Food that’s not worth the effort

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Crab…picked yourself
Unfilleted fish
globe artichoke all that finiking for some little bites

Duck, absolutely love it but when I buy a whole one there's hardly anything on the plate, I order a qtr from the Chinese and I can nearly feed the family with it.

I'm interested in how someone makes their own spaghetti hoops, I'm thinking that's an all day job.

Life's too short to bread chicken. All that gunk under your nails, flour everyone. No thanks. Supermarkets to a fine job of it.

Lasagne is totally worth it, I have never had a bought one that was as good as mine.
I made crumpets once, really not worth it.

Puff pastry.

Risotto

Soufflé, a faff to make and probably the worst way to serve an egg. Once a decade I make one and remember why I don't generally do it.

Pomegranate

If you break it apart in a bowl of water, the seeds sink and pith floats- but you still need to pick off every, single, bit of pith anyway!

Sunday roast. I just can't be arsed. I like to go out for a nice carvery but it's not worth making myself.

Pomegranates.

Making cinnamon buns from scratch. All that kneading, rising, proving. I've made them into a New Year's Eve tradition so I only have to endure it once a year.

I was just away to say crab. I saw James Martin on TV yesterday faffing about with a crab I just couldn't be arsed.

Definitely puff pastry.

And hot cross buns. So much effort, such a disappointment.

I've stopped making it at home .all the cooking then layering and then the dishes URGH!

Mayonnaise. But it is worth making hollandaise.
Fresh pasta.

Where can you buy a decent fish pie from please?
All the ones I’ve had are too runny and not enough fish.

Homemade linguine pasta and risotto.

Oh god yes, risotto. I love it, but the stirring. I have looked at buying one of those pans with a stirring arm.
Fresh pasta, sourdough bread. My husband bought me a sourdough course... so much faff.

I haven't used my pasta maker gadget since attempting homemade linguine

Pomegranate (sooo much effort when you can get pots of the seeds!)
Pastry from scratch (vs ready rolled or - at a push- those bags of pastry mix that just need water added)
Fresh whole pineapple (vs fresh already sliced)
White sauce, peppercorn sauce etc (I wouldn't use the powder sachet mixes but will get the fresh pots from the freezer section)

Oh yeah and pasta and bread! I used to make my own sourdough and had a pasta maker thingy but you can buy such nice ready made stuff now I just don't see the point!

With you on crab, and also lobster, though I love them dressed. Any food you have to work at really when you have paid for it to be cooked for you. I can't be arsed with shelling prawns either.

Years ago I went to this restaurant (Mongolian BBQ possibly) where you had to queue up and choose all the ingredients then had to stir fry the bloody food yourself. What a scam - it cost the same or more than other restaurants with table service. I was just glad they didn't ask us to wash up.

Moussaka .. I seemed to use every pan I had, it took forever and there was a phenomenal amount of washing up..

and.at the end of it I reckoned I'd have been better off woth a ready meal.

One of my secret superhero skills is shelling a crab. I can get every single bit out in a very quick time. I grew up in the uk but on a diet of seafood.

Lasagne is easy too as long as the bolognese bit is done in a slow cooker.

Kippers are too faffy though

Home made spaghetti hoops

Oh we nearly went into a (maybe ) Korean bbq place in London until we realised it was a make your own. No thanks.

With you on preparing your own artichokes as well. Did it once, never again. I do love the flavour of them though - if someone else is doing the preparation.

Jerusalem artichokes on the other hand are the most pointless foods full stop. They don't taste that nice/of that much and give me terrible wind.