Cooked Food?

[MythTrip]

REally should be a manual, have to search for every little thing.

Dont get cooked food, cause its used at same rate as raw, so doesnt extend expedition time. But when you cook, theres and icon under the food that increases hugely, looks like 3 stacked bricks. (There are two icons on food tooltip, 3 bricks and weight).. What is significance of 3 bricks?

Surprised there is no manual/guide at all for this, not that easy to figure out.

[mk11]

It is lighter, you get more cooked food for the same amount of raw ingredients (8 in, 12 out), and it helps get more variety for better morale. 10 food types is enough for highest morale benefits but having more than that allows you to raise morale faster after new characters join or after a mental combat.

The tutorial should have explained this and can be consulted at any time.

[DNLH]

3 bricks witth a shiny are supposed to be gold bars and it's the value of the item in a barter.

[rjmann8]

Cooked food:

-Cooked food is lighter per item than uncooked, in fact the entire stack (you get 12 from about 8 ingredients) will be lighter than those 8 ingredients.
-Cooked food has a higher value for trade than normal food, when value applies.
-Cooked foods count as a new food type for the morale improvement system, including when a particular food is cooked with different ingredients (so pickles from veggie/veggie is different than from veggie/wheat).
-Because you both get more food from the cooking than the ingredients used, and because it is lighter, it is extremely beneficial to expeditions to carry cooked foods. This aside from the morale system.
-Due to the increased value and lighter weight, a village that produces cooked foods can be an incredible source of trade resources.

Any questions on cooked food left?