No, thank you.
I don't want to deal even more with tedious inventory management and I absolutely don't want to look at my consumables all time long to see if I should use them or if I can keep them a bit more.
Definitely a strong -1
Solution for long rest is to make supply bags required while food would only become decorative items or eventually crafting materials...
It's really not a hard restriction. You can find a lot of supply bags, you have some right at the beginning, you can buy some,...
This
I've played EA many times and have never bothered to collect food even once. There is enough item management with potions/scrolls/weapons/loot as it is.
