My first Palworld experience got me fighting a horse 

You put your food in the cooler box, but you don't have a frost pal cooling it... So that is the same as having it in a chest or your inventory... At least if it is in your inventory, you can sort it every 5 minutes to keep things fresh.

Your icon reminds me of "Mr. Hankey"

You had a vanwrm in your party... why on earth didn't you fly to Frostallion?