# Does anyone remember dough sticks? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2014, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909 "2014-05-21T09:54:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/1 "2014-05-21T09:54:06Z")
When I was in Boy Scouts (back in the 70’s), we used to make a cobbler in a dutch oven. I remember we used dough that came in sticks - looked almost like sticks of butter. Does anybody remember this stuff? and does anyone MAKE this stuff anymore, or is it something else from my childhood that has disappeared? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/2 "2014-05-21T10:47:50Z")
I remember them. My mom used to use them for pie crusts. But I haven’t seen them in years. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/3 "2014-05-21T13:33:16Z")
We did peach cobble in a dutch oven in my troop too. Is it a BSA-wide tradition? It’s a shame that our SM only let us make Peach Cobbler. I hate peaches. And I hated carrying that damned dutch oven on hikes. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/4 "2014-05-21T16:27:42Z")
I don’t know how much this has in common with dough sticks, but I sold [butter braids](http://www.butterbraid.com/products) for a fundraiser in college. This would have been around 2005. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/5 "2014-05-21T16:32:36Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > I don’t know how much this has in common with dough sticks, but I sold [butter braids](http://www.butterbraid.com/products) for a fundraiser in college. This would have been around 2005. I bought those once from a friend’s kid. It was like crack they were so good. She never sold them again, for some reason, and I was both heartbroken and relived. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/6 "2014-05-21T16:35:20Z")
Pie crust is just flour, butter, and water. It takes 5 minutes in a food processor. You don’t have to buy it pre-made, is all I’m saying. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/7 "2014-05-21T16:44:21Z")
Do you often camp with a food processor? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/8 "2014-05-21T17:07:47Z")
Dough sticks? Add more flour. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/9 "2014-05-21T17:18:48Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Dough sticks? Add more flour. D’oh. Beats **Kayaker** with a stick. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/10 "2014-05-21T22:58:25Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Pie crust is just flour, butter, and water. It takes 5 minutes in a food processor. > > You don’t have to buy it pre-made, is all I’m saying. As someone who regularly makes pie----this a gross oversimplification. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/11 "2014-05-21T23:12:37Z")
While his post was a ridiculous reply to an OP who expressed no desire to make homemade dough, I don’t find it to be much of an oversimplification. Much less a gross one. Dough can be made very, very quickly in a food processor, with minimal instruction. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/12 "2014-05-21T23:22:11Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > As someone who regularly makes pie----this a gross oversimplification. This was my thought, too. I can count on one hand the number of pie-crust virtuosos I’ve known in my life. It’s not the ingredients, it’s the skill involved. And magic - I’m convinced you guys use magic. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/13 "2014-05-22T19:46:11Z")
Yes, I remember them. My mom used to use them - [Pillsbury](http://www.allfoodinfo.com/foodtimeline/-pZv-PTFCGPY/TuS-P1jfLXI/AAAAAAAAB0Y/z3Q-WwTtFqo/s1600/Pie%20crust.jpg) and [Betty Crocker](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wqF79zWU88E/UlYCWKBa8nI/AAAAAAAAPWE/_eTKpplMqps/s1600/1955+pie+crust+in+sticks1.jpg) both made them. I don’t remember either of them being particularly good, but I sure do like the premade shells you can buy today. For some reason, I detest making pie crust even though I’m not bad at it. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/14 "2014-05-22T20:33:40Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Pie crust is just flour, butter, and water. It takes 5 minutes in a food processor. > > You don’t have to buy it pre-made, is all I’m saying. Real men use lard. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/15 "2014-05-22T21:54:05Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Do you often camp with a food processor? No–the plan is, make the pie dough at home. Roll it out into logs/sticks and wrap in plastic. Pack the logs and fruit in your backpack. When you get to the campsite, dump the fruit in the pan, roughly squish the logs on top with dirty fingers, and toast over/near the fire/coals. When the “pie” is mostly done in most places, pull it out of the fire, brush off the ashes, and enjoy. Yeah it’s not going to be perfect flaky pie crust sprinkled with pixie dust. That takes a lot of fussiness rolling that shit out and keeping it cool and not overrolling and shaping that shit when it’s too dry because all the water has to evaporate out. Yeah, that part’s hard. Slapping the ingredients in the food processor and whipping up the dough and squishing it into random shapes is pretty easy though. ---
**Author:** ![CheshireKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheshirekat/32/1207_2.png) [@CheshireKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheshireKat)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2014, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-remember-dough-sticks/688909/16 "2014-05-22T22:08:22Z")
> [@bump](#): > > Real men use lard. When I was five, I learned that pie dough will stick when thrown at the ceiling, and that it makes a big round stain that can only be removed by scraping and painting over it. I’m guessing my mom used lard in her crust.