[sugarmamma]

I love to look for new and exciting recipes. When I have a partcular cut of meat or am just looking for something different to make I have a bunch of sites that I like to surf for ideas. I have two HUGE pet peeves that I constantly run into.

#1

When looking for curry dishes many of the recipes will give you the ingredient list and then say:
2 tblsp mild curry powder

WHAT A COPOUT!!!

Premade curry powders have a wide range of flavors. Not all will give you the taste you might be looking for. Curry is actually just a spice blend. In East India they do not have curry powders, they have spices you blend to create a flavor. There are spice blends for chicken, others for pork or seafood. They all differ depending on what you are trying to achieve. Saying ADD CURRY POWDER is way too general as the resulting flavor can be very different than it should.

#2

I love to do rib rubs, smoke bacon, pulled pork, etc.
Reading through a recipe that gives you a list of seasonings and then at the bottom says:

1 cup of your favorite BBQ sauce

WHAT????

Give the frikkin recipe to a BBQ sauce that will compliment the other seasonings you've put on the meat. If your going to suggest any sauce will do then scrap the recipe and just baste the thing in whatever you like. It renders the whole recipe usless.

Drives me crazy.

I typically use recipes more as a guideline and tend to combine one or 2 or 3 together to get the desired result.

What bothers you the most about written recipes? Lack of specitivity? Exotic ingredients that are expensive and you will probably not use again? Long prep time?
Short cooking time? Uses lots of pots and pans?

Tell me your GRIPES!!