Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25194954-20160208080530/@comment-24108228-20160208213717

I've never made a stew, partially because of the reasons you've mentioned, and partially because I only farm, fish, or cook when I don't have metal tools. I figure there's not enough time to do both playstyles properly, hence why I was keen on stone sickles and have never made a stew, or even a cauldron for that matter.

As of such, I haven't the foggiest idea of how they work, and when someone in an advanced tribe shows me a herbal/poisonous/food restoring stew, I consider it dark magik and take little interest. From what I've been shown, stews have the potential to be very good, but only if you're willing to put in far more effort than they're worth, and there's really no practical reason to make a stew when you could create a herbal remedy, pie, or some real poison, depending on what you're making your stew for.

Although I'm hardly an expert on the subject. Maybe someone will explain how stews work and correct me.