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A '''huge chunk of meat''' is a massive [[comestible]].
 
A '''huge chunk of meat''' is a massive [[comestible]].
  
== Generation ==
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==Generation==
 
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The huge chunk of meat can only be created by zapping a [[boulder]] with a spell of [[stone to flesh]].
It is obtained by zapping a [[boulder]] with a spell of [[stone to flesh]].
 
  
 
== Effects ==
 
== Effects ==
 
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When eaten, it provides 2000 nutrition, the highest of any comestible in the game.  
As an ordinary comestible, a huge chunk of meat can be safely eaten any number of turns after it is created. Contrast this with [[corpse]]s, which only last 50 turns before becoming unsuitable for eating. As such, a huge chunk of meat becomes valuable as a safe source of [[nutrition]].
 
 
 
A huge chunk of meat does not act like a boulder; it is a normal [[item]] that sits on the ground, and not an obstacle that you would push around.
 
  
 
== Strategy ==
 
== Strategy ==
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Eating a huge chunk of meat will likely make you [[oversatiated]] unless you were fainting beforehand; beware eating '''anything''' if you are oversatiated (which is not displayed in the [[status line]] prior to the [[3.6.0]] series), as you are very likely to choke over your food and die unless you are wearing an [[amulet of life saving]] or are [[breathless]]. Eating a huge chunk of meat will keep you satiated for a long while, which abuses [[dexterity]]; be prepared to exercise enough to potentially offset the stat abuse, or else have a unicorn horn to fix lowered stats.
  
As its name implies though, it is huge; its nutrition value, 2000, is the highest in the game. In fact, the value is so high that unless you are fainting, eating a huge chunk of meat will make you [[oversatiated]]. Beware eating '''anything''' after completely eating a huge chunk of meat - if you are oversatiated, which is not displayed in the status bar, you are very likely to choke over your food and die unless you are wearing either an [[amulet of life saving]] or [[amulet of magical breathing|magical breathing]] (or have the intrinsic from eating one).
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Healers in particular always start with a spellbook of stone to flesh, which allows them to easily make and live off huge chunks of meat as long as they are able to find boulders; at the least, it will last them long enough to find some permanent sources of food, and provides a "buffer" for nutrition drain from [[spell-casting]].
 
 
Also, its weight shows how huge it is. Even though it is safe to eat, it is probably not good to carry it around.
 
 
 
You can also break the boulder into [[rock]]s using a [[digging tool]] or a spell of [[force bolt]] or [[wand of striking]] first, yielding a few dozen [[meatball]]s.
 
  
 
==Encyclopedia entry==
 
==Encyclopedia entry==
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Revision as of 10:30, 30 March 2020

% Huge chunk of meat.png
Name huge chunk of meat
Base price 105 zm
Nutrition 2000
Turns to eat 20
Weight 400
Conduct meat

A huge chunk of meat is a massive comestible.

Generation

The huge chunk of meat can only be created by zapping a boulder with a spell of stone to flesh.

Effects

When eaten, it provides 2000 nutrition, the highest of any comestible in the game.

Strategy

Eating a huge chunk of meat will likely make you oversatiated unless you were fainting beforehand; beware eating anything if you are oversatiated (which is not displayed in the status line prior to the 3.6.0 series), as you are very likely to choke over your food and die unless you are wearing an amulet of life saving or are breathless. Eating a huge chunk of meat will keep you satiated for a long while, which abuses dexterity; be prepared to exercise enough to potentially offset the stat abuse, or else have a unicorn horn to fix lowered stats.

Healers in particular always start with a spellbook of stone to flesh, which allows them to easily make and live off huge chunks of meat as long as they are able to find boulders; at the least, it will last them long enough to find some permanent sources of food, and provides a "buffer" for nutrition drain from spell-casting.

Encyclopedia entry

Huge chunks of meat share the same encyclopedia entry as meatballs.

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some would eat that want it;
But we hae meat, and we can eat,
Sae let the Lord be thankit.

[ Grace Before Meat, by Robert Burns ]