Cooking Skill Name

[Miloch]

I however note the distinct lack of reply to anything i said. Like the we’re not going to split the skill which are together and probably form some sort of balance issue just because I dun like the idea.

[EkarusRyndren]

I however note the distinct lack of reply to anything i said. Like the we’re not going to split the skill which are together and probably form some sort of balance issue just because I dun like the idea.

Just what is your question? I think the only one that’s yet to be answered is the one the topic is about. I2amroy stated the two “skills” will not be split, Gylph explained why.

[Miloch]

I didn’t have a question. I had statements.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

Ok, so, they won’t be split,

Huh, huh?

[EkarusRyndren]

[quote=“GrizzlyAdamz, post:34, topic:3554”]Ok, so, they won’t be split,

Huh, huh?[/quote]

…Acceptable under the condition the high level crafting books are removed from regional schools. As a result of the public ejumacation system I can assure you my vocabulary isn’t the greatest. XD (Not to mention my grammar…)

[timtek]

Bartenders use the term mixology when treating beverage making as a science. It’s basically really anal retentive bar tending. But these are the people who also make flavored vapors and stuff like that. My point is, while not specifically being about cooking foods, it does combine cooking and chemistry. We could steal the term.

[Endovior]

The key problem here, I think, is that there isn’t any word that covers both cooking and chemistry and better than cooking itself. Particularly because of Breaking Bad, since anyone who’s seen it will additionally associate cooking with the chemistry type of cooking. I think it’s more than acceptable to leave it as is with no changes.

[Rask]

I didn’t see a a need for change so I still like Cooking. It does imply cooking home-made drugs.
If there is going to be a change, I vote for Concoction. This word can be a verb for cooking food and sounds sciency enough to imply science too.

If we are technicians, we should not call the skill Mixology.

[Petethegoat]

I agree with Endovior and Rask. If it must change, Concoction is imo the best suggestion so far.

[GrizzlyAdamz]

Both concoction & mixology imply we’re dealing with liquids.

a kebab != liquid

[Rask]

I like how we are on the quest for the magic dictionary word. Where are all the English majors when you need them?
Who decided that “cooking” wasn’t sufficient enough to represent “cooking up cheeseburgers” and “cooking up methacola”?
OP even implied that the separation between the two was bound to happen eventually.

[Zireael]

English major (non-native) here.

Concoction sounds brilliant! I think it covers both bases.

[Derschlact]

I’d think that Confection or Concoction would work for this kind of thingy.

Or even Combination.

Although I wouldn’t think that spit roasting squirrels involves mixing.

EDIT: Suppose Fusion sounds relatively right.
The fusion of a squirrel and heat to create…

COOKED MEAT

COOKED MEAT MAN GOOO

Also Synthesis or Coalition.
And Amalgamation.

[EkarusRyndren]

I like Grizzly’s idea XD

[GrizzlyAdamz]

Synthesis sounds ok.

[Petethegoat]

You don’t synthesize a lasagne.

[url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/concoct]concoct [kənˈkɒkt]
vb (tr)

1. to make by combining different ingredients
2. to invent; make up; contrive[/url]

You could feasibly concoct both a lasagne and some meth, although I still think Cooking is perfectly acceptable.
When the chemistry side is expanded, it’ll probably be separated anyway.

e:
And yes, I understand that a dictionary definition of synthesis would be accurate for cooking a lasagne, but I mean it doesn’t sound right, whereas (imo) concoct is both accurate and makes immediate sense.

[vultures]

A bliss to behold: Chowmistry

Hint: There is much talk of the actual quality regarding thermical preparation of foods and such. To chop it bland, what you need to do with the ingredients before boiling/cooking them, and afterwards - just before sticking it in the oven for the final part. Since a more subtle part of the viable cooking skill concerns with quality of extracted nutrients from bioproducts (and that’s chemistry alright), cooking is somewhat of a Thermo-chemical process all the way.
Now go and think of your grandma as a brilliant thermochemist.

[Leper]

Perhaps another idea would be to simply add a description to skills? Press @, then tab over to them and there could be a little description there.
This could help to clear up confusion over the oddly named ‘firearms’ skill, though not more than just naming it ‘ranged weapons’.

[phaethon]

Glad they are staying in the same skill. I worked in a chemistry lab for years, and have had multiple conversations with chemistry professors about how often chemists tend to cook as a hobby. From a knowledge standpoint, they are totally different. From a “technician” stantpoint, as Gryph put it, they are extremely similar. Good lab practice naturally promotes good kitchen practice, so it makes sense for the skill to level both the food and the drug component.

I vote stick with cooking. I thought of compounding, recipes, and protocols, but I don’t like them as well.

[Miloch]

I’m no posting in this thread anymore. I’m tired and sick and working lots of extra days while tired and sick. Everything that comes out is me being an ass so I’m going to shut up now.