Strange meat

Strange meat is a consumable item in Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.

Characteristics
Widely suspected to be human flesh, no one knows what it is, other than it looks and tastes strange. The presence of the item is often used in the game to indicate that those possessing it are cannibals.

It can restore some of your hit points, but also gives you a small amount of radiation.

You do not lose karma for eating it, even though it is likely human flesh.

Fallout 3

 * Andale
 * The Smith's House and basement.
 * The Wilson's House
 * Garden Shed
 * Chryslus Building Lower Offices
 * County Sewer Mainline
 * Random hunters.
 * O-Dog in The Pitt.
 * Trapper's Shack basement in Point Lookout (this is the only place where strange meat can be found outside the Capital Wasteland)

Fallout: New Vegas

 * Strange meat can be found in Andy Scabb's room in The Gray, inside of North Vegas Square.
 * You can also find 10 inside of the refrigerator in the Gun Runners building.
 * 10 pieces can be found in Helios One in the solar collection tower, in the fridge directly to the left of the elevator leading to the observation level.
 * There are several pieces in the basement of the Ultra-Luxe.
 * You can find strange meat at Mick & Ralph's in the fridges.
 * Some can be found on top if the pipelines near the Securitron de-construction plant.
 * A few pieces can be found on a campfire at the High Road entrance.

Fallout 3

 * You receive good karma for killing hunters who sell strange meat.
 * Hunters will attack wastelanders and if the player loots their slain corpse, the player is considered stealing and the hunters will remark by exclaiming "Hey!". Meat may be found in the corpse. When attacking you, a hunter says "I wanted to eat you from the beginning, but Jim said noooo."
 * If the player asks to buy food from the "hunters" and then closes the trade box they will gain the dialogue option to inquire "What kind of meat is that you're selling?" to which the hunter will respond "Ha ha ha, the very best kind. Here, try some, you've never tasted sweeter I'll warrant" and give the player a free piece of strange meat whether or not the player has previously bought any or all of the meat off the hunter.

Fallout: New Vegas

 * Old Ben in Freeside warns that eating strange meat causes debilitating shakes in normal, non-cannibal humans, and serves as a warning sign that they have consumed human flesh, which is very similar to the real world disease known as Kuru. Despite sounding like it gives a negative Strength bonus, this is purely for story purposes, and has no gameplay effect.

Related quests

 * Fungus Deal (Fallout 3)