# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=180 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 181 --- ## [I've got some squid ink pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-some-squid-ink-pasta/988128)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-got-some-squid-ink-pasta/988128 "2023-08-07T20:47:25Z")
And I can’t make up my mind about what sauce I want to pair with it. Tell me what you would make, and why. --- ## [What cut of beef is your favorite, and how would you like that cooked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cut-of-beef-is-your-favorite-and-how-would-you-like-that-cooked/988024)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cut-of-beef-is-your-favorite-and-how-would-you-like-that-cooked/988024 "2023-08-07T18:16:56Z")
For my part, I love a good T-Bone steak. I want it medium rare, with a splash of A-1 steak sauce. You’d think I’d like it bloody rare, because I also love steak tartare, but oddly, no. I’d like a baked potato with but… --- ## [Querying Author's Wish List](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/querying-authors-wish-list/988167)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/querying-authors-wish-list/988167 "2023-08-07T13:48:54Z")
Querying Author’s Wish List Lit agents and publishers often release (or make posts to) a Manuscript Wish List. I figure turnabout is fair play, don’t you? Let’s start with the notion that we, as authors, are supposed … --- ## [A diet named after your 2 favorite foods](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-diet-named-after-your-2-favorite-foods/987803)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-diet-named-after-your-2-favorite-foods/987803 "2023-08-07T07:42:35Z")
Mine would be the steak and pasta diet. Curiously I seldom have the two together. --- ## [World War II Non-fiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-ii-non-fiction/987220)
**Author:** [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-war-ii-non-fiction/987220 "2023-08-07T01:55:31Z")
Just finished reading Shirer’s The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. A very satisfying and educational read. And, yes, I’m familiar with the criticisms of his “from Luther to Naziism” theory. But his recounting of the… --- ## [Any idea what "Chalujnik!" means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-chalujnik-means/764582)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-idea-what-chalujnik-means/764582 "2023-08-06T22:11:44Z")
I’m in a community theater production of Young Frankenstein and there’s a line when the Transylvanian villagers serenade the title character: “Welcome to Transylvania We’re very happy that you’re here Welcome to Trans… --- ## [The video for my fourth single, "Follow your Silence"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-for-my-fourth-single-follow-your-silence/988131)
**Author:** [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-video-for-my-fourth-single-follow-your-silence/988131 "2023-08-06T14:16:24Z")
…premieres on Monday, August 7th, at 8:00 am EDT. Please join me for the first showing, if you like. The link is here - Follow your Silence (Official Video) - YouTube . The audio has been out for a couple of weeks, an… --- ## [Dirty martini dip (Hors d'oeuvre)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-martini-dip-hors-doeuvre/988117)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dirty-martini-dip-hors-doeuvre/988117 "2023-08-06T12:10:56Z")
From Salty Mary’s Oyster bar near me. An intensely flavored dish! Really great with their happy hour raw oysters - 3 for $5.00 https://www.saltymarys.com/menu#menu=menu&item=dirty-martini-dip --- ## [DCU actors and roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dcu-actors-and-roles/988135)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dcu-actors-and-roles/988135 "2023-08-06T09:45:37Z")
Apparently, the DCU Green Lantern will be portrayed by Nathan Filion, portraying NOT Hal Jordan… …but Guy Gardner. Superman Legacy gets Nathan Fillion’s Green Lantern and more DCU heroes - Polygon I had wondered what … --- ## [I bet the French don't sing about gloves and doves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-the-french-dont-sing-about-gloves-and-doves/987946)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-bet-the-french-dont-sing-about-gloves-and-doves/987946 "2023-08-06T07:12:09Z")
You know that if a line in an English song ends in “dove” or “glove” or “above,” there’s about to be a line ending in “love.” It’s a mildly annoying bit of lazy writing that shows up in way too many songs, due to a quirk… --- ## [Just saw Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-bullitt/988032)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-bullitt/988032 "2023-08-06T03:38:04Z")
What the hell was that??? I thought I was going to be seeing a 70’s action-cop thriller like Dirty Harry. “See Bullitt log evidence!” “Hot telecopier action!” “See a plane embark and pull back into the station…IN REA… --- ## [Bad things our heroes did that no one ever found out about](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-things-our-heroes-did-that-no-one-ever-found-out-about/987989)
**Author:** [@Pavelb1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pavelb1)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-things-our-heroes-did-that-no-one-ever-found-out-about/987989 "2023-08-05T18:01:21Z")
On New Battlestar Galactica, On DS9, Sort of related to the subject…on Game of Thrones, --- ## [What is the song "Starmaker" about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-starmaker-about/573895)
**Author:** [@Flying\_Saucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Saucer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-song-starmaker-about/573895 "2023-08-05T13:25:24Z")
I’ve been reading about the TV show Fame and was moved by one of the episodes. Michael Thoma, who played Mr. Crandall, was dying of cancer. At the end of the first season, the school board fired Mr. Crandall – because o… --- ## [Looking for a kinetic typography music video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-kinetic-typography-music-video/988045)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2023, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-kinetic-typography-music-video/988045 "2023-08-04T22:15:17Z")
I once saw a music video on youtube that I thought I’d put into my playlists so it would come back up again but it hasn’t, and now I’ve forgotten a lot of the details. Here’s what I remember: In addition to the lyrics … --- ## [Does anyone have a more iconic list of characters to their credit than Harrison Ford?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-more-iconic-list-of-characters-to-their-credit-than-harrison-ford/987928)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-have-a-more-iconic-list-of-characters-to-their-credit-than-harrison-ford/987928 "2023-08-03T21:05:16Z")
He’s played Han Solo, Indiana Jones, Jack Ryan, Rick Deckard and probably a few others that don’t immediately come to mind. Can any other actor match his career for iconic characters? I don’t have a firm definition for… --- ## [My peppers are getting frisky](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-peppers-are-getting-frisky/986908)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-peppers-are-getting-frisky/986908 "2023-08-03T18:33:11Z")
I recently planted four kinds of capsicum in a row in the garden: white ghost, shishito, mini bell, and some kind of eggplant-colored pepper the size and shape of a small cayenne. Only the ghost peppers were seriously h… --- ## [Movies that need(ed) sequels](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2023, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-need-ed-sequels/987004 "2023-08-03T04:38:47Z")
People often complain about remakes and sequels, but there are movies that should have had sequels but didn’t. Here are a few, in my judgement, that it would have been nice. I’m presupposing that the sequels would have… --- ## [Barnes & Noble changes and the future of bookstores](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barnes-noble-changes-and-the-future-of-bookstores/987789)
**Author:** [@Bashorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bashorian)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/barnes-noble-changes-and-the-future-of-bookstores/987789 "2023-08-02T18:04:57Z")
Barnes & Noble (gift link to WSJ item) wants to renovate its brick and mortar locations in an Indie Bookstore motif in an effort to revive its business. The most significant changes include allowing employees to determin… --- ## [The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/733636)
**Author:** [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/733636 "2023-08-02T17:07:47Z")
Has anyone read this? It’s about the HeLa cells. Long story short, in 1951 a poor black woman died of advanced cervical cancer. Without her knowledge or consent, her doctor took biopsies of her cervix to grow cells t… --- ## [Called by last name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/called-by-last-name/987377)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/called-by-last-name/987377 "2023-08-02T16:53:24Z")
In authors I’ve been reading lately, Robert Parker’s hero, Spenser, is always called Spenser, not first name, by everyone from friends to lover; and Les Standiford’s Deal, is also called that by everyone, even his wife.… --- ## [Defend Heinz Chili sauce](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defend-heinz-chili-sauce/920512)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defend-heinz-chili-sauce/920512 "2023-08-02T15:15:42Z")
Something I was watching on YouTube made me think of Heinz Chili sauce for the first time in decades. My dad loved the stuff which always struck me aa very weird. Because he hated ketchup, and mocked people for using it… --- ## [Whose artist's death robbed us of the best (future) hits by this person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-artists-death-robbed-us-of-the-best-future-hits-by-this-person/987232)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 141\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whose-artists-death-robbed-us-of-the-best-future-hits-by-this-person/987232 "2023-08-02T10:45:45Z")
sorry, awkward way to phrase it … but which artist would have had a way greater number / quality of hits had (s)he not died untimely? I “nominate” Jim Croce he was pretty much at the top of his game (and easily on par … --- ## [Good Prog-Rock Songs w/ Female Vocals](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-prog-rock-songs-w-female-vocals/914405)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-prog-rock-songs-w-female-vocals/914405 "2023-08-02T04:46:10Z")
Good, or great! Preferably 70s (and late 60s)… If YOU think it’s prog, please paste the YouTube link… Duets are cool, too, and the blending of certain voices can be quite great. I keep running into them, and many are no… --- ## [Wh? is the relationship between Sigurd in the Völsung saga and Hrothgar in Beowulf? Are they both Danes ? Are they Scyldings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-is-the-relationship-between-sigurd-in-the-volsung-saga-and-hrothgar-in-beowulf-are-they-both-danes-are-they-scyldings/987718)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wh-is-the-relationship-between-sigurd-in-the-volsung-saga-and-hrothgar-in-beowulf-are-they-both-danes-are-they-scyldings/987718 "2023-08-02T00:40:46Z")
Is there a genealogical relationship( family kinship) between Sigurd and king Hrothgar --- ## [Are there alphabet soups that use other characters from other languages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-alphabet-soups-that-use-other-characters-from-other-languages/987800)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-alphabet-soups-that-use-other-characters-from-other-languages/987800 "2023-08-01T20:04:13Z")
Just curious. I think Japanese, Korean or Chinese alphabet soups would be interesting. --- ## [Foods/dishes whose name does not compute](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 273\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-dishes-whose-name-does-not-compute/982092 "2023-08-01T19:27:36Z")
Egg cream - contains neither eggs nor cream Lake trout - it’s not trout and it didn’t come from a lake (it’s a Baltimore thing) Others? --- ## [RIP Randy Meisner, Eagles co-founder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-randy-meisner-eagles-co-founder/987716)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-randy-meisner-eagles-co-founder/987716 "2023-08-01T18:21:47Z")
Randy Meisner, the retired American singer and co-founding member of the Eagles, died on July 26 in Los Angeles due to complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a statement shared b… --- ## [Are there any foods which incorporate all the different kinds of spicy-hot compounds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-which-incorporate-all-the-different-kinds-of-spicy-hot-compounds/987744)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-foods-which-incorporate-all-the-different-kinds-of-spicy-hot-compounds/987744 "2023-08-01T17:38:04Z")
There are a variety of different compounds that make food have that spicy hot sensation: –Capsaicin is the compound responsible for the sensation present in hot peppers. –Allyl Isothiocyanate is the compound that gives… --- ## [Silly Lord of the Rings Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-lord-of-the-rings-thoughts/986810)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/silly-lord-of-the-rings-thoughts/986810 "2023-08-01T01:23:17Z")
So I am both watching Lord of the Rings, and playing Lord of the Rings Online, and a silly thought came to me - and it would actually be a cute cartoon - What does the Rider of the Nazgul do when he isn’t out threatenin… --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - July 2023 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2023-edition/986381)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2023-edition/986381 "2023-08-01T01:17:52Z")
So a cat… Part two: There are a few strays in our area, but one in particular is a sweet faced old war vetran with a shredded ear and scar tissue around his neck, I call Tabby or Tabs. Tabby has been haunting my porch a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=179) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=181)