Talk:Wolfgang/@comment-31391435-20190807113624/@comment-26411013-20190807221507

This part basically means this: (Warning: Wall of text ahead)

At first glance, a Meaty Stew would seem like something a Wolfgang player would make frequently, but actually, may provide mixed results. Because Wolfgang's hunger drains faster the mightier he is, and none of his forms occupy a range of hunger wider than 150 points, no matter what, you'll never actually get those 150 points in full, because they won't last as long as they should with other characters, and the mightier Wolfgang is, the more hunger points will be - for lack of a better term - 'wasted'.

In addition, it spoils too quickly (6 days) to be a panic button to instantly turn Wolfgang mighty when needed (though it totally can, but only if it was very recently made). All of this adds up to making the 3 recipes mentioned above more efficient and better overall for Wolfgang's gameplay. They aren't as filling, which means if you're trying to last as long as possible, simply keep Wolfgang wimpy, and eat a dish whenever his hunger drops below 25 (37 in case of meatballs). This way you'll actually make use of all the time 150 hunger points would give you. In addition, Bacon and Eggs lasts a full 20 days, making it a good fit for the 'panic button' role. Dragonpie is cheap if you regularly use farms, lasts 15 days, and its eating animation is the same as vegetables and smaller fruits, making it quicker to consume while also still lasting quite a long time.

Meatballs is a little more complicated, it spoils relatively quickly as well (but still slower than Meaty Stew at 10 days), so it's not as effective for a 'panic button' role, but it's much cheaper than Meaty Stew, and if you do the math for the ingredients, making 3 meatballs gives significantly more hunger points than meaty stew while not costing that much more in ingredients. Plus, you can consume them one by one and keep Wolfgang wimpy to keep his hunger drain slow, unlike Meaty Stew which is only all or nothing, so it's guaranteed to at least advance him to the normal form and speed up hunger drain.

Hopefully this clears things up. You can probably see why all this was simplified in the article.