Pawn food selection logic

[trace.pointer]

I have pawns who are choosing to eat raw berries over pemmican.
What's the logic behind this?

Also i like how you can define what kind of care a prisoner gets, but you should also be able to define what kind of meals they get.

[GarettZriwin]

Berries taste better, they give them gluttonous joy.

[Miridor]

I have pawns who are main cooks (priority-1) who eat raw rice, in the kitchen, while the stoves are unused. How's that for AI logic?

[Calahan]

I have pawns who are choosing to eat raw berries over pemmican.
What's the logic behind this?

There is a bug in A16 (that should be fixed for A17), and maybe also in earlier version, relating to this (and pemmican generally):
https://ludeon.com/mantis/view.php?id=2892

And here's Zhentar's (better than I could provide) explanation concerning this bug.

Pawns do have a (small, 16 tile) preference for simple meals over raw food like berries on top of the mood effects, so that pawns will tend to prefer the much more ingredient efficient option when it's available. Pemmican does not have this preference, which I suspect is simply an oversight.

If you notice this issue persisting in A17 (whenever that may be released), then please report it in the bugs thread. Thank you.