# Foods You Love To Eat, But Are A Pain To Make **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 10, 2005, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650 "2005-10-10T23:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/81 "2005-10-12T19:23:33Z")
Muchos gracias, **Annie** and **CalMeacham**. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/82 "2005-10-12T21:32:16Z")
> [@Treviathan](#): > > Muchos gracias, **Annie** and **CalMeacham**. De nada. I’m going to try the onion stew this week, I can smell it already! ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/83 "2005-10-13T17:22:08Z")
> [@devilsknew](#): > > I just made my Dad’s recipe for Chicken and Dumplings last week. It takes some shortcuts but is really delicious and tatstes just as good as full scratch versions. It still takes an hour and fifteen minutes but there is only about 10 mins. prep time and about five minutes of that prep runs during the cooking time. > > … Thanks for the recipe! I’m not one to usually use Bisquick and canned soups, but I was really in the mood for some chicken & dumplings yesterday, so I printed your recipe out and went to work. The only change I made was to add a sprig of fresh rosemary from the garden to the mix. It was fantastic. The Bisquick dumplings were a bit different than the normal dumplings I’m used to, but worked fine. Definitely a keeper of a recipe for those days I’m feeling lazy. ---
**Author:** ![Cherry2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cherry2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cherry2000)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/84 "2005-10-13T18:46:52Z")
Cheesecake: not so hard to make Three layered triple chocolate cheesecake: major pain in the butt, but super delish! You need three double boilers (or makeshift ones, at least) to melt the three different types of chocolate properly. Not to mention the three mixing bowls you use, plus the entire battery of utensils you go through. And if you’re like me, it not only has to _taste_ good, it has to look pretty, too. So add some more time and mess to the equation for making chocolate leaves, piping buttercream decorations, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/85 "2005-10-13T19:06:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **Winnie** > We make a homemade Italian red sauce, known as “meat gravy” to the truly Italian set. It requires nearly constant attendance and stirring. Cooking different kinds of meat down until they shred (veal shoulder, pork ribs, steak, etc.), combining the tomatoes, basil, and garlic at the right time. It’s an all day affair that is WELL worth it, but sometimes it’s not how I want to use my Sunday. Recipe, please! My husband hates onions. I love stifado. Maybe I’ll make some next weekend, and eat it all myself. I love real croissants, moussaka, baklava, pho (damned if I’m going to spend a whole day making the broth), crispy frites (deep frying scares me), gyoza, and any kind of complicated pastry. Not making any of them. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/86 "2005-10-13T19:44:43Z")
Gyros (what is it with those Greeks?) Kolaches. ---
**Author:** ![TygerDralion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e19adc/32.png) [@TygerDralion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TygerDralion)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/87 "2005-10-13T21:10:54Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > Chicken & Dumplins A shortcut is using the cheapest plain canned biscuits you can find, and cutting each one into quarters while trying to keep from overly squishing them, then sprinkle a dab of flour on each and add a few at a time to the broth. I promise, it actually turns out pretty good! ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/88 "2005-10-14T03:37:42Z")
:Bump: Meat gravy recipe, please? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/89 "2005-10-14T04:22:56Z")
Sukiyaki. Can cook most everything else, but this eludes me. Never even tried. Like Clint said, “A man’s got to know his limitations”. Like a good slice of Prime Rib, one of the few dishes I will pay to eat out. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650/90 "2005-10-14T04:34:19Z")
Chicken & Dressing. You have to go through almost all the trouble of making chicken & dumplings, plus you have to bake three pans of cornbread. We only have it on holidays, but I want it every damn day, especially when it turns cold. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-love-to-eat-but-are-a-pain-to-make/325650.md?page=4)