And probably beer, as I pointed out on a similar thread, since women were mixing grain with stuff and trying to get bread to rise. “Wow, Ra-Ho-Tep! Your wife’s barley gruel makes me feel a little ... funny!”
Because the veggies are cooked and softened you can eat them quickly and gain a lot more nutrition then if you ate them raw. So you will have more hours tomorrow to go hunting and more energy to do it.
So I guess you could say we invented time management too.