I found out that if you put a steak in an item frame then put an iron weighted pressure plate over it, it likes the food is on the plate : r/Minecraft
Pressure Plate in Minecraft
Weighted Pressure Plate Light – Minecraft Information
Pressure Plate – Minecraft Wiki
Heavy weighted pressure plates all seem to act as light plates in the snapshot. Thats an arrow. Also applies to dropped items. : r/Minecraft
GitHub - HoldYourWaffle2/CrammingPressurePlate: Minecraft mod that adds a weighted pressure plate with a max weight of the current maxEntityCramming gamerule