I find that there are certain foods I am very intimidated by as far as cooking goes and wondered if anyone else feels the same. I'm probably just weird, but here goes... I'd LIKE to be able to cook these things, so I'm trying to gather my courage with some of the recipes on the site.
First is seafood. Literally - anything aside from tuna in a can is a bit scary to me. I'm sorta picky about fish but if its cooked right I love it. However, everytime I've tried to cook fresh fish its been a disaster. It's also a very EXPENSIVE disaster when it happens. I'm also intimidated by vegetables I'm less familiar with. Artichokes, asparagus, brussel sprouts. Tofu. I've been sorta scared to try tofu for a long time. Probably because my first experience with the stuff was watching my college roommate eat a bowl of cubed tofu with ranch dressing and it just looked pretty gross. Thai food or thai recipes.. my dad took us to a thai restaurant once and my sister and I tried several dishes and pretty much hated everything. hehe. Cooking roasts and cuts of beef/pork/lamb that I'm unfamiliar with. My mother cooked with chicken almost always so I'm not familiar with watching these things cooked and it never seems to come out the way I'd like. Grilling anything. I dunno why it just isnt something I've ever quite got down.. besides, usually the guys prefer to do it anyways and I dont get much practice.
things that used to intimidate me, but I conquered - cooking a whole bird like chicken or turkey. I did that 3 times this last year and all times it came out great! pancakes. Yes I know, how could that be scary? I dunno.. I was just afraid they'd be awful and I wouldnt be able to turn them right, etc etc. I've got it down to an art now.