How to add food to hotpot during Winter Solstice?

[CaptainDouchePants]

It's too late this year, but I'd like to try it next time around

[Huillam]

The same way you add food to the cooking set: have it in your hands through the hotkeys bar.

[CaptainDouchePants]

Originally posted by Huillam:

The same way you add food to the cooking set: have it in your hands through the hotkeys bar.

I tried that, but my character was eating it instead of chucking it in. Eventually I got that you can only add food that someone requests...

[NekoPawtato]

Originally posted by CaptainDouchePants:

Originally posted by Huillam:

The same way you add food to the cooking set: have it in your hands through the hotkeys bar.

I tried that, but my character was eating it instead of chucking it in. Eventually I got that you can only add food that someone requests...

What kind of foods were you trying to throw in?...
For me, when I get close to the hotpot, the instructions change and tells me left click puts the food in. (regardless of whether or not someone requested it, I threw in like 50 chili peppers for an achievement)
Were you trying to put fully cooked food in there or something??? I think it only accepts ingredients.

[poppetshadow]

Default keyboard controls: to eat you press the "E" key, and to add food to the pot you select what you want in your hotbar and left click the mouse.

I don't remember my character ever eating the ingredients, but I'll pay more attention next time to be sure.

[CaptainDouchePants]

At first I was trying to add an apple, which in retrospect probably wasn't an ingredient they had in mind, then I was adding raw meat, which worked. I guess I can see what the store sells to know what food I can add

[Doc Savage]

Look around at all the NPC's and try to add whatever is above their head...

You get a relation boost if you add Meat when one of them is thinking about it.

Cheers..!

[JVC]

You can really add what you want to the hot pot, but you only get reputation points, if you add what another character is currently thinking about.

Or you could go for one of the achievements, and just add a ton of chili pepper.

[worstcase11]

I noticed that the character eats food ingredients instead tossing them into a cooking set or a solstice pot mostly then when health and stamnia are not at maximum level.
A few items like aroma apples or royal honey can not used for cooking and would be consumed.
Special problems might be items like the salad sauce, which apparently give a stat-boost so it is a 50:50 gamble if they are used or eaten.