Food you love but is a pain in the arse to eat

[Kwatsu]

Treacle toffee from Thorntons. It goes like this:

1. Buy box of delicious, delicious toffee. Eat piece on top. Mmm.
2. Try to remove second piece from box. Realise the entire box below the first piece is stuck together.
3. Try to separate pieces of toffee and only succeed in getting four pieces stuck together free of the box. Spend ages trying to pull pieces of toffee apart.
4. Put box in fridge hoping that chilling the toffee will make it easier to break.
5. One hour later, realise this was a childish dream and that the cold toffee is now a solid mass. Cry.
6. Stop crying and find hammer.
7. Happily sit in kitchen eating toffee shrapnel.

 

[kawligia]

They're called CRAWfish thank you very much. And yes, they are both the most delicious food ever AND the biggest pain in the ass to eat.

Wiki says you can use either
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayfish

They come from Louisiana, so we here in Louisiana get to name them. And we named them crawfish.

I grew up calling em crawdads and you folks in Louisiana called them mudbugs I thought?

LOL nobody here calls them that except tourists.

 

[samsprinkle]

Tacos...I put so much salsa on them it runs EVERYWHERE!

 

[dalek sec]

Crayfish, it's a pain for all the effort to get so little meat in return.

 

[Space Spoons]

Treacle toffee from Thorntons. It goes like this:

1. Buy box of delicious, delicious toffee. Eat piece on top. Mmm.
2. Try to remove second piece from box. Realise the entire box below the first piece is stuck together.
3. Try to separate pieces of toffee and only succeed in getting four pieces stuck together free of the box. Spend ages trying to pull pieces of toffee apart.
4. Put box in fridge hoping that chilling the toffee will make it easier to break.
5. One hour later, realise this was a childish dream and that the cold toffee is now a solid mass. Cry.
6. Stop crying and find hammer.
7. Happily sit in kitchen eating toffee shrapnel.

It's scary how accurate this is. It's happened to me many times, and not just with toffee. Taffy, Tootsie-Roll, peanut brittle...

On topic, english muffins. I like mine made a specific way; cooked until they're crispy but not yet brown, with a thin layer of unsalted butter and a little strawberry jam. It's really not all that difficult, but when you're finally done, you're finished with the muffin before you know it. The payoff's just too little.

Also, chili dogs. I've never eaten one without ending up with a smidge of chili on my shirt. Infuriating.

 

[DerpyDerpyDerp]

Cheetos: I can't stand having orange fingers all day, so I ended up using tongs to grab them a few years ago and never looked back. I recommend it.

Gum: I know you don't eat it, but I love chewing gum, but it starts to hurt my jaw after a while..

 

[bmf185]

Pomegranates, simply getting the seeds out of the thing is a lot of messy annoying and tasty work...

Yep, not worth it. Just buy the juice.

Ramen noodles count if you are trying to keep the surrounding area free of broth splatter.

 

[Sarcastic Chimp]

Cadbury Cream Eggs. Only come out once a year, hard to get all that wrapper off and it's damn near hard to find because once they come out, everyone rushes to buy all they can.

Damn I love those eggs...

Only once a year? Where do you live? we have them all year long luckily .
Eating a Creme Egg can be a pain..one wrong bite and the creme gets EVERYWHERE.

New York. I have to assume that you're in England because I've heard that they're available there all year 'round.

Cool NY... yeah I do live in Blighty...the goverment sucks, the weather is awful but we do have Creme Eggs all year round!

 

[soren7550]

Cadbury Cream Eggs. Only come out once a year, hard to get all that wrapper off and it's damn near hard to find because once they come out, everyone rushes to buy all they can.

Damn I love those eggs...

Only once a year? Where do you live? we have them all year long luckily .
Eating a Creme Egg can be a pain..one wrong bite and the creme gets EVERYWHERE.

New York. I have to assume that you're in England because I've heard that they're available there all year 'round.

Cool NY... yeah I do live in Blighty...the goverment sucks, the weather is awful but we do have Creme Eggs all year round!

Damn you and such, having Cream Eggs year 'round. Oh wait, we have the Yankees, so I guess that evens things out.=[)

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

Shrimp and ribs would top my list. I love a good plate of BBQ rips but bloody hell are they annoying to eat; mostly since I have a slight obsession with keeping my hands clean at all times.

Agreed on the ribs, it's just not worth eating them at any place that doesn't give you a hot towel when you're done.

Definitely although certain places are just worth it; The Keg cooks some fantastic ribs. I also quoted this solely because I wanted to correct the word "since." Not grammar happy however that did irk me.

 

[Noamuth]

Figs. There is no graceful way to eat those things.

Same with sushi, particularly this sort. [http://osakaofslidell.com/images/nigiri_-_sushi.jpg]. Just got to sort of.. Shove the whole thing in your mouth, then hope you don't choke on any wasabi.

Doesn't help when people watch you when you're eating. Bloody unnerving, that is.

 

[vivadelkitty]

I'd have to say artichokes and pomegranates. Though pomegranates and blood oranges are both fun to eat, namely because they leave you looking like you ripped out someone's carotid artery with your hands.

 

[kizzneth]

any citrus fruit... been squirted in the eye many times by the evil things.

 

[Squid1361]

Pomegranites
Can't get enough of them, but the little seeds are annoying, as is the fact that they stain horribly.
Also pineapple, pineapple ids the best

 

[somerandomguy76]

Human. They're just so dang feisty

 

[goofiegirl2002]

Honey!!! It's yummy sweety goodness....unless you get it in your hair, then it sucks like hell to try to get it out without pulling your hair.

 

[JoshasorousRex]

God I love lychees. I know how you feel. It's the worst when you have to pick something up like a controller or use a keyboard and mouse.

 

[Automind]

Latkes. Im allergic to shredding potatoes. but they taste soooo goood!