Basic Grill 12th Feb Valentine's Day
Mustache Cupcake Basic Oven 14th Feb Carnival
Corned Hash Beef* Basic Stove 6th Mar Asian
Chocolate Milk* Drink Machine 6th Mar Asian
Giant Pretzel Basic Oven 24th Apr Theatre
Boyseberry Pie** Basic Oven 1st May Gran-Gran
Chicken & Dumplings** Basic Oven 1st May Gran-Gran
Cornbread with Honey** Basic Oven 1st May Gran-Gran
Beet & Feta Salad** Basic Grill 8th May Gran-Gran
Kobe Beef Burger** Basic Grill 8th May Gran-Gran
Marinated Chicken** Basic Grill 8th May Gran-Gran
Escargot Basic Stove 26th Jun Cruise
Flower Salad Basic Stove 26th Jun Cruise
Beach Burger Basic Grill 27th Jun Summer
Chilli Dog Basic Grill 17th Jul Carnival
Breakfast Dog Basic Grill 17th Jul Carnival
Smoked Salmon Potato Basic Oven 24th Jul French
Escargots with Lamb Basic Stove 24th Jul French
Garlic Noodles Basic Stove 31st Jul n/a
Beef and Rice Patty Basic Grill 31st Jul n/a
School Lunch Basic Stove 8th Aug Back to school
Smoked Turkey Leg Basic Oven 21st Aug Under the sea
Pirate Cupcakes Basic Oven 21st Aug Under the sea
Airline Lunch Basic Stove 28th Aug Airplanes
Airline Dinner Basic Stove 28th Aug Airplanes
Musical Cupcakes Basic Oven 4th Sep Musical
Pumpkin Cheesecake*** Basic Oven 18th Sep Autumn
Caramel Apples*** Basic Stove 25th Sep Autumn
Pumpkin Soup*** Basic Stove 2nd Oct Halloween
Handburger*** Basic Grill 2nd Oct Halloween
Mud Pudding*** Basic Oven 9th Oct Halloween
Candy Corn Cupcakes*** Basic Oven 16th Oct Halloween
Peruvian Loin Sautee*** Basic Stove 6th Nov Thanksgiving
Pork and Persimmons*** Basic Oven 6th Nov Thanksgiving
Gobble Up Cupcakes*** Basic Oven 20th Nov Thanksgiving
Bacon Roasted Turkey*** Basic Oven 20th Nov Thanksgiving
Ribeye Steak Basic Grill 27th Nov Old West
Holiday Tree Cupcakes Basic Oven 4th Dec Christmas
Holiday Lights Cookies Basic Oven 4th Dec Christmas
Peppermint Cake Roll Basic Oven 18th Dec Christmas
Honeyed Ham Basic Oven 18th Dec Christmas
Glass of Cheer Drink Machine 25th Dec Christmas
Countdown Cookies Basic Oven 1st Jan New Year
Tomato Drink Drink Machine 1st Jan New Year

Last updated Thursday 2nd January 2014.

(*) These recipes were 2012 removals, but have been re-added in 2013. They are expected to be removed again this year.

(**) The Gran-Gran recipes are unlocked through the beginner's Gran-Gran goals. Consequently I don't expect them to be removed.

(***) These recipes are 'in season' so may be removed in the near future in a removal of the same format as the Halloween content removal.

It's pretty scary when you see the number of recipes added this year alone! There are 60 in total, so mastering them all will be near impossible if you haven't already made a lot of progress on that front. But remember that there are 2 gems available for mastery - one at level two and one at level four. Once these recipes are gone, the chance to get those gems will be gone too.

Also, the Devilish Eggs and Ghost Peppers on the Basic Stove were removed in November.

Again let me repeat that not all of the dishes will be removed. But there's no telling which ones will go, so to hedge your bets try to master them all if possible!

For a list of all content potentially up for removal at the start of 2014 which is updated weekly, click here.

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