Blasphemy on the Tee Vee

If you've read more than two entries on this blog you've probably realized there aren't many things I take seriously in life. Some things I won't tolerate people messing around with are my family, faith, my Country and those who defend her, Melissa Theuriau, my friends and Barbeque.

As I've mentioned in the past some folks call whatever they toss on the grill or smother in a tomato based sauce Barbeque. As much as I've tried to edumakate them, there just ain't no learnin' folks decent taste. Which is fine, it just leaves more Barbeque for me, most of the time.

Well tonight as I settled in to watch Tee Vee, and nap a bit, Alton Brown, host of the FoodTV show Good Eats, was discussing Barbeque. His description of Barbeque was very close to mine, at least the cooking process. For y'all wondering about the proper cooking technique, it's slow smoked pork, and a slice of heaven when done properly, done wrong it's a greasy mess.

Then towards the end of the show he mentioned sauce. Now anybody with decent raisin', and a bit of good sense, knows the only sauce that touches Barbeque is vinegar based. I'll be damned if Alton, Mr. Brown if you're nasty, didn't mention making a sauce out of sweet pickle juice and mustard. I kid you not, I threw up, just a bit, in my mouth.

I got this sickened queasy feeling that soon turned into rage. Why, why the hell would anybody allow this to be run on national Tee Vee? Here we are censoring cartoon images of Mohammad, Muhammad or however they're spelling it this week, and this slips by.

Now I'm no religious expert, never claimed to be, but I'm pretty damned sure that suggesting somebody pour a bile type liquid onto otherwise perfectly prepared Barbeque is a one way ticket straight to hell, purgatory, the Clinton household for a game of slap and tickle or whatever your idea of eternal damnation is.

Blasphemy plain and simple.