
Minecraft isn't all that realistic, so maybe there could be some kind of magic that preserves food.

Maybe an ice box would work better, but you'd constantly have to harvest ice. I don't exactly know how these would work though since I can't think of ways of how you'd keep the fridge cool. To make foods last even longer, there should be refrigerators. Salt could be a solution for a couple of foods like meat and potatoes. The first idea to come to mind to most people is salt, but you can't just put salt on foods like bread or apples. There should obviously be away to preserve food if it's going to rot. Neither should foods like apples, melons or carrots. Milk, soups, and eggs shouldn't last all that long. Cooked food on the other hand should rot in 10-12 days. Raw food would rot very fast with it rotting in just a day or two. All of them would obviously poison you, but some should do it for longer and have more negative effects like nausea, weakness, slowness, mining fatigue, and etc. The severity of food poisoning should vary upon rotten food.


Like balanced diet poisoning, this shouldn't just be hunger for a few seconds. When food rots, it should have a very high chance of poisoning you. I know that it is to make the game easier, but food rot really should be added. Potatoes and every single other food in Minecraft can last forever.
