cooking 9, tried to make one of these for the cooking test on lightningsday.
I HQ'd it. LOL. I'm so happy :P

Just to clarify, these are NOT sold by the cooking guild unless someone sells them to the guild first.

IE: no one has sold any to the guild npc, you check, it doesn't show up in the inventory list. then... someone sells the guild 3 subs, you check again and there are now 3 subs you can buy from the guild.

So if you need this item for guild points or a rank test you're gonna actually have to make it.

You can purchase smoked salmon from the inn in North Sandy when they are in 1st place. Upstairs in the back room, and it is around 230gil each. Hope that helps

For those who like cooking it themselves:

Primary ingredients
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Earth crystal - AH (not Sandy, ~100 gil)
Crying Mustard - Norvallen regional vendor (~25)
La Theine Cabbage - Zulkheim reg. vendor (~25)
Mithran Tomato - Elsh. Low. reg. vendor (~40), Khazam
Apple Vinegar - synthed* (good guild price but sells out) (~180)
Black Bread - synthed* (~100)
Smoked Salmon - synthed* (~250)
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Estimated cost from scratch = ~720 gil

Supporting Synths:

Apple Vinegar (makes 4 [HQ6/9], cooking 41)
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Dark crystal - AH (Sandy seems cheap, ~333)
3 Faerie Apples - Fauregandi reg. vendor (~135/3)
Honey - AH (Windy, ~250)
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Black Bread (makes 4 [HQ pumpernickle], cook 34)
NOTE: HQ is useless; just buy if too much HQ
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Fire crystal - AH (Sandy, ~333)
Rye Flour (nostack) - Zulk. reg. vendor (~40)
Dist Water - Tavern or Grocery (~12)
Rock Salt - Volbow reg. vendor (~15), guild (~17)
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Smoked Salmon (makes 4 [HQ??], cook 29 & wood 5)
NOTE if wood < 5 may break
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Fire crystal - AH (Sandy, ~333)
Walnut Log (nostack)- Carp. Land. (N Sandy, ~640)
Cheval Salmon - AH (~25) or fishing L15 mithran rod /fly lure east ronfaure
Rock Salt - Volbow reg. vendor (~15), guild (~17)
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If you are going to synth it all, buy everything then go to sandy, as the nonstackables (logs, rye flour) are available there (rye from raimbroys as well).

Hope that helps someone. The apple vinegar was the hard one to get, and the tomatoes b/c elshimo was beastmen controlled. Black bread too much HQ, should've bought it but smoked salmon is a rip-off, make yourself if you can travel (whm/blm) and have any woodworking at all. What else... cooking guild closed darkday, carpenter's guild/landing on firesday.

Oh and a stack of 12 gives you almost exactly the max guild points (i had 80 to go). 13 to be safe, but you'll waste some of the 13th.

I made one in real life ^^ I used black rye bread instead of a black roll though, as the store didn't have any black rolls. I also put some mayo on it after a few bites because it was sort of dry.

The end result was damn good! I recommend it to anyone who likes smoked salmon.

Lvl 20 Galka Bst
Ate this and got the following:
+2 Dex, +1 Vit, +1 Agi, +2 Int, -2 Mnd
No Hp/mp changes.

I made this item at cooking skill level 7 and got a 0.1 skill-up. ^^ So it must cap at 8 or something.

can u just buy one and give it to her? lol

This sounds like good food...I think I'll try it IRL.

But in game, these are extremely useful to build your skill. Even if you don't sell to the AH, you can sell these for like 400 and the materials together cost about 440. You are still losing money but you are losing barely any compared to making other foods. The easiest way to get these is in Windurst. Just get there before the shop opens and BUY THOSE INGREDIENTS! This is an excellent recipe for people who have a skill level of 1 or 2.

Where can you buy the tomatoes for this? The Culinary guild is currently out of them. Somebody has been selling large amounts of them at the auction house so someone has to be selling these.

Edited, Fri Dec 26 22:40:01 2003

Do you have to talk to anyone to anyone to get this test or do you just have to make one to advance to recruit?

i was able to make it at level 1.... sells for 800 gil in AH

skill went up from 1-3 while doing 12 of this... failed only once.

it didnt give me recruit status when i made it. i am an amatuer at 7 cooking skill.