I wish I were more ADVENTUROUS

I’m not a brave person. I realized this week that I have friends who are MUCH braver than I am. I wonder if I choose them on purpose to help me be more brave! That’s sort of an aside thought and not really the point of this post, but it’s sort of related.

Here’s the point – I watch Food Network A LOT! I love Iron Chef America, the Worst Cooks in America, all that stuff.  I’m fascinated when they use spices and things I’ve never heard of. I  like to cook, sometimes, even though I don’t do it much.  I’ve been showing my students some videos that show how people eat in other parts of the world and in several of them, the people got to the market.  Lots of places,  it seems, still have spice markets where people go and purchase the spices they need.  Here’s a great picture that I got from Wikipedia that seems to show up often in these videos:

I wish I were brave enough to try some things I’ve never heard of. I use garlic and celery salt and I have several bottles of spice blends but I’m still kind of wimpy when it comes to spices. 

Oh wait, it’s not just spices. I’m a creature of habit – most of the time I get the same thing all the time when I go out to eat.  For example, if I go to the Outback, I get Alice Springs Chicken with no mushrooms.  At Carrabbas, I get the Chicken Trio. Even at McDonalds, I always get a Quarter Pounder, ketchup only. I should be brave and just try something different. Why don’t I??