Cooking with Rokien!

[Akubikumo]

Complicated for the devs sure, for the players, no. I've already said it could be a little much..... soo I don't see the point in you in trying to argue with me or why you are.

Also, I said you should read the op again

"there should be a way to add and subtract ingredients from some foods" Key word there some, not all. So no, there wouldn't be "thousands" of new recipes.

But the problem is not that you're taking away an ingredient. It's that you are, in effect, adding a new recipe.

[Rokien]

But the problem is not that you're taking away an ingredient. It's that you are, in effect, adding a new recipe.

Ya, I know, and I've said like 3 times now, it probably is a little much, though, I don't see a problem with the meal idea. Heck, they can even make 20 meals, don't even have to combined anything.

[VytasBismarck]

/facepalm
It's the lack of knowledge about culinary in game that is keeping you going...
You will just slowly change your OP to the point where it will say only

it probably is a little much

Culinary recipes where revamped recently, there's nothing wrong with them, they are actually great.
No need to get all creative and make up new systems for the system you have no clue about.
How about instead of spamming forums with your ideas that make no sense and are not helpful in any way, you go and try cooking a thing or 2? Maybe even get your CUL to lvl2? or maybe lvl50? and then come back when you at least find a flaw in that system cause for me it's kinda perfect as it is and i don't see why someone that doesn't cook at all (no, few sea sand synths in beta don't count) should tell devs that it's not good enough for him before even trying it.
As for saying that your idea is complicating things, i didn't mean only for cooks, but for every player that would have to research lots of new recipes, having lots of new options, and would be forced to test various foods in different situations till one would find out what is the best, and then only eat the best food, making all the rest of your recipes unwanted crap that nobody makes nor eats. In other words your silly ideas would take devs lots of work hours for absolutely no reason, cause there would be still the same amount of foods used... Time to make a new thread, don't you think?