Sims 2: Sparkly Food
The first time my Sims sat down to a dinner of sparkling food, I didn’t think anything of it. They were eating a dish of blackened Cajun catfish, and I thought it was just a sparkling dish. With the Cajun spices and all. I took note, but didn’t bother to snap a picture.
The next night, they sat down to eat a dish of sparkly macaroni and cheese. This time, I sat up and took notice. Macaroni and cheese does not sparkle. I knew this for a fact, deep in my bones.
Sparkly food can be confusing to the new player, because it occurs at a great remove from its root cause: the installation of the Seasons expansion pack. With Seasons, your Sims have the opportunity to garden and go fishing. Many players don’t set up a garden or a fishing hole right away, and furthermore it takes a while for your Sims’ gardening and fishing activities to pay off in the form of fresh food in their personal inventories.
Once the food (either fish or fresh garden veggies) is in your Sims inventory, you next have to add it to the fridge. While controlling the Sim in question, click the fridge and choose “Stock.” The game will have you pick food from your Sim’s inventory to stock the fridge.
Next, the meal itself has to be prepared and eaten. A sparkling meal will also fill your Sim’s hunger meter faster (this is how the developers interpreted the greater nutrition of fresh food).