# Flesh
Flesh is a material. It refers to the real-life equivalent of "meat"—i.e. the muscle, fat, entrails, and skin of an animal.
Most corpses are made of flesh, as well as the following items:

tripe ration
egg
meatball
meat stick
huge chunk of meat
meat ring
Monsters "made" of meat are often described as fleshy; this property determines, among other things, whether or not a statue of that monster will be brought to life.
All flesh items are unsuitable for vegan characters to eat, and all except eggs are unsuitable for vegetarians as well.
If a player polypiles enough flesh items on a single square, they have a chance of creating a flesh golem.

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