It's just a more roleplay like way of playing imo. You pack for a voyage ready for adventure, you start out healthy full to the brim with good foods, as you explore supplies dwindle, you have to take advantage of the local ingrediants and make do, then when you return with the plundered goods while running on berries and grilled meat it feels that much more of an acheivement, home chores become your new adventure, in the meantime you feast filling your bellies until your ready for another voyage