Hmm.. but wouldn't it make sense for the cooking skill to maximize the amount of food you get out of each item? The good thing about having leftover scraps is that you can still turn them in to meals that give other benefits. So while a "scrap dish" might barely reduce your hunger, it can still increase your mood and weight dramatically, provided you have enough "spices".
tbh in all the cooking I've done (I've hit level 10 cooking at least a couple times) I've never taken notice to this reduction in used material. It makes sense to me though. I usually just eat the scraps while I'm cooking the finished dish though!
Version 42.7.0
Mode: single player
Server settings: normal single player
Mods: none
Save: old save
Reproduction: character won't autodrink from containers in inventory and won't drink from sinks etc. Does not become thirsty. Character does become hungry but doesn't lose or gain weight no matter what is eaten. Apocalypse mode, no mods. Save continued from early version of b42.
I enter a game, everything is normal, but when I try to equip a weapon it doesn't let me and starts to see it or sometimes when I push a zombie it gets stuck and still. please help me