How to get and use cooked meat :

Step 1 : Spawn

Step 2 : gather basics ressources and craft tools

Step 3 : level up

Step 4 : get the artifacts and the tributes

Step 5 : kill every bosses on gamma,beta and alpha

Step 6 : create tek armor and weapons

Step 7 : kill a giga with bolas and primitive spear

Step 8 : get meat

Step 9 : build a campfire or a grill and cook the meat and voila ! You got cooked meat , you can now eat it !

Ps : I recommend eating the cooked meat before it runs away