# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=207 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 208 --- ## [Looking for restaurant recommendations for NYC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-restaurant-recommendations-for-nyc/980419)
**Author:** [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-restaurant-recommendations-for-nyc/980419 "2023-02-28T00:39:34Z")
Hi, all. A friend and I will be going down to NYC to see a show on Broadway the end of April. We have tickets to a 2:00 pm matinee at the Shubert Theater, and we’re looking for a place to have lunch beforehand. A goog… --- ## [:Sigh: Strange mustard.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-strange-mustard/710142)
**Author:** [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sigh-strange-mustard/710142 "2023-02-28T00:23:33Z")
This isn’t really a Pitting, so I’m putting it in CS. I bought some cheap yellow mustard at Aldi the other day. Its recipe seems to have been designed by someone who thought it sufficiently mustardy to take vinegar and … --- ## [The Menu movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-menu-movie/977220)
**Author:** [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-menu-movie/977220 "2023-02-27T21:46:21Z")
I didn’t see a thread for The Menu and I really don’t think a movie like this should be put on the back burner. This was a really alluring movie with some tasty, intense scenes as well as a handful of laug… --- ## [Have you seen Mammals, with James Corden?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-mammals-with-james-corden/980444)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-seen-mammals-with-james-corden/980444 "2023-02-27T17:52:16Z")
This is a fantastic series. Well acted and quite suspenseful. The resolution was unexpected and superbly written. I was familiar with Corden through Carpool Karaoke, but had never seen him act. I was fairly impressed. A… --- ## [2023 95th Academy Awards Nominees are Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-95th-academy-awards-nominees-are-out/978739)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2023-95th-academy-awards-nominees-are-out/978739 "2023-02-27T15:31:24Z")
The nominations are now out, full list at: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/2023 Best picture “All Quiet on the Western Front” “Avatar: The Way of Water” “The Banshees of Inisherin” “Elvis” “Everything Eve… --- ## [The Automat (2021)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-automat-2021/980379)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-automat-2021/980379 "2023-02-27T05:57:42Z")
We watched The Automat (2021) last night. I’m a SoCal native. I’ve never been to New York or Philadelphia. I’ve never been to a Horn & Hardardt Automat. I have a vague memory as a child, getting dishes of food out of… --- ## [There's too much amazing Sci-Fi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-too-much-amazing-sci-fi/980170)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-too-much-amazing-sci-fi/980170 "2023-02-27T05:51:05Z")
Yeah, I know, but I grew up BEFORE Star Wars, but after Star Trek and I LOVED Sci-Fi…this kid living way down at the end of a dirt road with not a lot of friends in the 70’s and I devoured anything SciFi I possibly could… --- ## [Jack Smith, AP photographer of Mt. Saint Helens, has died last month at 80](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-smith-ap-photographer-of-mt-saint-helens-has-died-last-month-at-80/980410)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2023, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jack-smith-ap-photographer-of-mt-saint-helens-has-died-last-month-at-80/980410 "2023-02-27T01:56:38Z")
Smith passed away on Jan. 4 at his home in La Mesa, California. He had cancer and had been in hospice care, said his wife, Judy Smith. In addition to capturing the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens, he shot photos of the… --- ## [Marty Robbin's "Big Iron"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marty-robbins-big-iron/980369)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2023, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marty-robbins-big-iron/980369 "2023-02-26T18:20:20Z")
I don’t remember now how I stumbled upon this, but somehow YouTube’s algorithms ending up offering me this animated clip which I think is perfect. 2:24 in particular is a masterpiece of conveying body language with minim… --- ## [Clarkesworld magazine no longer accepting submissions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarkesworld-magazine-no-longer-accepting-submissions/980114)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clarkesworld-magazine-no-longer-accepting-submissions/980114 "2023-02-26T02:57:59Z")
Neil Clarke of Clarkesworld has announced they’re closed to submissions.\* The reason, they’ve been swamped by AI-created stories overwhelming them. This seems to be a real problem for magazines. There is no good solutio… --- ## [SPAM lovers unite! I ate a can of SPAM tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-lovers-unite-i-ate-a-can-of-spam-tonight/978552)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spam-lovers-unite-i-ate-a-can-of-spam-tonight/978552 "2023-02-26T02:06:13Z")
Okay, not the actual can, but the entire contents. I made frozen ramen and always like SPAM with it. Started cutting slices, I usually eat half the can, but thought…Why not keep going?..and sliced and ate it all. Delish… --- ## [Rings for Hobbits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rings-for-hobbits/980120)
**Author:** [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rings-for-hobbits/980120 "2023-02-25T23:16:25Z")
I’m rereading Lord of the Rings. It’s been about twenty years since I had last read it. I’ve been thinking about the Greater Rings of Power. The Nine for men fed their thirst for power over others, which allowed Sauro… --- ## ["Good morning Worm Your Honour"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-worm-your-honour/138045)
**Author:** [@ZooMetropolis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZooMetropolis)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-morning-worm-your-honour/138045 "2023-02-25T14:15:59Z")
In the song The Trial, from Pink Floyd’s excellent album The Wall, this is the verse that starts the song. I wanted to know what the meaning of this “Worm Your Honour” is, because someone told me that it is how the judg… --- ## [What is the name of this Trope?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-trope/980317)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-trope/980317 "2023-02-25T03:14:02Z")
I saw it once there on TV Tropes but didn’t make a mental note of it. I think “Non-specific” is part of the name. Let me give a couple of examples: Remember that episode of MASH where the corporal wears a dress? That w… --- ## [Beez in the Trap \[identical rhyme\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beez-in-the-trap-identical-rhyme/980215)
**Author:** [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beez-in-the-trap-identical-rhyme/980215 "2023-02-25T03:08:49Z")
She rhymes “nothing” with “nothing”. Is that considered legit? We are not even talking homophones or homonyms. --- ## [Who was the best Wednesday Addams?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-wednesday-addams/980031)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2023, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-wednesday-addams/980031 "2023-02-25T00:06:34Z")
poll With the recent passing of Lisa Loring, who originated the role, and the newly debuted series on Netflix, I thought I’d ask who everyone thinks played Wednesday Addams the best. To keep things simple, choices are l… --- ## [Weird genre of bogus YouTube cooking videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-genre-of-bogus-youtube-cooking-videos/980167)
**Author:** [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-genre-of-bogus-youtube-cooking-videos/980167 "2023-02-24T23:51:29Z")
Help me find something I remember seeing several of, several years back. Not fake, as such – not those videos that show how to bake a perfect 7-layer wedding cake all at once in the microwave, and they’ve blatantly faked… --- ## [Graham Taylor as a turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-taylor-as-a-turnip/243975)
**Author:** [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/graham-taylor-as-a-turnip/243975 "2023-02-24T23:27:12Z")
Can anyone find me a copy of the infamous Sun mockup of Graham Taylor as a turnip? I find loads of references to it on Google but not the actual picture. (By way of explanation, Graham Taylor was the England football m… --- ## [Culinary question for Chinese speakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-question-for-chinese-speakers/980266)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culinary-question-for-chinese-speakers/980266 "2023-02-24T22:07:52Z")
Sorry, I don’t know if this is Mandarin, Cantonese, or some other dialect: Seriously, what does it say? --- ## [Please help me find this TV ad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-tv-ad/980202)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-find-this-tv-ad/980202 "2023-02-24T18:39:11Z")
Maybe 10 years old? It’s for car insurance, I think. We are on the bridge of a Star Trek-like ship, and the ship goes to red alert after it is hit by another spaceship. Turns out it was just an accident. The captain sa… --- ## [Michael Monroe's "One Man Gang"---what is the PMA he's running on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-monroes-one-man-gang-what-is-the-pma-hes-running-on/980307)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/michael-monroes-one-man-gang-what-is-the-pma-hes-running-on/980307 "2023-02-24T16:40:54Z")
Listening to Michael Monroe’s “One Man Gang” and he keeps saying he’s “running on that PMA”. Hopefully I’m not the only Michael Monroe fan here, because I have no idea what he’s talking about. The internet is full of th… --- ## [Vegan Pasta Puttanesca?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-pasta-puttanesca/980196)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vegan-pasta-puttanesca/980196 "2023-02-23T20:04:04Z")
I made Pasta Puttanesca last night and I wondered why I don’t have it on the rotation as much as I used to-- it’s one of the best ratios of weekday simplicity to classy deliciousness there is. I’m enjoying an early lunch… --- ## [Have Girl Scout cookies declined in quality, or is it me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-girl-scout-cookies-declined-in-quality-or-is-it-me/980030)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-girl-scout-cookies-declined-in-quality-or-is-it-me/980030 "2023-02-23T20:03:42Z")
I was a Girl Scout back in the 1960s and 70s, and sold, and ATE, my fair share of cookies. Certain classics that they still sell - the chocolate-covered peanut butter ones, the oatmeal cookie peanut butter ones, and the … --- ## [Pancake Day is here! What's for dinner?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-day-is-here-whats-for-dinner/980128)
**Author:** [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pancake-day-is-here-whats-for-dinner/980128 "2023-02-23T02:18:33Z")
Pancake Day is finally here (I think you might call it something else in the US? Fat Tuesday? Love that name). So what’s for dinner? I like to keep it simple and traditional (well, traditional for the UK, anyway) - we c… --- ## [Lasagna time!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasagna-time/980008)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 84\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasagna-time/980008 "2023-02-22T22:43:40Z")
This is very likely the last chilly weekend in San Antonio - I wouldn’t bet my mortgage on it, but I’d place $50. Throwing a dinner party for a couple of friends, I am making lasagna and the others are bringing salads a… --- ## ["Munch" munched: Richard Belzer dead at 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munch-munched-richard-belzer-dead-at-78/980045)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/munch-munched-richard-belzer-dead-at-78/980045 "2023-02-22T10:51:45Z")
Belzer was beloved as Detective John Munch, first on “Homicide Life on the Streets” and then “Law & Order SVU.” He played the role for 22 years in total. Munch appeared on the original “Law & Order” and “Trial by Jury… --- ## [All Creatures Great & Small](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-creatures-great-small/930335)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2023, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-creatures-great-small/930335 "2023-02-22T02:24:50Z")
I was so excited to see this revamped and back on TV. I read all of the books years ago and LOVED the 78-90 series. I was a little worried that the new version wouldn’t be as good, but I was nicely surprised. It was grea… --- ## [Movies Centered Around Single Outcast Women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-centered-around-single-outcast-women/955582)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-centered-around-single-outcast-women/955582 "2023-02-21T18:44:26Z")
I tend to love these movies. I just used the term “Outcast” as am umbrella. It could be a 35-yr old woman who’s a virgin (Rachel, Rachel) or a woman who might be shy, overweight (Sugarbaby)… Especially movies where there… --- ## [Anyone still like / make aspic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-like-make-aspic/979834)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-still-like-make-aspic/979834 "2023-02-21T17:50:44Z")
I made Chicken Piccata last night for a romantic VD dinner with Mrs. solost. In my version of Piccata I take homemade bone broth and reduce it to about 1/4 of its original volume to make the sauce. I had a little reduce… --- ## [Do you own any albums/tapes/CDs of Syd Barrett's solo work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-any-albums-tapes-cds-of-syd-barretts-solo-work/979883)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 21, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-own-any-albums-tapes-cds-of-syd-barretts-solo-work/979883 "2023-02-21T17:23:47Z")
Possibly forgotten, I brought up Syd Barrett’s album, “Barrett” today in another thread. I was wondering how many people had bought any of his solo work. So a poll. poll BTW: Syd Barrett was Summarythe fo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=206) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=208)