# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=117 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 118 --- ## [Name of the painting in the bedroom onthe TV series Roseanne](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389)
**Author:** [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2024, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-the-painting-in-the-bedroom-onthe-tv-series-roseanne/390389 "2024-08-12T11:51:46Z")
Does anyone recognize the painting hanging over Dan and Roseanne’s bed? My grandparents had the exact same painting, and it’s always made me curious. The painting is of a city street (I’ve always imagined it as London… --- ## [What sweet snack should i make? (Need answer kinda fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sweet-snack-should-i-make-need-answer-kinda-fast/1005446)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-sweet-snack-should-i-make-need-answer-kinda-fast/1005446 "2024-08-11T16:35:45Z")
I’m hosting a square dance on Saturday, and expect perhaps a dozen people. I’d like to bake something for them. What should it be? Blueberry scones: it’s blueberry season, and i have a super recipe. But they are best fr… --- ## [Morning Joe vs Mika](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-joe-vs-mika/1005043)
**Author:** [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2024, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morning-joe-vs-mika/1005043 "2024-08-11T06:22:14Z")
I noticed a Google headline: Tension on the set of Morning Joe. Apparently Mika Polish-surname complained that her husband and “co-anchor” Joe interrupted her. ( If you’ve never heard of Mika and Joe, lucky you!) Mika… --- ## [Jules Verne and Radioactivity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jules-verne-and-radioactivity/1005473)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jules-verne-and-radioactivity/1005473 "2024-08-10T22:24:09Z")
Still listening to Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, I’m struck by how he speaks of the rate of the earth cooling down, and it’s obvious that he doesn’t know about the radioactive heating of the core. Not surprising,… --- ## [Educate me about military food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-about-military-food/1002421)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/educate-me-about-military-food/1002421 "2024-08-10T18:03:41Z")
For whatever reason, the phrase “the better the army, the worse the food” occurred to me this morning. I think I might have read it in an Astérix book decades ago. I wondered if there was any truth to it. I thought no… --- ## [Toy Story 4 -0 Seen it thread (so, spoilers from get-go)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-story-4-0-seen-it-thread-so-spoilers-from-get-go/836333)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toy-story-4-0-seen-it-thread-so-spoilers-from-get-go/836333 "2024-08-10T17:49:37Z")
Saw it this weekend. Liked it quite a bit, quite bittersweet. It answers the “What happened to Bo Peep” question nicely, and acts as a nice ending - for one character, at least. I can see how they might continue without … --- ## [Dave Mason fans? Little help?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-mason-fans-little-help/1005337)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dave-mason-fans-little-help/1005337 "2024-08-10T12:38:05Z")
There is a tapas bar we sometimes stop at that has great food and a decent beer menu. We’ve told friends about it, it’s so good.\* I stopped yesterday after doing an errand for my gf and had a beer (on her!). The name o… --- ## [Powdered Eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-eggs/1005472)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powdered-eggs/1005472 "2024-08-09T20:39:34Z")
I eat relatively few eggs. Most, I use them in baking, or French Toast. And eggs go bad, in the fridge. And I hate wasting food. Speak to me of Powdered Eggs. Do they keep well on the shelf? Can they be used in bak… --- ## [Trying to find a zydeco(?) cajun(?) cover version of The Monotones' "Book Of Love"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-zydeco-cajun-cover-version-of-the-monotones-book-of-love/1005495)
**Author:** [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-zydeco-cajun-cover-version-of-the-monotones-book-of-love/1005495 "2024-08-09T20:20:27Z")
Sometime back in the 80s I heard a catchy, up-tempo accordion-based cover of the doo-wop 50s classic. I remember taping it off the radio (KSAN) and bopping to it on my car cassette stereo. Well, that tape is long gone…a… --- ## [What is this style off fried egg called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-style-off-fried-egg-called/981079)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-style-off-fried-egg-called/981079 "2024-08-09T18:45:46Z")
I was out to breakfast with my uncle today, and he’s continually annoyed at not being able to communicate to restaurant staff how he likes his fried eggs cooked. Part of this, I’m sure, is that he doesn’t know what the … --- ## [Suga, from BTS, suspected of DUI while performing national service](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suga-from-bts-suspected-of-dui-while-performing-national-service/1005410)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suga-from-bts-suspected-of-dui-while-performing-national-service/1005410 "2024-08-09T00:42:36Z")
Breaking news from Korea Times. Suga of K-pop supergroup BTS was questioned for allegedly driving an electric scooter under the influence, police said Wednesday. “I feel heavy hearted and sorry for disappointing you,”… --- ## [House of the Dragon finale 8/4/2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-finale-8-4-2024/1005294)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-finale-8-4-2024/1005294 "2024-08-08T20:31:24Z")
Man, what a letdown of a final. I thought the episode itself was pretty good. If that had been episode 5 in a 10 episode season I would have been pretty pumped about what was coming up. Big buildup! Huge things on the h… --- ## [Old horror movie with a girl with a big mouth full of teeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-horror-movie-with-a-girl-with-a-big-mouth-full-of-teeth/1005432)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-horror-movie-with-a-girl-with-a-big-mouth-full-of-teeth/1005432 "2024-08-08T19:45:13Z")
We were talking about Tim Walz’s abnormally wide mouth (vote blue!) and this half-hidden memory came to the fore: A probably '80s most likely vampire movie where a girl smiles, and smiles, and smiles and. . . opens her … --- ## [House of the Dragon 2.07 7/28/24 OPEN SPOILERS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-07-7-28-24-open-spoilers/1004916)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-2-07-7-28-24-open-spoilers/1004916 "2024-08-08T19:33:13Z")
2.01: A Son for a Son 2.02: Rhaenyra The Cruel 2.03: The Burning Mill 2.04: The Red Dragon and The Gold 2.05: Regent 2.06: Smallfolk Everything on the TV show can be discussed with no spoiler boxes. Any material fr… --- ## [AI writes a cake recipe, Ann Reardon makes the cake!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-writes-a-cake-recipe-ann-reardon-makes-the-cake/1005320)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-writes-a-cake-recipe-ann-reardon-makes-the-cake/1005320 "2024-08-08T19:11:59Z")
I occasionally watch the YouTube channel of a no-nonsense cook trained as a food scientist; she debunks and tests, rather than introducing new recipes. She often engages her husband and son to taste-test. So she asked A… --- ## [Diners, Please! Enough with the Broccoli!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-please-enough-with-the-broccoli/1003373)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 112\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diners-please-enough-with-the-broccoli/1003373 "2024-08-08T19:10:46Z")
I frequent a few local diners and chain restaurants. I’ve noticed of late that the vegetable of the day is broccoli. Plain steamed giant hunks of broccoli. It’s the vegetable of the day every day, Oh, sometimes it’s … --- ## [Raw chicken sell-by date 12 days after actual purchase?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-chicken-sell-by-date-12-days-after-actual-purchase/1005422)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/raw-chicken-sell-by-date-12-days-after-actual-purchase/1005422 "2024-08-08T17:07:42Z")
I bought some raw chicken breast when I went grocery shopping on Saturday, August 3. Yesterday (Aug. 7) I went to put it in the freezer, since I always either cook or freeze raw meat within 4 days. Just in case, I check… --- ## [What one band is the epitome of classic rock for you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-band-is-the-epitome-of-classic-rock-for-you/1005151)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 8, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-one-band-is-the-epitome-of-classic-rock-for-you/1005151 "2024-08-08T15:54:26Z")
The title I think says it all. I’ll put my choice up in a bit. --- ## [Silly songs that are (probably) not joke songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-songs-that-are-probably-not-joke-songs/1003341)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-songs-that-are-probably-not-joke-songs/1003341 "2024-08-07T23:18:39Z")
There are plenty of songs that are definitely joke songs. Nearly everything by Weird Al Yankovic, Ray Stevens and Jim Stafford, for instance. But while Kung Fu Fighting is silly, I don’t think it was meant to be a joke… --- ## [Spiced Rum](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-rum/1005353)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spiced-rum/1005353 "2024-08-07T21:41:16Z")
It’s been since July 2001 that there was a thread about Captain Morgan’s Spiced Rum. Pretty much the only other Rum I knew of besides Bacardi (I learned only last week that the “Ron” in Bacardi means Rum). I’ve had Cuba… --- ## [Stephen King's "You Like It Darker" (mild spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-you-like-it-darker-mild-spoilers/1002242)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-kings-you-like-it-darker-mild-spoilers/1002242 "2024-08-07T18:03:00Z")
Grabbed Stephen King’s new collection of short stories (and some longer ones), and I’ve already finished it. King has been hit or miss with me lately (I didn’t finish “Fairy Tale,” for instance, because I got bored as so… --- ## [Is it almost impossible for a band to sound good with a bad drummer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-almost-impossible-for-a-band-to-sound-good-with-a-bad-drummer/1004491)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-almost-impossible-for-a-band-to-sound-good-with-a-bad-drummer/1004491 "2024-08-07T12:34:16Z")
Amidst my (hopefully) mild hijack of the Live Aid/philly thread to bring up Phil Collins’ showboating Concorde flight during Live Aid so he could appear at both Wembley and Vets Stadium, I mentioned what I reckon is a we… --- ## [Yet Another Mystery Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mystery-song/1005307)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-mystery-song/1005307 "2024-08-07T03:08:03Z")
I have recently discovered the show The Other Two on Max. It’s a funny comedy that has a lot of good music. At the end of Season Two Episode 10 (the finale of that season) a really good song plays during the end credits.… --- ## [RIP Patti Yasutake (Nurse Ogawa, ST:TNG)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-yasutake-nurse-ogawa-st-tng/1005356)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2024, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-patti-yasutake-nurse-ogawa-st-tng/1005356 "2024-08-07T00:24:59Z")
Patti Yasutake, who played lower decker Nurse Alyssa Ogawa on Star Trek: The Next Generation, has died of cancer at the age of 70. --- ## [Alternate history recommends](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-history-recommends/1004883)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alternate-history-recommends/1004883 "2024-08-06T21:27:39Z")
There have been threads on this topic before but it’s been a while. I really really like alternate history, at least if it includes a real knowledge of history and not just wild speculation; I have all the Ring of Fire… --- ## [Trying To Identify A Home-Decor Scent (yes, a scent!) From The 70s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-a-home-decor-scent-yes-a-scent-from-the-70s/998174)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-identify-a-home-decor-scent-yes-a-scent-from-the-70s/998174 "2024-08-06T16:12:07Z")
Harken back with me to the heady days of the mid 1970s. Your home is decorated in hideous earth tones, your teenage children are downstairs smoking weed, while you and your spouse watch The Brady Bunch. On your table you… --- ## [Is there anyone else out there who hates coffee?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-else-out-there-who-hates-coffee/848515)
**Author:** [@dan39](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dan39)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anyone-else-out-there-who-hates-coffee/848515 "2024-08-06T10:31:54Z")
I don’t know what it is about my taste buds, but I think I’m in a minority of people in the world who hate coffee. The last cup of coffee I ever had was in 1996, and it came from one of those urns at a reception. It wa… --- ## [In SF Award News: Hugos Still Controversial](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-sf-award-news-hugos-still-controversial/996538)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 125\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-sf-award-news-hugos-still-controversial/996538 "2024-08-06T00:54:42Z")
Apparently the 2023 Hugos (held in Chengdu, China) were as much of a shitshow as the Puppies version. TL:DR - a couple of Chinese diaspora authors, among others, were declared “not eligible” for completely spurious rea… --- ## [How well can you identify with characters from different times/cultures?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-can-you-identify-with-characters-from-different-times-cultures/1005166)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2024, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-can-you-identify-with-characters-from-different-times-cultures/1005166 "2024-08-05T14:27:01Z")
Often when I read - or watch TV/movies - I think about how I would act if I were in a similar situation. Or I make opinions about how a character acts/thinks. But I realize that I’m so locked into my personal headspace… --- ## [Question about "The Russia House" by John le Carré](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-russia-house-by-john-le-carre/1005183)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-the-russia-house-by-john-le-carre/1005183 "2024-08-05T14:08:46Z")
The central MacGuffin of the novel is the claim by a Russian informant that the Soviet Union’s entire nuclear arsenal is a vast Potemkin Village: that the USSR’s tech is so shoddy that it is doubtful that more than a tin… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=116) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=118)