Like Ma Used to Make (L)

At 10 allowances a run, this leve's 2,496,310 EXP works out to 249,631 EXP per allowance, which places it 2nd of the 6 Lv 58 Culinarian tradecraft leves that record EXP. The best of them, Soup That Eats Like a Knight, returns 453,870 EXP for the same allowance, 82% more.

Across that rung the return runs from 35,360 EXP to 453,870 EXP per allowance — 6 distinct figures spanning 1184%, so the wrong pick leaves 418,510 EXP of the allowance unspent.

On whether to wait: the best Lv 60 Culinarian tradecraft leve returns 323,710 EXP per allowance, 29% less than the best on this rung, while the Lv 56 rung behind tops out at 409,190 EXP.

At Lv 58 this data holds 54 leves paying EXP across 2 categories: the 48 Tradecraft ones average 327,945 EXP per allowance, the 6 Fieldcraft ones 716,251 EXP, which puts this leve 24% below its own category's average.

Gil ranks it differently: 624 gil per allowance is 3rd of 6 on the same rung against 2nd on EXP, with the best there paying 1,248 gil.

Clam Chowder ×9 is a Lv 60 Culinarian recipe, a single step, costing 21 units of raw material and 33 crystals over 3 crafts.

Handing that in returns 118,872 EXP and 297 gil for every unit of raw material the order swallows.