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human
[Video games] Why do I keep finding food in the unlikeliest places and why's it still edible?

See Shovel Knight or Castlevania where finding random turkeys in candles or *god damn walls* is common and no one seems to bat an eye.

Why would you hide food in the first place, and if you're gonna hide food, why scatter it around your place like that? And isn't that a bit unsanitary ?
gpt
This is generally the result of two facts:

1) The magic to preserve foods is fairly simple, though unknown to most hero/adventurer types. (Why bother learning it when you're finding food left and right?) Simply turn the food into an innocuous item like a candle or brick, and when 'broken' it reverts to its state from the moment it was enchanted. 

2)  These are dangerous places, but they were inhabited by people before being taken over by monsters.  Sometimes people get trapped in a now-monster-filled area, and have to hide what rations they have.  Sadly, they don't always make it back to retrieve this hidden bounty.  But good news for Mr. Belmont!