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I am also turned off by recipes that make me cook something in the oven with a water bath, like cheesecake. Something about this scares me and just seems too extreme.
I'm another one who is sick of all the "cream of this and that" canned soup recipes. They always end up looking like a sickly grey mess to me. I've been looking for simple recipes that use a few, fresh ingredients, and that's it.
I've given away many cook-books I bought on a whim and never used because the so-called "quick" recipes, weren't really that quick. I also don't want to "render" anything.
Another deal breaker for me is if I have to go to a special "market" to get an ingredient. You know, it will usually have an asterik by it - *Available at your local Indonesian Market -or something like that. I guess if you live in New York City, great, if you live in a small town, if it's not at the local Piggly Wiggly or Wal-mart, forget it.
Also if you're meant to fry something and then stick the pan in the oven - I don't have an oven proof frying pan so unless it's something that can easily be transferred to a dish then I don't bother.
Anything involving meat with bones attached - I'm sqeamish.
I have not ventured much into Asian or Indian cooking, although I would like to, because I would need to buy so many unfamiliar ingredients just to use maybe 1 tablespoon of something in a recipe. Also, I have not eaten very many of these dishes, so don't know if the end result would be worth the trouble. Normally, when I read a recipe I know from what's in it how it will taste when it's done.
In other words, if it's too foreign, it makes more sense to go to a restaurant.
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Is it just that you hate the taste of it ?
