Birch Rods:
1 Nugget - 1 craft
2 star sapphire - 2 crafts
1 leather - 1 craft
2 birch lumber - 2 crafts
1 growth formula theta - 1 craft
Total Crafts: 7
To be equivalent to morel salad in terms of crafting time (45 crafts total), they would need to yield about 75 red scripts per.
Not to mention this carpenter recipe requires you to be a master miner, master botanist, master gold smith, master leatherworker, and master alchemist. WHILE CUL ONLY NEEDS CUL AND BOT.
And you're not "capping on the cheap" if you're buying everything on the damn mb.
It's simple math. The fact that you're failing at it shows how little your arguments actually mean.
Culinarian requires the least amount of effort to gather scripts of all classes.
They require the least amount of material investment (35 items (rod) vs 11 (salad) )
They require the least amount of crafting time (45 crafts vs 90 for weaver hat)
They require the least amount of leveling/gil investment (only need botany and Cul 60 vs multiple 60 classes)
It's math. You're failing at math.
