>>54546681It's so that we can have a consistent cooking mini-game with Pass/O/Roto Loto Powers going forward with the series. Future iterations will fix many of the flaws from this this entry's minigame such as allowing to have other breads besides baguettes, another phase where you can manually apply seasonings, and making picks optional.
Hahaha, who am I kidding? This'll be replaced by pizza when we get to the Italy region and it'll have even more baffling mechanics that'll make Cooking Mama cry in despair.
