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

Moussaka.
M and S one worth every penny

Anything by Ottolenghi - just too many ingredients!

Ottolenghi recipes. I can’t believe we’re four pages in and I’m the first one mentioning them.

Ha!

Italy gave the world spaghetti.
The rest of the world still can’t get the joke.
😉😁😁😁

Yes. I agree. A load of mush at the end.

@ThreadExterminator DH did that in Spain - ordered fish and chips. He got two complete sardines (eyes, gills the lot) He was famished so he ploughed his way through - but only the once!

Cottage pie.

Risotto I just shove in the water, it comes out fine.

Anything that involves great effort but where the homemade factor doesn’t add anything. So not pasta, risotto, bread, curry, etc., because I prefer homemade.

I made Thai green curry paste once. It was really good, much better than the UK brands you can get in the supermarket. So good in fact that it was on a par with the very good Thai brand readymade paste I normally buy. It was fun to prove I can make it myself, but I haven’t bothered since!

Lasagne is definitely worth the time. Washing up is fine because you can do it in stages, unlike a roast where every pot you own needs washed at the same time.

Ice cream is definitely not worth the hassle when do many good options available.

Crayfish. I went to a crayfish party in Sweden once. Definitely not worth the effort.

Same. Love huge oranges but really cba with the mess.

Risotto. I’ve never made it myself but I’ve seen people cook it and I really don’t see the point.

Slicing, salting & frying aubergines to put in a home-made moussaka. Too much faff. These days I just cube an aubergine & chuck it in a pan with the other veggies (no potatoes, UK supermarkets!) & it actually comes out much better than doing it in fiddly layers.

Also, have discovered Polli tomatoes & they're bloody brilliant in all sorts of things, including moussaka. I can't stand fresh tomatoes & the sundried ones usually come in oil which gets everywhere during preparation. The Polli ones come in exactly the right sized pack for a meal for two, & there's no mess.

Frozen from Lidl etc. into the air fryer, marvellous! I've never actually made them though I do recall Pillsbury Doughboy did them in a tube many many years ago!

Homemade pasta
Macarons

Roast is a massive effort but always so much better at home.
Risotto - with a glass of wine and an audiobook or some good tunes on is better than meditation.

Here you go:

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/308866356

What’s the problem with lasagne? Make twice as much ragu the day before, béchamel is easy enough. Layer up, cheese in top. Bake.

Disagree hugely with this. I love cooking a roast and always is better at home.

No, no, no. A properly cooked risotto is heavenly.

I think lasagna, risotto, fish pie, cottage pie are definitely all worth the effort to make yourself.

Baking in general I often don’t think is worth it - sourdough, puff pastry, fiddly puddings….can’t be arsed! I don’t have a very sweet tooth though.

When I used to eat lobster I didn’t mind shelling it but I remember going to a restaurant once and getting seafood pasta which had half an unshelled lobster bunged on top…so not only did I have to shell the bloody thing but it was covered in sauce! No thank you!

Do you roast the veg first then pour the sauce on top? Doesn't the yogurt 'break' in the heat?

I once made my own pesto, was such a complete faff, all to impress a friend who was a chef.
Who pointed out that it cost about 50p a jar (was a while ago).

No need to peel.

Cut into chunks, take out the seeds and bake. The skin comes off easily when it's cooked or you can eat it skin and all.

And hummus...