Perhaps you should work on getting a fridge? I just made a character and found two fridges in my starting system that I stole borrowed indefinitely from its inhabitants.
If you kill the little robot-type enemies with a bow you'll get static thingies instead of steak that's used to make mini fridges.
Do...fridges prolong expiry date indefinitely? I'm lost with storage containers that I'm unsure how spoilage even works. :I (eg Does it only spoil in the player's time, as in if it's in the inventory?)
So I just eat them and save all the chocolate for later, dedicating a whole section on my ship to cocoa farms.
I've noticed Rice stacks very well, lasts indefinitely, and by carrying a campfire as well, I can always eat Cooked Rice if I lack meat. Thankfully, beriberi is not a thing in the far-distant future.
Mmm, rice. Never spoils. Can be cooked. Just like cocoa and chocolate. :3 (Although campfires don't do well with it, so I bring my portable futuristic stove!
). Although checking the wiki...it seems the top tier cooking facility is pretty much the wooden cooking...workshop thing. So it has around 4 variants, with the best (space/area wise) being the Glitch one, as you can place things on it.