The cheapest and relatively fastest way to get your cooking up to 150 is to get fishing as well.

from 1-50 farm boar meat around Orgrimmar 50-60 should take you to 50 cooking. From there pick up fishing (be sure to buy the Longjaw Mudsnapper and Bristlewhisker Catfish recipes and about 4 baubles). Either get it to about 20-30 in Og or just godirectlty to Crossroads and fish in Lushwater Oasis. I recommend the little strip of land between the two pools for safe fishing, or the brave/strong can venture into Wailing Caverns and fish from the rock in the middle of the pool before the instance portal (also a safe spot once you can reach it). And just fish till you have 75 fishing (an Intelect buff of any kind helps this along faster). Once fishing hits 75 go learn the next level and return to Lushwater/WC to fish until 150. Keep all the Longjaw Mudsnappers and Bristlewhisker Catfish for later. You should alternately catch Brilliant Smallfish, Longjaws, Bristle Whiskers and Deviate Fish. The Deviates sell extremly well in AH (2-5G per 20 stack on my server). You can pick up the Savory Deviate Suprise recipe above WC (Cooked deviates also sell well in AH). The rest become cooking fodder. Cook Smallfish until you are 75. Though you might have to suppliment with farming Strider meat, which is ok Strider Stew gives a decent low level buff.

Once cooking is up to 75 cook all the Longjaws you’ve caught until you’re either maxed at 150 or the skill is grey. At which point cook Bristlewhiskers to finish cooking 150. After that you will have both fishing and cooking maxed till you can get the appropriate training books for both skills. The whole process took me about an hour to max both skills to 150 and make about 15 gold selling deviate fish.

Edited, Thu Dec 15 00:52:46 2005