--- In EverQuest@yahoogroups.com, "John" <flagonslayer@v...> wrote:

> Howdy,
> I'm relatively new to EQ, an I'm sill feeling my way around

things. I do havfe a question. No th Trade skills, Im understand most
of them, they're pretty straitforward...but I do have a question bout
the cooking one. Why? I understand smithing...get ore, make bars, make
weapons/armour...I know in EQ, every so many time units, you
automaticlly eat food. Since rations and milk will fill this funcion,
what is the purpose of cookin and brewing? Do you get more food value
out of something you've made, as oppoised to the rations and bisquits?
Can you eat the food and get boosts from it? Same thing for the
brewing? Or is it just a vanity thing to be walking around with
something you cooked as opposed to the iron raions and milk thing...

The short answer is that higher level baked goods (e.g. Misty Thicket
Picnics) and brewed items (e.g. Qeynos Afternoon Tea) boost stats
significantly when consumed.

Trade skills get complicated at higher levels.... they are
interconnected. For example, in order to make a Misty Thicket Picnic,
which is baking, you need to be able to brew at a decent level to make
jumjum beer and also be able to tailor and do blacksmithing -- to make
the basket -- in addition to baking. Brewing also benefits fletching,
you need to brew oak bark tannin in order to *brew* light mithril
string, a component in high level wood elf cultural bows. And so forth.

Oh, yes, if you get to Level 250 and want to make your trophy, you
will also need a fairly good Jewelcrafting and Blacksmithing skill.

Froon