{"id":144,"date":"2018-05-13T23:59:24","date_gmt":"2018-05-13T23:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/?page_id=144"},"modified":"2018-05-15T19:17:22","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T19:17:22","slug":"faqs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/faqs\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"

What the heck is a Fuss Factor?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Okay. This information may be a bit redundant, but I’m a scientist by training, and scientists always love more data. I\u2019ve basically tried to distill the amount of work and brainpower required for a recipe into a single number, which I dub the Fuss Factor<\/strong><\/em>. The Fuss Factor takes into account not only the time a recipe takes, but also the amount of food prep involved (washing, peeling, chopping), amount of dishes or counter space needed, number of steps, number of different components to a recipe (meatballs + sauce, for example), and just general brainpower required. For example, baked potatoes might get a fuss factor of 2: they will take about an hour to cook, which is annoying on a weeknight, but you can literally set them and forget them, so that’s not too bad. Anyway, hopefully, this number can help you quickly evaluate whether a recipe is a do or don\u2019t on a given day. And if you find it too fussy (!!!), feel free to ignore it!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a brief description of each Fuss Factor (FF), from least fussy (1) to most fussy (5):<\/p>\n

FF1<\/strong> \u2013 Easiest recipes on the website. Require about 5 ingredients or less, not a lot of food prep, with easy, straightforward directions, maybe 5 steps total. Usually take 30 minutes or less to make.<\/p>\n

FF2<\/strong> \u2013 A bit more involved than FF1, but still relatively straightforward. One or two elements may be harder than the FF1, such as a longer ingredient list, more food prep, or more steps. Usually take 30 \u2013 45 minutes total to make.<\/p>\n

FF3<\/strong> \u2013 Not too easy but not too hard either. The boring middle child in every way \u2013 moderate amount of ingredients, food prep, and cooking instructions. Usually take 45 minutes \u2013 an hour total to make.<\/p>\n

FF4<\/strong> \u2013 Wading into dangerous territory. May have a long ingredient list, a lot of food prep, or require a lot of steps that use a lot of dishes and counter space. Usually take an hour \u2013 an hour and a half total to make.<\/p>\n

FF5<\/strong> \u2013 Fussiest recipes, the ones you\u2019ll be yelling at me are NOT<\/em> weeknight dinners (what can I say, sometimes I feel inspired on a Tuesday!). Require the most ingredients, may have two or more different components, require a lot of food prep, and a lot of things to keep track of mentally. Usually take about an hour and a half \u2013 two hours total to make.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What the heck is a Fuss Factor? Okay. This information may be a bit redundant, but I’m a scientist by training, and scientists always love more data. I\u2019ve basically tried to distill the amount of work and brainpower required for a recipe into a single number, which I dub the Fuss Factor. The Fuss Factor … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169,"href":"https:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/144\/revisions\/169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trialbyfryer.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}