I really want to make some of the more fancy recipes but I can't find milk anywhere. I've finished the entirety of the campaign that's available and I'm doing hunting tasks and the other things but I haven't seen milk anywhere. Is it only available through the mole shop?

Hi! Milk is one of those annoying ingredients that don’t have easy ways to earn but are used in a lot of recipes similarly to salt and pepper. The most convenient way to get it is in the weekly rotation shop, but Cooking Camp has recently passed and I am unsure if other weeks (namely Abundant Activities) has it, so over a month of wait is pretty unreasonable for you I’m sure. Otherwise getting lucky in the Mole Market is the best year-round method. I’m unsure if the cooking level in Explore gives milk or if familiars do as I find both methods incredibly unrewarding in terms of quantity of any cooking ingredients. Flea Market for essential uncommon ingredients is absurdly expensive in my experience, I do not recommend using it if you have the choice; it’s much better for getting bulk farmable ingredients. Like checking milk prices right now, there is three units selling 1x milk at 10k each. That is incredibly common.