Quote Originally Posted by Keltest View Post
I tend to lean in the direction of "if it isn't interesting for the party to run out of food, they don't have to worry about it."
More or less my take. See my reply above.

Of course, you do run into odd moments in these situations. "Wait. We haven't been tracking food this whole time. Why are we starting now? Has my guy been starving this whole time?" Most players are willing to handwave that sort of issue, but it can come up, and does represent a downside to the technique.