Meat

Meat is a food item, that was added in update v0.11 to The Forest.

Gameplay
Meat is one of the products of killing deer, crocodiles, tortoises, turtles, boar or raccoons. It was previously known as Generic Meat though its name was changed in v1.0. The meat can be placed on a drying rack, cooked over a fire, or added to a stew. Inventory can hold a maximum of 4. Every animal that supplies meat contains a specific amount plus other items:

When cooking meat on a fire, it can become burnt. This dramatically lowers the benefits of the meat to about 10% of what it would be originally.

Using a drying rack is often the best option for meat as it prevents it from becoming spoiled. meat and all meats take 8 minutes and 20 seconds to dry on the drying rack. Mutants can steal meat and other meats off the drying rack, they can also destroy the rack which will cause all the meat to disappear.

Storage
Meat can be stored and dried on drying racks:

Known Bugs

 * Meat that is placed on a Drying Rack will appear on top, and then disappear shortly after.
 * Meat that is placed on a Drying Rack can also appear under the rack and will be edible seconds after.
 * In Multiplayer mode, Meat, Fish, Rabbit Meat, and Lizard Meat that has spoiled can be dropped and picked up by another player to reset its spoil timer, allowing the meat to be cooked or dried once again.