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Wow, I actually tend to forget that drying racks are a thing in the game.....

 

Meaty stew is nice when you can get it, or if you're low on hunger and health. But meatballs tend to win out over it because they're a bit cheaper to make and still fill a considerable amount of hunger.

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I turn all meats to Jerky first, then usually do stew to get rid of monster meat, but I like Jerky better overall cuz in caves it last longer and helps a little with sanity so longer stays are more manageable for me (previous cases I didn't find fields of green mushrooms like my newest cave)

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Meatballs are an early game thing, requiring a very small amount of meat and filling a substantial amount of hunger. That's just it though, it only helps you out with hunger. By the time you have reliable sources of food, it's outclassed by so many other things that are available to you.

 

There's is one food, however, that reigns supreme. A food you have not listed, that every intrepid survivor would be wise to know of. Yes, that's right. You know exactly what I'm talking about.

 

 

Seriously though, Bacon & Eggs is top tier.

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I never make meaty stew because it's less efficient and often is wasted on small stomachs.  Maybe if I were on Wolfgang, I would consider it for a quick powerup.  But I don't rely on large meats regularly. 

 

Meatballs are great for quick food; jerky is good to make if you have a surplus of meat and time. 

 

Meatballs: I usually only make them in the early game or if I have a pile of berries and monster meat I'm trying to get rid of.  As was mentioned above, having eggs or honey lets you make more interesting things (pierogis, bacon and eggs, honey nuggets, and honey ham) that are either more healing or more filling. 

 

Jerky: I love using drying racks.  If I happen across a large meat, I rack it immediately.  I also will pick up 15-20 frog legs in a day from a good cluster of ponds and build a few extra racks to dry them out.  Unless I'm starving or low on health, meats always go to dry first, then to the crock pot.

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I used to be a big jerky fan when winter was actually a threat, but now that jerky is ruined by rain and time on the rack, I usually just make meatballs and honey hams, especially when playing as Wigfrid. The hunger points of Meaty Stew is wasted on Wigfrid and I'd rather eat the bird if it is a bother to feed. Monster meat with Wigfrid is nothing anyway and a bit can be in recipes.

 

Although, on any other character, meatballs and honey hams continue to be the main meals, with a bit of bacon n' egg on the side when monster meat is too much to handle...pretty basic. Meaty stew and jerky just seem a tad bit out there.

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Is this really a discussion?

Meaty stew is the best for hunger, no doubt about it. Feeds well into koalephants and hound attacks, which should be your early game.

Jerky is fine for sanity when flowers and clothes can't be accessed, the health and low spoil is a nice perk too. It's like a worse version of honey.

Meatballs are only useful when it's one monster meat and three fillers, so when honey/stew isn't available. Light's Out being the perfect application.
 

Thread's over, you can all go home now.

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Is this really a discussion?

Meaty stew is the best for hunger, no doubt about it. Feeds well into koalephants and hound attacks, which should be your early game.

Jerky is fine for sanity when flowers and clothes can't be accessed, the health and low spoil is a nice perk too. It's like a worse version of honey.

Meatballs are only useful when it's one monster meat and three fillers, so when honey/stew isn't available. Light's Out being the perfect application.

 

Thread's over, you can all go home now.

 

Jerky heals and feeds several times more than honey.

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Jerky heals and feeds several times more than honey.

Jerky is just meat with time, cooked meat has the same hunger value, just lacks 17 health and 15 sanity. Honey is self-replenishing, has 12.5 more hunger value per structure (four honey), double the spoil time, stacks twice as high and can be cooked into a number of foods with meat that are vastly superior to jerky.

Love :^)

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Jerky is just meat with time, cooked meat has the same hunger value, just lacks 17 health and 15 sanity. Honey is self-replenishing, has 12.5 more hunger value per structure (four honey), double the spoil time, stacks twice as high and can be cooked into a number of foods with meat that are vastly superior to jerky.

Love :^)

 

In two days you can have a 20 stack of jerky, while it takes like 5 to get 6 honey.

A single one will fill 25 hunger, 20 health and 15 sanity while the 6 honey won't get to this.

 

#teamjerky

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In two days you can have a 20 stack of jerky, while it takes like 5 to get 6 honey.

A single one will fill 25 hunger, 20 health and 15 sanity while the 6 honey won't get to this.

 

#teamjerky

You're comparing twenty drying racks to one beebox (I think? Where're your numbers from, anyway?), not to mention already having the meat before drying and the time it takes to obtain it, as well as hang to dry and harvest the jerky.

#teamrunonsentances

#teamcan'tspellsentences

#teamapostrophesinhashtags

#TEAMHONEY

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In two days you can have a 20 stack of jerky, while it takes like 5 to get 6 honey.

A single one will fill 25 hunger, 20 health and 15 sanity while the 6 honey won't get to this.

 

#teamjerking

put flowers near your bee boxes. Each of mine produces like 12-16 honey a day, and I have 11. Which 12x11=enough. Plus you have to kill something for jerky. Put honey in a crock pot, make taffy, get sanity. Eat honey, you get 3 health. Carry honey, befriend rabbits.

 

#teamhoney

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put flowers near your bee boxes. Each of mine produces like 12-16 honey a day, and I have 11. Which 12x11=enough. Plus you have to kill something for jerky. Put honey in a crock pot, make taffy, get sanity. Eat honey, you get 3 health. Carry honey, befriend rabbits.

 

#teamhoney

Eh, i'm neutral. On one hand, jerky is very useful, On the other, Honey can be used to make pretty cool stuff. But i prefer jerky for one reason: Bee boxes attack you in spring. (The bees FROM the boxes i mean) So you can't exactly build it in your base, and if i build it far from mine i usually forget the boxes even exist until i accidently find it.

 

You also can't eat honey as Wigfrid.(Debatable, due to crock pot recipes being able to use honey)

 

A lot of this i'm saying is invalid for non-RoG owners due to spring not existing.

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Eh, i'm neutral. On one hand, jerky is very useful, On the other, Honey can be used to make pretty cool stuff. But i prefer jerky for one reason: Bee boxes attack you in spring. (The bees FROM the boxes i mean) So you can't exactly build it in your base, and if i build it far from mine i usually forget the boxes even exist until i accidently find it.

 

You also can't eat honey as Wigfrid.(Debatable, due to crock pot recipes being able to use honey)

 

A lot of this i'm saying is invalid for non-RoG owners due to spring not existing.

I use both. But WX is hard to beat, and he can eat honey. Also, just build it a small distance away. I usually build mine about a screen away, zoomed out fully.

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I use both. But WX is hard to beat, and he can eat honey. Also, just build it a small distance away. I usually build mine about a screen away, zoomed out fully.

The only annoying part is that my tree population on my most recent game is slowly dying because the catcoons are actually eating all the saplings when i plant pinecones.

For me the annoying part is getting the honeycomb, since you have to find a bee hive to get honeycombs and i dont see those often. I usually just find like 3 beehives next to each other in a small area and a few flowers (sometimes a evil flower) and that's it.

 

But i'll try it if i can find a beehive.

 

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The only annoying part is that my tree population on my most recent game is slowly dying because the catcoons are actually eating all the saplings when i plant pinecones.

For me the annoying part is getting the honeycomb, since you have to find a bee hive to get honeycombs and i dont see those often. I usually just find like 3 beehives next to each other in a small area and a few flowers (sometimes a evil flower) and that's it.

 

But i'll try it if i can find a beehive.

I haven't ever found less that 10 on a fully explored world. Then again that is only a few worlds, but still, they are common and I usually find lots.

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Jerky is my favorite.  A few racks give larger quantities of meat a longer shelf life as well as improving their stat refill amounts.  Meaty Stew is not efficient for most characters, but still good to make if you use some spoiling meat and when your character is starving.  There is a million and one ways to make meatballs.  Meatballs are solid yet not special.  

And for honey, I primarily use them for poultice.  Eating it straight is the last thing I would do given most scenarios.

 
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I choose Jerky, mainly because I play wickerbottom and I really like the sanity gain. Also with the new insulation pack, carrying jerky is godlike now. I usually  carry two honey ham pieces and about 7 jerky when I go to the ruins and such. Provides me with enough food for a couple of days. When I come back a new stack of jerky is waiting :3

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