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Toasters and kettles.
Movotti
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How on earth are they still not included in the game?
Toasters mean we could make toast. A basic food staple. Then you could have toast with jam, or beans on toast, or feed your toddler boiled eggs with toast soldiers! And toasted crumpets with honey! And toasted muffins! And raisin toast (with lashings of butter)!
As for kettles, I'm talking about the standard electric kettle. Yes, I know, people in the US rarely use them, but folk from many other countries do. You can have a kitchen without a microwave, but one without a kettle is very strange.
Here in Australia, electric kettles are a speedy way to boil 1-2lt of water.
'Coffee makers' are expensive, kettles are not, so most homes have a kettle for the purpose of making coffee, or tea, or milo, or cuppa soup, or instant noodles.
As a bonus, a toaster and kettle (often a set) take up less space than a microwave! And they're a stereotypical wedding present (gotta toast the bride!)
There are the cheap budget versions (usually white plastic)
The mid-range 'stainless' versions
And the higher end colour versions
Toasters mean we could make toast. A basic food staple. Then you could have toast with jam, or beans on toast, or feed your toddler boiled eggs with toast soldiers! And toasted crumpets with honey! And toasted muffins! And raisin toast (with lashings of butter)!
As for kettles, I'm talking about the standard electric kettle. Yes, I know, people in the US rarely use them, but folk from many other countries do. You can have a kitchen without a microwave, but one without a kettle is very strange.
Here in Australia, electric kettles are a speedy way to boil 1-2lt of water.
'Coffee makers' are expensive, kettles are not, so most homes have a kettle for the purpose of making coffee, or tea, or milo, or cuppa soup, or instant noodles.
As a bonus, a toaster and kettle (often a set) take up less space than a microwave! And they're a stereotypical wedding present (gotta toast the bride!)
There are the cheap budget versions (usually white plastic)
The mid-range 'stainless' versions
And the higher end colour versions
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Comments
I feel like these items would affect some recipes though. Like isn’t there a recipe for eggs and toast in the game? They’d have to do a new animation so that Sims when making that recipe walk over to the toaster AND the stove.
Kettles are interesting if they're stovetop singing kettles. Like doorbells (!), you could have ones that do more than a default sound, for fun. Not so sure I want my Sims scalded, though.
Teapots!! While I really do like the tea options we have now, it's not servable tea. My Sims can't play "mother" and pour. And my children can't have "tea parties".
I've no idea what kind of larger pack this could all fit in. But maybe it could be Stuff Pack material? A Tea Party stuff pack, with everything from your morning toast and tea to a child's tea party with toys (or a patient grown-up) to a high tea. I'd buy that!
As a Brit I'd be lost without a kettle xD
Also, if they do this, they should make it so that small appliances can sit anywhere on the counter rather than snapping to the centre, I hate that.
Now I'm envisioning a Tea Time stuff pack... tea kettles, different types of tea you make, Enthuse about Tea social, Tea Party event...
Oh, and you absolutely have to be able to make instant ramen with the kettle, too. That's a requirement.
I always use hot water from the kettle when cooking things in saucepans, rather than waiting for cold water to boil.
Sometimes I make instant mashed potatoes, and instant gravy.
YES!!
Fantastic ideas!
Death by toaster is needed!
Servable tea is something I've wanted for ages!
You can't have proper posh sims without it!
And it could bring in some more reactions: Pour it too soon, and it's weak tea, pour it too late and it's too strong!
Tea party stuff is not a bad idea.
Needs to include several sponge cakes, and finger sandwiches.
Love this idea!!!
My Sims often have a tea brewer AND a coffee pot, a kettle could be both at once!
And god yes, I want toasters. It's crazy that there's never been one in The Sims.
The potential for fires, the ability to make toast, RAISIN toast, crumpets, English muffins, Pop-Tarts, Toaster Strudels, toaster waffles... all those new recipes for low-skill chefs!