add more ways to preserve meat

[goose7181]

in real life a common way to keep meat for a lot longer was to dry it and make it into jerky, so i feel like it would be a cool idea to add that into the game for the winter or long journeys where you dont want to go foraging a lot.

[Alonso7]

You can already salt cure it (Food preservation - Vintage Story Wiki). I know jerky is not made using sal but smoke, but close enough XD

[goose7181]

"Salt was not always a component of traditional Native American preparation of jerky meat. Salt is now the most common ingredient added to jerky to enhance flavor, and more importantly, it plays a crucial role in the preservation process. Salt helps to pull moisture from the meat, aiding in the drying process." university of north dakota.

 

[Zane Mordien]

Another less efficient method would be nice. Salt is hard to find so it makes sense that it would be the "game" best option, but smoking could be a vanilla option that doesn't last as long or maybe loose some satiation. Maybe lock it behind bronze working to add more difficulty. 

[LadyWYT]

27 minutes ago, Zane Mordien said:

but smoking could be a vanilla option that doesn't last as long or maybe loose some satiation. Maybe lock it behind bronze working to add more difficulty. 

This is basically how Primitive Survival handles it, save for locking it behind bronze(it's locked behind copper since you do need planks). Smoking meat reduces satiety points a bit, but increases the shelf life to be roughly on par with sealed crocks of stew, with the added benefit of still being able to cook the smoked meat into meals. The vanilla salted meat lasts much, much longer, however, last I checked it can't be cooked into meals for whatever reason.

[Zane Mordien]

5 hours ago, LadyWYT said:

This is basically how Primitive Survival handles it, save for locking it behind bronze(it's locked behind copper since you do need planks). Smoking meat reduces satiety points a bit, but increases the shelf life to be roughly on par with sealed crocks of stew, with the added benefit of still being able to cook the smoked meat into meals. The vanilla salted meat lasts much, much longer, however, last I checked it can't be cooked into meals for whatever reason.

Unless they changed it, the salted meat works in meals.