Chris Rigby Reel 'Em in Tilapia

Chris Rigby is one of the best practical jokes I have ever played on a group of people. You see, I have never met nor dated anyone named Chris Rigby. Yet this dish still bears his name. Let me set the scene. It was my junior year of college and my roommate, Stacey was in charge of the ward newsletter. Each month the newsletter had a person it "spotlighted." We had noticed that one apartment of men had a missing roommate who never showed up. And his name was you guessed it- Chris Rigby. His name was on all the ward lists, but no one- even his intended roommates knew who he was. So Stacey, myself and a few other yet to have a dish named after them boys decided we would write up a pretend spectacular "spotlight" about the mysterious Chris Rigby and then make bets about which apartment of girls called us first wanting to know about this Chris Rigby. First we borrowed a picture of the boyfriend of our good friend who only those who were in on the joke knew. Plus he was really good-looking. Then we proceeded to write-up a stellar biography about this striking man. And believe me it was a thing of beauty... He was a graduate student in law hence the reason why no one ever saw him. He was from Connecticut and got his undergraduate degree from Brown University where he was on the rowing team (so you could just imagine his bulging biceps). In his spare time he volunteered at the Girls and Boys club in Provo and he also enjoyed making Greek Souvlaki. And on and on. My only regret is that I didn't keep the newsletter-although a few of my college friends did and I keep begging them to send me a copy! And it was Amber in Apartment 5 who called first to find out about Chris Rigby. Finally the bishop in our ward had to let everyone know over the pulpit that there was no Chris Rigby. The sighs of disappointment were audible. But what does all this have to do with fish? Well this fish is the best practical joke I have ever played on my family. They all thought they would be eating something horribly healthy, but it ended up being one of their favorite meals ever. So just like we reeled in Amber from Apartment 5 with Chris Rigby, I was able to reel my family in with this stellar fish dish. And the cheers of delight were audible too!
Chris Rigby Reel 'Em in Tilapia
1/2 c. Parmesan cheese
1/4 c. softened butter
3 TBSP. mayonnaise
2 TBSP. fresh lemon juice
1/4 tsp. dried basil
1/4 tsp. black pepper
1/8 tsp. celery salt
1/8 tsp. onion powder
6-8 tilapia fillets- You can get these frozen from Costco.
Preheat your oven's broiler. Grease your broiler pan or line a pan with aluminum foil. Combine all above ingredients, except tilapia fillets, in a small bowl. Arrange the fillets on prepared pan. (The fillets should be thawed.) Broil a few inches from heat for 2-3 minutes. Then flip over and broil for a few more minutes on the opposite side. Remove from oven and top each fillet with some of the cheese/herb mixture. Put back in oven and broil until cheese is melted and starting to brown. This should take about 2 more minutes. Be careful not to over cook the fish.