# Meals you LOVE but don't prepare often due to length of preparation time **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2013, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095 "2013-09-17T21:15:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/41 "2013-09-18T15:43:10Z")
> [@bump](#): > > To be clear, are we including the effort involved with procuring the ingredients as well as the actual preparation and cooking, or are we just talking about the prep and cooking with the assumption that all the ingredients are on-hand? I was talking about actual preparation and cooking with the assumption that ingredients are on-hand. If I want to include the procurement part, then I started dinner last night at noon, not 1:00. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/42 "2013-09-18T15:44:28Z")
Stew ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/43 "2013-09-18T15:55:03Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > You can probably avoid his stomach if you go in with something sharp right under the xyphoid process at the bottom of the sternum, then go up and in. I find this requires so much washing-up that I only get round to it occasionally - usually at family get-togethers. Foodwise, I do like rabbit stew, but the gutting and dismembering is so vile and time-consuming that I only cook it sporadically. ---
**Author:** ![Macca26](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/13edae/32.png) [@Macca26](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macca26)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/44 "2013-09-18T16:21:50Z")
Japanese-style curry (from scratch, without a mix) Slippery Dumplings Pierogies Danishes Regardless of this, I still make these more than once a year but much more rarely than say, 3-color soboro. I do find that the tough/long recipes do get easier/faster the more you make them, but some you just canā€™t cut down under an hour. However I love making stews because all the work is at the beginning, without any pauses or changes in what youā€™re doing. I donā€™t like it when I have to refrigerate a recipe halfway through for instance. But I donā€™t mind waiting 2 hours for the stew to simmer. ---
**Author:** ![Tully\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ab992/32.png) [@Tully\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tully_Mars)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/45 "2013-09-18T16:26:46Z")
Made-from-scratch cream of mushroom soup. It takes over an hour and it is very labor instensive. But, with a little truffle oil drizzled on time - 'tis a delite. ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/46 "2013-09-18T16:55:25Z")
Rice pudding. I love my rice pudding recipe, but it takes forever to cook and I need to watch it or it boils over. I usually end up making a lot and then freezing some or giving it away to friends and family. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/47 "2013-09-18T17:02:49Z")
Agnolotti. You first make roasted meats and vegies, chop them fine with some spinach and mix them with ricotta and egg. Then you make fresh homemade pasta. Then you fold the pasta sheets over with little clumps of the filling dabbed along the sheet in a row of blobs, seal off the blobs, and run a pastry cutter in between the sealed blobs. THEN you can drop them in boiling water and serve them cooked with browned butter sauce, fresh sage leaves and grated parmesan. God, theyā€™re good. But theyā€™re a royal PITA to make. ---
**Author:** ![Kiyoshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e19adc/32.png) [@Kiyoshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiyoshi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/48 "2013-09-18T17:36:00Z")
Definitely baking bread. Itā€™s so much better than store-bought, but itā€™s so incredibly time-consuming. Iā€™ve recently developed a sensitivity to gluten. I havenā€™t tried baking gluten-free bread yet, but I understand itā€™s a lot easier to make than normal bread (itā€™s made from batter rather than dough). ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/49 "2013-09-18T18:01:36Z")
Donā€™t say I never did nothinā€™ for all of you who donā€™t bake bread because itā€™s time consuming. Background: > **[The Secret of Great Bread: Let Time Do the Work (Published 2006)](https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/08mini.html?pagewanted=all)** > > A foolproof method narrows the gap between amateur and pro bakers. Recipe: > **[Recipe: No-Knead Bread (Published 2006)](https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/081mrex.html?_r=0)** > > A recipe for No-Knead Bread, adapted from Jim Lahey, Sullivan Street Bakery. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/50 "2013-09-18T18:31:36Z")
> [@Kiyoshi](#): > > Iā€™ve recently developed a sensitivity to gluten. Off-topic: Iā€™ve been gluten free for a year and itā€™s doable, even if not always easy or fun. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/51 "2013-09-18T18:48:11Z")
Sunday gravy: easily takes 4-5 hours of prep and cook. Bagels: two days, if done right My motherā€™s perushkes: They require a raised dough and a meat filling. The dough has to rise, then be cut into proper size and rolled out, then stuffed and sealed (the hardest part, as the seals can come apart when it rises the second time), allowed to rise a second time, then deep fried. They are SO fucking good, but an all-day event. Some Indian food can take time and require different spice mixtures and close timing, but I usually donā€™t mind making it. Making more than one Indian dish for a meal can be a challenge, however. Iā€™ve never tried croissants, but thatā€™s because reading the recipe exhausts me. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/52 "2013-09-18T19:43:48Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Sunday gravy: easily takes 4-5 hours of prep and cook. Would you be willing to share your recipe? I loves me some gravy. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/53 "2013-09-18T19:53:27Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > Would you be willing to share your recipe? > I loves me some gravy. This is the Italian version of ā€œgravyā€, which is a tomato-based meat sauce for pasta, so perhaps not what youā€™re thinking of. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/54 "2013-09-18T20:01:27Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > You can probably avoid his stomach if you go in with something sharp right under the xyphoid process at the bottom of the sternum, then go up and in. I gotta have him update his will first. For some reason, heā€™s strangely reluctant to do so. Canā€™t imagine why. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/55 "2013-09-18T20:08:57Z")
[Puerto Rican pasteles](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteles#Puerto_Rico). These things get made only during holidays and only if there is a gaggle of abuelas around to help. But, man, are they DELICIOUS! I gotta be honest. I never made them. Iā€™ve helped make them but never done then myself. Super labor intensive. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/56 "2013-09-18T20:23:00Z")
I donā€™t have any new dishes although I agree with several listed but I was driven to respond to highlight a throwaway comment in a couple of posts. Buy a box of surgical gloves and keep them in your kitchen. When you first start using them youā€™ll wonder what possible use they could be but holy cow I use them all the time now. We originally bought them for wearing when slicing up a whole tenderloin into steaks for the freezer as I had a minor hand injury and washing and rebandaging was a real pain. Now! Mixing ingredients, handling meat, there are even a couple of bread recipes where they make kneading the dough easier (stickier doughs donā€™t stick to the gloves the way they do to your hands). Weā€™ve worked our way through the first costco sized box and had to replace it. I highly recommend them even for non germaphobes. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/57 "2013-09-18T20:48:05Z")
Tamales. Several hour commitment for me. Iā€™m slow though. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/58 "2013-09-18T22:15:42Z")
Moussaka - and Joy Of Cooking (hardbound edition) has the best recipe. However, it will take most of a day to make and by the time it is finished, I am almost too worn out to eat itā€¦but I do! Taste great and re-heats well, but every time I finish making one, I say never again - and then six months later, well, here we go again. Eggs Benedict from scratch is also no treat to make and I would rather just go to a restaurant that has a good version and pay the bucks to let them do it. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/59 "2013-09-18T23:35:00Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Osso Bucco. Mostly due to the long drive to get the veal shanks. os os gooodā€¦Iā€™ll take mine with mushroom/asparagus risotto please. ---
**Author:** ![Rain\_Soaked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19adc/32.png) [@Rain\_Soaked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rain_Soaked)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095/60 "2013-09-19T00:13:35Z")
> [@Celidin](#): > > Rice pudding. I love my rice pudding recipe, but it takes forever to cook and I need to watch it or it boils over. > > I usually end up making a lot and then freezing some or giving it away to friends and family. I have a recipe that I use that is quite easy and quick. But I cook the rice in the microwave (with a microwave rice cooker). I transfer the rice to a double boiler with the rest of the ingredients and cook it for 15 minutes. I would be happy to share the recipe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meals-you-love-but-dont-prepare-often-due-to-length-of-preparation-time/669095.md?page=4)