She wanted to teach them not only how to make proper use of fire but also to encourage them to eat cooked food.
Porridge was just the first step; once this Cold Season was over, she planned to gradually introduce them to the appeal of other delicacies.
If you think that the Cold Season passed in peace, with eating and drinking, then you would be very much mistaken, because the Cold Season in the Beast World is far more terrifying than you can imagine.
Ever since the start of the Cold Season, it snowed almost every day. Even if it didn't snow during the day, it would surely fall at night. Therefore, everywhere you looked was blanketed in white, and under such dreary weather conditions, she, no matter how much she craved for something, did not want to go out.
But if the Beastmen didn't go out, what about the wild animals? Let's not talk about those hibernating. Carnivorous beasts like hyenas, when starved, could do anything.
