Pork Pie

Alone, it barely matters. Like every pie it tops up hunger, health and hydration, but the reason to cook it is the last line of the game text: for a short time, healing from other sources works faster. No other source, nothing to speed up. So the pie belongs next to something that heals you over time.

A Large Medkit is the obvious partner, since its own description says it heals you to full over time. Healing teas work the same way. With a creamy pure healing tea, eat the pie first and drink right after, so both run in the same short window.

Picture a defence on your compound wall. You take a bad hit, drop back behind a door and have a few seconds while your teammate holds the gap. Bite the pie, start the medkit, and the bar climbs back faster than it would alone. Eat it once the medkit has finished and all you had was a snack.

Any boar you kill brings the pork for it, and the Cooking Workbench turns that into pies. The rich pork pie adds cream, and its text says it greatly improves the healing rate.