Poor Meat Never Makes Good Soup

 

Poor Meat Never Makes Good Soup^[1] is an unmarked quest in Fallout: New Vegas.

Quick walkthroughEdit

Detailed walkthroughEdit

1. Talk to Cpl. William Farber about his meat supply, receiving a meat vendor list.
2. Ask Blake at the Crimson Caravan Company, Ruby Nash in Primm or Fitz at the Grub n' Gulp rest stop about the possibility of meat supply contracts with Camp McCarran. Only one must be asked about the deal, the others can be skipped. Blake seems to be the primary choice, as he has a Speech check (70) allowing a reduced price on the meat for the NCR and a Barter check (50) to convince Blake to trade one piece of meat for two vegetables or bottles of water.
3. Ask Farber about the broken food processor and he will give you a list of parts to fix it. (With a Repair skill of 80, you can fix the machine without needing any parts.)
4. You must now enter Vault 22 to acquire the food additive (if the player hasn't already), and speak to Keely about her findings to open the related dialog with Farber. For detailed guides on the vault see its article or the related quests in the vault (There Stands the Grass, Still in the Dark, Bleed Me Dry and I Could Make You Care).
5. Return to Farber.

BugsEdit

• PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 You are unable to talk to either Ruby Nash or Fitz about the food supplies. ^[verified]
• PC Playstation 3 Xbox 360 Even if Farber says he will take the food additive and begins testing it immediately, it remains in the player's inventory. ^[verified]
• PC Fixing the food processor (for Not Worth a Hill of Corn and Beans) before you speak with him will cause the dialogue to trade the food additive to him not to appear. ^[verified]
• PC Xbox 360 Players may not earn any NCR fame after completing the quest ^[verified].

ReferencesEdit

v·d·e Camp McCarran Locations Camp McCarran terminal building · Camp McCarran concourse · Camp McCarran supply shack Characters 10 of Spades · Angela Williams · Carrie Boyd · Private Christina Morales  · Corporal Betsy · Corporal Sterling · Daniel Contreras · Davey Crenshaw · Dr. Kemp · James Hsu · Lieutenant Gorobets · Little Buster · Major Dhatri · Ronald Curtis · Sergeant Bitter-Root · Silus · Thomas Hildern · Walter Hornsby · William Farber · Drill sergeant NCR recruit Ranger Gomez Quests Side I Don't Hurt Anymore · The White Wash · Three-Card Bounty · I Put a Spell on You · Classic Inspiration · There Stands the Grass · Bounty Killer · I Could Make You Care Unmarked A Final Plan for Esteban · Dealing with Contreras · Gland for Some Home Cooking · Not Worth a Hill of Corn and Beans · Poor Meat Never Makes Good Soup · Silus Treatment