* Meals decay very fast in inventories. You're better off storing them in a barrel.
* They do take damage in your inventory even if you are logged off.
* A common myth is that water, salt, or water plus salt will decrease the decay rate of meals in a barrel, but this has been proven to be false.
* [[Salt]] cooked into meals halves the damage of a decay tick on the meal. Experimentation on identical meals (one with salt, one without) stored in a bucket inside a building (no water in the bucket) has resulted in the following results:
10.0 QL meal with salt
Day 0 = 0.0 damage
Day 1 = 0.0 damage
Day 3 = 60.0 damage
10.0 QL meal without salt
Day 0 = 0.0 damage
Day 1 = 0.0 damage
Day 3 = 0.0 damage
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