Things that are lovely but really not worth doing.

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I got a big bag of cheap limes. Just spent 2 hours making lime curd. I’m sticky, there’s sticky washing up and I’ve got a jar and a bit. It’s delicious but no better than prestige shop bought.
What else?

Puff pastry!

Home made sloe gin, elderflower cordial. Home made bread/pizza dough, until (I presume) you know what you’re doing!

All chutneys.

Assume fermented foods too, never tried!

That's how I felt after boiling a chicken carcass to make my own stock. It was bloody delicious but no, never again.

Nearly all cooking

Lemon curd and candied peel - worth it. Elderflower cordial - nicer than shop-bought but too much faff. Marmalade - depends on my mood.

Ooh, no, I disagree, I love making curd and was surprised how easy it is. Just loads of stirring. If you can get bergamot lemons it's amazing.

I can't be arsed cooking steak. The smell clings to everything, and it's never as good as even a fairly rubbish restaurant version.

Not cooking related, but I'm not sure I'd bother trying to grow artichokes or cauliflowers or anything that bugs get into, again.

Oh yes, gardening! So much effort and uncertainty, at the mercy of nature.

Disagree about steak, DH buys/cooks good steak, though trimmings much better in restaurants.

All domestic tasks that ca possibly be outsourced except embroidery which is very calming.

Ironing a fitted bottom sheet. A faff and you can’t see it when it’s on the bed anyway, plusthe stretching takes out most of the wrinkles anyway!

Ironing, full stop.

Pointless activity.

Any form of baking.

Any form of cooking actually.
I've always vowed, when money's no less of an object, I'll eat only at restaurants. 😂

Also, home espresso machines. As a Kiwi, coffee's a big deal for me but the fuck I'm ever cleaning one of those again.

Home made loaves of bread. Bread rolls are worth it but loaves are bread are so much faff and are gone in 5 minutes.

Jam.

Most home baking.

Any professional facial.

Christmas dinner, all those weeks of preparation, red cabbage simmered for hours, hand rolled pigs in blankets, sprouts cooked nine ways, all eaten in a flash.

Just buy it ready prepped from a supermarket, no one will know or care.

I never iron bedding. But homemade pizza can be amazing, once you get the hang of it.

Christmas, the whole shebang.

Crumpets. Never again.

Peeling potatoes before making mash.

Oh I agree with Christmas. I find it so stressful. Sorry, all you Christmas lovers but my family are just difficult

Gnocchi. Never again.

Ps. I loved it growing up. It was magical but I can't seem to make magic

Making clothes. Took mil dd and I 6 hours to make a dress for dd as a fun activity. It was not fun could have bought a nicer one for a tenner from m and s.

Some homemade things are worth it - sponge cake and scones are best home made. Tarts and flans definitely better bought

Homemade croissants. Taste no different to shop bought and take over a day of faffing about to make

PicsInRed If came into a lot of money the first thing I’d do is hire a chef to cook for the family. Like Michelle Obama did!

A lot of foods baked or cooked from scratch. Maybe it's because I have mild ME/CFS and am very aware/anxious of energy levels, but a lot of the time, the better taste of home baking or cooking from scratch does not make up for the extra effort involved in preparation and tidying up afterwards. A few weeks ago, DS (17) decided to make pizza dough and pizza from scratch while I was out on a long walk.😬 Delicious as it was, I still feel exhausted whenever I think of all the tidying up!