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Food equality, make all foods feel useful, not just the meats!

Here is what I mean.

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The humble cookie: A lot of the time foods such as the humble cookie are forgotten in favour of porkchops, beef and various other foods that are becoming staples to the player, lesser used foods have been swept away under the fridge. Here is my solution to getting those foods from out of the fridge and being eaten again and no not with a long stick!
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Food buffs!: So let’s take the humble cookie again, high in sugar and not much else, this food should certainly give you a bit of a sugar rush right? Therefore I propose that eating different foods could affect your combat, mining, building etc.
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Sugar rush: Gives you haste and swiftness for a short amount of time, can be obtained by eating cake, cookies and maybe sweet berries.

Protein punch: (Could do with a better name): Eating things like pork, beef and mutton could give you a stronger hit and a higher chance of critical hits during combat, but have a 5% chance of slightly slower movement, the chances getting higher the more you eat, after all big meals can make you tired right?

Sea smarts: Eating fish (except pufferfish) would give you a higher chance of gaining of receiving higher level enchantments from an enchanting table.

Dairy debuff: Of course we all know what milk does, if you don’t want any of the effects provided by the food, just bring a little milk with you, milk is the cure for all things!

Vegetarian variety: Of course there has to be effects for those who don’t want meat or dairy. Because veggies in minecraft are a little limited unlike the other omnivore or meat eaters choices, each fruit or vegetable could provide a different buff, for example an apple can reduce the chance of bad effects from things like rotten flesh occurring, a sort of vegetarian alternative to milk. Carrots could provide a reduced form of night vision (yes I know it’s an old wives tale but nevermind) and pumpkin seeds (though not a food right now) could also provide a non meaty protein punch, seeing as they are a high source of protein, be a bit slimy though.
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Note:

These are just some example ideas and are not meant to replace potions, so there buffs could be less strong and perhaps a little bit shorter, maybe depending on the foods saturation? Maybe even the buffs could have a slight chance of not working.

Thoughts? Thank you for reading!

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    I mean the plants are useful for early game and mass production even without farming machines, while animals require way more constant work to get the food and really only get overwhelmingly better once you have a huge stock and looting on a weapon.

    I do think it'd be nice to see a varied diet being helpful, but I don't think each food needs a specific benefit.

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    I agree with @ConcertedSea1 not all foods need to have a benefit.

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    I think suger rush should also give jump boost and could stack.
    Once the effect wear off you get a equalivent sugar crash effect which slows you down

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    I do not necessarily think that all food should have an extra benefit, but I do like it for the ones who make some sense, like the sugar rush and the night vision carrots(as long as it doesn't make the potion useless). I don't think the meat really needs extra buffs since it is pretty good already

    another idea to balance food is to make some other types of food easier to make/ farm, as I think it is pretty strange that it takes two wheat to raise a cow, and three wheat to make bread. Also, the mobs seem to get born and grow up faster than crops grow.

    So it is not only/so much that the types of food itself are out of balance, but probably more the way of producing it as well.

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    This! Every food should be useful. Every consumable and piece of equipment should be useful.

    It's a bummer that I have no reason to grow crops that aren't wheat or in potions, or raise animals other than cows, or bake practically anything. There are so many items that I never make because they aren't useful or interesting.

    Everything should enhance gameplay. Variety is good and all but I think a strong focus on making that variety interesting is key. Otherwise, it's in the game forever just so it could be useful in the first 20 minutes once, as only a stepping stone to something that is interesting or useful, or for someone who wants to roleplay.

    I'm talking about game design methodology here that others won't feel as strongly as me about but I'm a firm believer that upgrading should expand possibilities rather than obsolete new or previous accomplishment, especially in a game with so many potential play styles.