Man, if you think about it, American Beer is such a value consumable. If all food items were like that, I could totally see people playing Elder Tale like they do with Monster Hunter. Eat a shit ton of food that gives you stat bonuses, and then go out and solo a boss.

Oh yeah, I'm curious. Is the stats thing just there for fluff, in the end? Doesn't seem like there's any rulings at all about it, outside of not putting all your stats into S.