Cooking

"This pizza tastes wonderful! What’s on it?"
"Mongbat."

The art of Cooking is likely the least useful of crafting skills, but does offer a wide range of "decorative" items. The ability to place personalised messages on things such as Cakes adds a special flavor to role-playing situations.

While most food officially grants no benefits other then a small Stamina boost when eaten, Egg Bombs and Enchanted Apples can be of great value in PvP situations. Savage Kin Paint can also be used to prevent morph spells being used on those who apply it (especially helpful when battling Barracoon the Piper).

Chefs will often find that they need an Oven nearby to create their masterpieces, though in some cases a simple Heating Stand will suffice. The serious cook will also install a Flour Mill and Water Trough in his or her home, and perhaps even hire an NPC Barkeep Vendor.

Publish 88 and Holidays 2014 brought the Steam Powered Beverage Maker and the Grinder as Gifts that are required to make item in the beverages category.

Tools

There are a few items available with which to practice your culinary skill. Despite their names and appearances, each is equally suitable for the preparation of any dish.

• Rolling Pin
• Skillet
• Flour Sifter

Recipe

Obtained from the quest Bad Company

• Bowl of Rotworm Stew

Obtained from the quest A Dish Best Served Cold

• Blackrock Stew

Obtained from the Holiday 2006 event.

• Gingerbread Cookie Recipe

Obtained from the Holiday 2015 Gift Token

• Dark Chocolate Nutcracker
• White Chocolate Nutcracker
• Milk Chocolate Nutcracker

Obtained from possible Loot on killing Fezzik The Ogre Cook

• Three Tier Cake

Training

Start with 50 on a new character, or buy from an NPC Baker to around 30.

Barbecued items are easiest for training, since they only require raw meat, and no water. These can be made out of a single piece of meat each, so you can collect more while you're gathering Leather or out Fishing.

Targeting a stack of meat will cook the entire lot in one go and give much faster gains then cooking one slab at a time. You'll require less meat overall if you take the slow method, however. Going from 0 to 100.0 skill will take about 20,000 Cooking attempts, but your mileage may vary.

Alternatively

You can cook whatever you like to get to about 75ish - personally I made lots of dough as it stacks and I'm likely to use it later on. Once you hit about 75 or so, switch to Miso Soups; there are four different kinds and all require 60 skill, water and a single uncooked fish steak to make. Making Miso will take you to GM with probably the least resources (as long as you have a house).

Ideally you want an oven, a water trough, 10 pitchers of water (or an Endless Decanter of Water), a trash barrel and a crate full of bags and skillets (or whatever your preferred tool of choice is). Put the pitchers of water in your backpack and a load of fish steaks in a bag (in your pack) and start making Miso. The Miso will appear in the bag with your fish steaks so when your backpack is full just remove the fish steaks from that bag and drop it in the trash barrel. When you run out of water just refill pitchers from the water trough.

Rinse and repeat to 100.

Craftables

Catogory	Picture	Item	Resources Needed	Stand Near	Recipe Required	Minimum Skill
Ingredients		Sack of Flour	Wheat	Flour Mill		0
Ingredients		Dough	Flour Pitcher of Water			0
Ingredients		Sweet Dough	Honey Dough			0
Ingredients		Cake Mix	Sweet Dough Flour			0
Ingredients		Cookie Mix	Sweet Dough Honey			0
Ingredients		Cocoa Butter	Cocoa Pulp	Fire		0
Ingredients		Cocoa Liquor	Cocoa Pulp Pewter Bowl	Fire		0
Ingredients		Wheat Wort	Flour Pitcher of Water Empty Bottle			0
Ingredients		Fish Oil Flask	Coffee Grounds 8 Raw Fish Steak			60
Preparations		Unbaked Quiche	Dough Eggs			0
Preparations		Unbaked Meat Pie	Dough Cut of Raw Ribs			0
Preparations		Uncooked Sausage Pizza	Dough Sausage			0
Preparations		Uncooked Cheese Pizza	Dough Wheel of Cheese			0
Preparations		Unbaked Fruit Pie	Dough Pear			0
Preparations		Unbaked Peach Cobbler	Dough Peach			0
Preparations		Unbaked Apple Pie	Dough Apple			0
Preparations		Unbaked Pumpkin Pie	Dough Pumpkin			0
Preparations		Green Tea	Pitcher of Water Green Tea Raw	Oven		80
Preparations		Wasabi Clumps	Pitcher of Water 3 Bowl of Peas			70
Preparations		Sushi Rolls	10 Raw Fish Steak			90
Preparations		Sushi Platter	Pitcher of Water 10 Raw Fish Steak			90
Preparations		Savage Kin Paint	Flour Tribal Berries			55
Preparations		Egg Bomb	Eggs Flour			90
Preparations		Parrot Wafer	Dough Honey Raw Fish Steak			37.5
Preparations		Plant Pigment	Plant Clippings Empty Bottle			75
Preparations		Natural Dye	Plant Pigment Color Fixative			75
Preparations		Color Fixative	Silver Serpent Venom Bottle of Wine			75
Preparations		Wood Pulp	Bark Fragment Pitcher of Water			60
Preparations		Charcoal	Board	Oven		0
Baking		Bread Loaf	Dough	Oven		0
Baking		Pan of Cookies	Cookie Mix	Oven		0
Baking		Cake	Cake Mix	Oven		0
Baking		Muffins	Sweet Dough	Oven		0
Baking		Baked Quiche	Unbaked Quiche	Oven		0
Baking		Baked Meat Pie	Unbaked Meat Pie	Oven		0
Baking		Sausage Pizza	Uncooked Sausage Pizza	Oven		0
Baking		Cheese Pizza	Uncooked Cheese Pizza	Oven		0
Baking		Baked Fruit Pie	Unbaked Fruit Pie	Oven		0
Baking		Baked Peach Cobbler	Unbaked Peach Cobbler	Oven		0
Baking		Baked Apple Pie	Unbaked Apple Pie	Oven		0
Baking		Baked Pumpkin Pie	Unbaked Pumpkin Pie	Oven		0
Baking		Miso Soup	Pitcher of Water Raw Fish Steak	Oven		60
Baking		White Miso Soup	Pitcher of Water Raw Fish Steak	Oven		60
Baking		Red Miso Soup	Pitcher of Water Raw Fish Steak	Oven		60
Baking		Awase Miso Soup	Pitcher of Water Raw Fish Steak	Oven		60
Baking		Gingerbread Cookie	Cookie Mix Fresh Ginger	Oven	Yes	35
Baking		Three Tier Cake	3 Cake Mix	Oven	Yes	60
Barbeque		Cooked Bird	Raw Bird	Fire		0
Barbeque		Chicken Leg	Raw Chicken Leg	Fire		0
Barbeque		Fish Steak	Raw Fish Steak	Fire		0
Barbeque		Fried Eggs	Eggs	Fire		0
Barbeque		Leg of Lamb	Raw Leg of Lamb	Fire		0
Barbeque		Cut of Ribs	Cut of Raw Ribs	Fire		0
Barbeque		Bowl of Rotworm Stew	Raw Rotworm Meat	Fire	Yes	0
Barbeque		Blackrock Stew	Bowl of Rotworm Stew A Small Piece of Blackrock	Fire	Yes	30
Enchanted		Food Decoration Tool	Dough Honey			75
Enchanted		Enchanted Apple	Apple Greater Heal Potion			60
Enchanted		Grapes of Wrath	Grapes Greater Strength Potion			95
Enchanted		Fruit Bowl	Wooden Bowl 3 Pear 3 Apple 3 Bananas			55
Chocolatiering		Sweet Cocoa Butter	Sack of Sugar Cocoa Butter			15
Chocolatiering		Dark Chocolate	Sweet Cocoa Butter Cocoa Liquor			15
Chocolatiering		Milk Chocolate	Sweet Cocoa Butter Cocoa Liquor Pitcher of Milk			32.5
Chocolatiering		White Chocolate	Sweet Cocoa Butter Vanilla Pitcher of Milk			52.5
Chocolatiering		Dark Chocolate Nutcracker	Sweet Cocoa Butter Cocoa Liquor Foil Sheet		Yes	15
Chocolatiering		Milk Chocolate Nutcracker	Sweet Cocoa Butter Cocoa Liquor Pitcher of Milk Foil Sheet		Yes	32.5
Chocolatiering		White Chocolate Nutcracker	Sweet Cocoa Butter Vanilla Pitcher of Milk Foil Sheet		Yes	52.5
Magical Fish Pies		Great Barracuda Pie	Dough Great Barracuda Steak Zoogi Fungus Mento Seasoning	Oven		60
Magical Fish Pies		Giant Koi Pie	Dough Giant Koi Steak Bowl of Peas Mento Seasoning	Oven		61
Magical Fish Pies		Fire Fish Pie	Dough Fire Fish Steak Carrot Samuel's Secret Sauce	Oven		62
Magical Fish Pies		Stone Crab Pie	Dough Stone Crab Meat Head of Cabbage Samuel's Secret Sauce	Oven		63
Magical Fish Pies		Blue Lobster Pie	Dough Blue Lobster Meat Tribal Berry Samuel's Secret Sauce	Oven		64
Magical Fish Pies		Reaper Fish Pie	Dough Reaper Fish Steak Pumpkin Samuel's Secret Sauce	Oven		65
Magical Fish Pies		Crystal Fish Pie	Dough Crystal Fish Steak Apple Samuel's Secret Sauce	Oven		66
Magical Fish Pies		Bull Fish Pie	Dough Bull Fish Steak Squash Mento Seasoning	Oven		67
Magical Fish Pies		Summer Dragonfish Pie	Dough Summer Dragonfish Steak Onion Mento Seasoning	Oven		68
Magical Fish Pies		Fairy Salmon Pie	Dough Fairy Salmon Steak Ear of Corn Dark Truffle	Oven		69
Magical Fish Pies		Lava Fish Pie	Dough Lava Fish Steak Wheel of Cheese Dark Truffle	Oven		70
Magical Fish Pies		Autumn Dragonfish Pie	Dough Autumn Dragonfish Steak Pear Mento Seasoning	Oven		71
Magical Fish Pies		Spider Crab Pie	Dough Spider Crab Meat Head of Lettuce Mento Seasoning	Oven		72
Magical Fish Pies		Yellowtail Barracuda Pie	Dough Yellowtail Barracuda Steak Bottle of Wine Mento Seasoning	Oven		73
Magical Fish Pies		Holy Mackerel Pie	Dough Holy Mackerel Steak Honey Mento Seasoning	Oven		74
Magical Fish Pies		Unicorn Fish Pie	Dough Unicorn Fish Steak Fresh Ginger Mento Seasoning	Oven		75
Beverages		Coffee	Pitcher of Water Coffee Grounds	Steam Powered Beverage Maker		0
Beverages		Green Tea	Pitcher of Water Green Tea Raw	Steam Powered Beverage Maker		0
Beverages		Hot Cocoa	Pitcher of Milk Cocoa Liquor Sack of Sugar	Steam Powered Beverage Maker		0

History

In the past, Cooking used to require a more in-depth knowledge of food ingredients and recipes. There were no usable tools to display a Cooking menu, a player simply used raw food items on heat sources to cook them or on each other to combine ingredients. Additionally, some foods would cook with any heat source, such as a camp fire or heating stand, while many of the baked goods explicitly required an oven.

Many players who did not own houses would cook their goods in town at an NPC bakery or kitchen and then hawk their food at the local bank. Farm fields and fruit orchards would be combed for their harvest as a free way to gather food items. Although uncertain, it was said that being extremely hungry could actually affect skill performance, such as in combat or while crafting, which in turn contributed to a very modest market for cooked foods.

For many years, there are a few food items that would impart stat bonuses such as the Grapes of Wrath or assist in some skills, such as the Egg Bomb, hunger has no effect on skill performance and most food is simply decorative in player homes or used in Roleplaying. Aside from Savage Kin Paint and Parrot Wafers, there was little demand for cooked foods.

With the release of the Adventures on the High Seas booster expansion in 2010, several Magical Fish Pies were introduced sparking a renewed and useful interest in Cooking.

See Also

• Food

External links

• Cooking page on UO.com