I have noticed a growing trend of people just hogging all the ingredients and keeping them in their inventory. This is not the way it was intended to be used. So I propose a change....
If someone picks up the ingredients for the recipes: 1. trigger the opening of making the recipe and , 2. make the ingredients themselves disappear when the party is over if the recipe is not made. It is intended to be party food, please let them only be used while inside the party. I truly think this will stop the standing over spawn points and keeping them for selfish reasons.
Also, if I there stand and make recipes with the ingredients supplied for use within the party, it would be nice if I did not lose energy. (But that is just a thought)
ETA: probably should have posted this in ideas. If you feel this warrants a move, please do so :)