I honestly don't understand the resistance. I like the food mechanic. It gives all that food a purpose, makes Goodberry more valuable, limits long rest, and you can actually have fun with it if you let yourself.
First night, party had fish from the beach with rum. Wanted to eat it up before it spoiled. Nothing worse than spoiled fish smell. đ
But seriously, put the food items in a pack, send it to camp, when you're ready to rest, take it out. Viola! No real hindrance. Maybe, at most, a slight annoyance.
If you just send the food to camp then this entire change was useless as you would just vacuum up every food item and have it in your extradimensional camp space. You should need to carry all food items with you at all times (in a better organized inventory) so that there is a real tradeoff in how much food you carry with you and how often you rest when you are in a dungeon.
