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.