Why it takes Sarah "forever" to make a pie from scratch written on Tuesday, October 11, 2005 by Mysteries/Conspiracies Poster Submitted by: Sarah Le Why does it take me forever to make a pie from scratch? The conclusion: Well, first, I'd like to look at pie and some observations that I have made regarding them. First, they are round, a very hard shape to bake. Secondly, from scratch, it's hard to do anything just by scratching it. There you go, a scientific explanation.