Pet Society Anonymous

A reader sent in this image comparing the Festive Yule Log from the oven, which costs 500 coins to make, and a similar store-bought version from last year. I like the little snowman and the holly that come with the Festive Yule Log, but Catharsis108 says that she prefers the look of last year’s log.

Before you chime in on which one is better, consider the Chocolate Roulade, which costs only 60 coins at the food store. This could be a good substitute if you don’t feel like baking.

By the way, this is quite easy to do in real life. Let’s say you promised to bake a dessert for a friend’s holiday party. You procrastinated or got too busy Facebooking and now you have a half-hour before the party. What to do? Just go to the supermarket and get a tray of brownies. Buy some frosting and smear it on top of the brownies. The trick is to make it a little sloppy so that it looks home-made and not store-bought. Then cut them unevenly and put them on a plate. (Discard the aluminum tray from the store to remove all evidence of factory precision.) Sprinkle some crumbs on the sides for the finishing touch. Voilà, your home-made dessert! No one but you will ever know the truth.

Earlier this week, Pet Society released three new seasonal recipes. Two of them, the Festive Turkey and the Yule Log don’t require any unlocking–yay, no need to make dozens of vegetable soup! But they also look very familiar.

Here are two pets with their Festive Turkeys, which took 8 hours to cook, versus the store-bought Roast Turkey which were available in November for Thanksgiving.

I like the trimmings on the new Festive Turkey, but I think the deeper color of the Roast Turkey looks more appetizing. Which one do you prefer?

A Singaporean reader named Su sent in this image of her orange cupcake, which came out of her Pet Society stove. “I am rather disappointed with the size,” Su said. Yeah, me too. I’m not even bothering to take out my measuring stick for this one. As you can see, it’s about the same size as the blueberry cupcake (middle), which you can buy at the food shop for just 80 coins. The home-grown cupcake (right) that grows on trees is bigger.

Meh! I know bigger isn’t always better, but I’m underwhelmed, especially since you need to cook 19 dishes after the Pineapple Fried Rice to unlock this cupcake recipe. As I said before, my own pet has stopped cooking. But another reader had this to say in response.

Beware, these are the words of a certified Pet Societyholic:

Alarm clock? Nineteen times a day? And you call this fun???

Emily from Egypt sent in this image of the Pineapple Fried Rice, which takes 12 hours to make. As you can see, the super-sized dish measures approximately 4.5 centimeters (1.77 inches), green top included. Not as long as the Giant Hotdog, but it’s still big enough to be a canoe.

My pet Sushi just took his rice out of the stove, and was eager to get to the next dish, the Orange Cupcake. But, he was stunned by this message:

Even if he made the vegetable soup, which is the cheapest and quickest way to level up, it would still take 19 x 10 minutes, or over 3 hours of play. Cheeh! Sushi’s tired of slaving in front of a hot oven. He’d rather be shopping for holiday gifts and party outfits, thankyouverymuch.

But if you’re a kitchen dervish and love cooking up a storm, please go ahead and send us pics of your Orange Cupcake and higher level recipes to petsocietyanon@gmail.com.

As for us, we’ll just hang back and whet our appetites by looking and measuring all the new food! See pics of the Giant Hotdog, King Burger, Mega Pancakes to compare.

I’ve been having fun measuring all the new food coming out of the oven. This latest picture is from a reader in Egypt. As you can see, the Mega Pancakes don’t stack up against the King Burger or the Giant Hotdog. The pancakes stand about 2.8 centimeters (1.1 inches), pat of butter included, suggesting that there may not be a correlation between cooking level and food size.

See pics of the Giant Hotdog and King Burger to compare.

Unlocking Higher Recipes
As some readers have pointed out, you unlock recipes based on how many dishes you cook, not the type of food you cook. Many pets are cooking the vegetable soup repeatedly, because it’s the cheapest and fastest way to level up. Perhaps we can start a soup kitchen and feed less fortunate pets!

Eww, gross! Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, but a hotdog always looks like a u-know-what. Here’s a picture from Wikipedia of the world’s longest hotdog, which measured 60 meters and was showcased in Japan in 2006. Pet Society’s Giant Hotdog isn’t nearly as big, but it’s long enough to barely fit onto my blue couch. Interestingly, it’s about as wide as the King Burger is high, 5.3 centimeters or 2.08 inches.

To compare, see the picture of the King Burger in my previous post.

I’ve now made the first three recipes in my book, but sadly, I haven’t unlocked any of the other items, like the Mega Pancakes, Pineapple Fried Rice, Orange Cupcake, and so forth. I’ll try making the burger, soup and hotdog again to see if that will bump up my cooking status.

Even with the holiday binge season upon us, this is a bit much. As you can see, the King Burger is almost as tall as my pet—5.2 centimeters—and I’m afraid to let Sushi eat it. I’ve heard of some animals eating their weight, but eating one’s height?

There were some questions on my previous post about cooking in Pet Society. Here’s the information I know so far regarding this new feature:

Profits
I’m pretty sure that profits correspond to cooking time:
Soup – 9 minutes cooking – 1 coin
Hot Dog – 2 hours cooking – 9 coins
King Burger – 1 day cooking – 40 coins

I haven’t been able to unlock the other recipes yet, so I don’t have info on them.

Costs
The cost of each recipe is directly related to the ingredients. For example, if you don’t already have ingredients for the vegetable soup, it will cost you 17 coins to cook it.

Carrot (7 coins) + Celery (5 coins) + Onion (5 coins) = 17 coins

You don’t need to go shopping beforehand. Just click the green “Cook” button or the yellow “Learn” button and presto, your item will go into the oven.

Timing
Cooking is all about timing. Check back within the time limit, otherwise your food will burn and go to waste. There’s no harm done if you check too early.

One at a Time
Patience, pet, patience. I know you want to try out all the recipes right away, but the stove can handle just one thing at a time. After all, the stove is kinda small, even though it can produce a towering burger.