Simple, fast, satisfying.  Convoluted, slow, satisfying.  No matter how you cook it, the proof of the pudding so to speak, is the taste.  These are tried and tested recipes, some of them just put on the web because the cover of the can finally fell to pieces, or the newspaper clipping faded to the point of obscurity.  But we use them again and again.  

Why?  Because they taste good, they remind us of childhood, they celebrate new knowledge and skills.  And we like them.  So let's eat!