Monster Meat

Monster Meat is a Food item obtained by killing Monsters. Most monsters will drop Monster Meat at least 50% of the time, otherwise dropping their special resources (for example Spiders drop Monster Meat, Silk and Spider Gland). All versions of Monster Meat are purple in color and although edible, they are toxic and will reduce Health and Sanity when consumed. If left unused it will turn to Rot in about 7 days, and can then be used as fertilizer.

Cooking
The toxic effects can be reduced by cooking Monster Meat on a Campfire/Fire Pit or by drying it on a Drying Rack. Additionally, raw, cooked, or dried Monster Meat can be used as a meat/filler in Crock Pot recipes will no toxic effects. It should be noted however that using more than 1 piece of Monster Meat in a Crock Pot will result in Monster Lasagna, which retains some toxicity.

Usage
Like other Meats, Monster Meat can be fed to Birds imprisoned in Birdcages to produce Eggs (bypassing the toxicity). It can also be used as bait for certain meat-eating creatures such as Spiders, Hounds, and Pigs. When 4 pieces of Monster Meat are fed to a Pig, it will transform into a Werepig and become hostile. This can sometimes happen accidently when Pig Villages are close to Spider Dens; the Pigs will eat the Monster Meat from Spiders they kill.

Trivia

 * Upon eating it, there is a 1 in 500 chance for an easter egg to happen where Wilson will throw up.