| Name | A Taste of Skill, Part II |
| Level | 20 |
| Type | Crafting |
| Starts at NPC | Alken Chubb |
| Related Objects | Mountain Basil |
| Starts in Zones | |
| Occurs in Zones | |
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| Background | Alken Chubb is within the Green Dragon Inn, located in the village of Bywater in the Shire. Alken has asked you to prepare a helping of Serene Stew for him to judge. If it passes his taste-test, he will give you some lessons. He gave you his notes on where to find and purchase the ingredients you will need. |
| Description | TIP: All of the components except for Mountain Basil can be bought from just outside of the Green Dragon. So bring Mountain Basil with you and save yourself some time. Mountain Basil can be found at S 31.4, W 36.1 in the Lone Lands.
TIP: Serene Stew is made with 1 Cut of Beef, 1 Spiced Potatoes, 1 Mountain Basil, 1 yellow onion, and 1 water. Beef and water are purchasable. The yellow onion and potatoes are from farmers only. you need 1 potato and 1 shire seasonings to make the spiced potato. The mountain basil comes from atop weathertop in the northdowns, and can only be retrieved after this quest has been accepted. The Note Reads: The first thing you learn in the Green Dragon is how to roll out the beer barrels without hitting any of the patrons, other workers, or the furniture. The second thing you learn is that the customer is always right! In this case, I am your customer, and I want some Serene Stew! If you follow the recipe, you should do all right. These notes should help you collect the ingredients you need, so pay attention. CUT OF BEEF The trick to buying a cut of beef is to make sure you don't buy too much. Don't swamp the stew with more beef than it needs! The consistency should be thick, but you don't want to overpower the other ingredients. HEARTY STOCK You must not underestimate the importance of the type of stock you use for the base of the stew! The longer it has been kept, the better -- assuming it has been kept under proper conditions. Don't buy the wrong type of stock. They're fond of chicken stock over in Waymeet, but that's not nearly hearty enough. TATER Just one tater will do. Ensure that it is of a decent size and doesn't give when you squeeze it. If it does, the tater will be too mushy to help the stew, and it will be better to leave it out. And yet, I have asked you for a tater in my Serene Stew! So don't leave it out. YELLOW ONION Don't use the green variety! This is a matter of personal taste, but I have found that only green onions will do. I like to purchase these from a different shop than the rest of the ingredients, for then you get regional differences in the stew that can make all the difference. MOUNTAIN BASIL You can pick this from atop a hill in the Lone-lands. Travellers sometimes bring me some, but I'm all out. They call the place Weathertop, and apparently the finest basil grows only at the top. Well, good luck! Collect the ingredients, prepare the Serene Stew, and bring it to me for tasting! Alken Chubb, Green Dragon Inn, Bywater |
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