Serendipity Sunday
continues, with the next in a selection of shows I either haven't seen
before or probably wouldn't ordinarily watch. Up now is Food Network's "Down Home With the Neelys," featuring a couple that owns a barbecue restaurant in the South, and the episode randomly tossed on the DVR is "Blissful BBQ."
In the interests of full disclosure, I must confess that I do not -- for reasons that have nothing to do with whether it tastes good -- eat barbeque (so don't go hating on me, BBQ lovers!), which goes a long way to explaining why I've never watched this show. That being said, here we go...
The impression: Pat and Gina Neely are just the cutest lovebirds ever, and their obvious natural chemistry comes through on screen. They're cooking -- wearing ordinary clothes, not chef's jackets -- in a home kitchen or a set made to look like one. I like that.
In this episode, they're giving a barbecue twist to salmon -- and those of you who read about my trip to "Hell's Kitchen" know how I feel about fish. (So happy I don't have Smell-O-Vision.)
On the other hand, Pat is grilling up some vegetables -- including red onions, peppers and, yum, asparagus -- for a salad with goat cheese. Oooh, I'll take a double helping of that! I can almost take grilled and/or roasted veggies intravenously.
And Gina is making mini brownie bites with orange cream cheese frosting, and you know there can't be anything wrong with that.
Oh, and Gina's also making a lobster salad martini thing. 'Nuff said about that.
The verdict, on a scale of stone cold to tepid to piping hot: Piping hot!
Would I watch again? Not if they're cooking fish, and I do have that barbecue issue, but I'm heading off to Trader Joe's as soon as I finish this show, and I think that grilled veg salad could be in my future (I might swap the goat cheese for feta). So my path just may cross with the Neelys again.
ilove your show so much i bought your cookbook while unemployed keep doing what ya'll do :-) because you all sure do it well,and you make T.V. look sooo goood. "you know" like the first family to me, i love everything ya'll do but that pink grill pat brought you wow!! the best :-)so from the person that trully loves you're show and whoes husband says never cook any of the recipes but i will as soon as i get a job trust me i will i,ve had the book over a year now, and i have cooked some of the deserts thank you guy for down home recipes from generations of the past, and also the present luv laura.