Instead of having half the number of provisioning ingredients (as the upcoming revamp seems to be after), how about using some of them for alchemy as well? I, for one, would love seeing more variety in the potions we can craft, and the much needed arrival of poisons will mean several new reagents have to be introduced. It would be nice to have a choice as to how we want to use a certain ingredient.
Maybe see some beverages as solvents?
What do you think?