# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=221 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 222 --- ## [The Dragon Prince on Netflix (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dragon-prince-on-netflix-open-spoilers/821374)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dragon-prince-on-netflix-open-spoilers/821374 "2022-12-16T11:55:23Z")
From the makers of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Watching the second episode now, but I was not that impressed with the first episode. It was clear they were information dumping on us big time. I did like the line, “Wint… --- ## [Besides Turkey (and Thanksgiving Fixins) What Foods Are Only/Usually Eaten Seasonally?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-turkey-and-thanksgiving-fixins-what-foods-are-only-usually-eaten-seasonally/975456)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/besides-turkey-and-thanksgiving-fixins-what-foods-are-only-usually-eaten-seasonally/975456 "2022-12-16T11:12:40Z")
Turkeys are available year-round in the US, but other than in the form of lunchmeat, I only eat turkey at Christmas and Thanksgiving. Turkey is likely on the menu at many BBQ places, but if I’m at a BBQ place, I’m gettin… --- ## [Is Anyone Watching 1899? (No spoilers, please)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-1899-no-spoilers-please/976394)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-watching-1899-no-spoilers-please/976394 "2022-12-16T05:26:12Z")
I watched the first episode last night. I’m not sure about it yet. One thing that I absolutely hate is all of the overly loud, irritating mood music throughout the show. But I’m intrigued and will watch more. --- ## [Fresh Water Sushi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-sushi/976547)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fresh-water-sushi/976547 "2022-12-16T03:59:22Z")
Is there such a thing as using fresh water fish for Sushi? If not, why not? --- ## [Does anyone else here use Alibris, in any capacity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-use-alibris-in-any-capacity/976619)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2022, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-here-use-alibris-in-any-capacity/976619 "2022-12-16T03:17:19Z")
Alibris is a smaller-than-Amazon website where third-party vendors like me can sell things like books and movies. Anyway, I’m unable to log on, and I contacted them via e-mail and of course got a generic message back sa… --- ## [Why no Help? \[Beatles Movie\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-help-beatles-movie/976420)
**Author:** [@slicedalone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slicedalone)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-help-beatles-movie/976420 "2022-12-15T22:32:05Z")
Why is the Beatles’ movie A HARD DAYS NIGHT so readily available (on cable constantly) and their second movie HELP never shown on TV? I see they sell the DVD, so it’s not anything legal, probably. --- ## [Valley of the You're In Trouble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valley-of-the-youre-in-trouble/938984)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/valley-of-the-youre-in-trouble/938984 "2022-12-15T22:22:39Z")
“Your usefulness is at an end”. --- ## [Help ID this webcomic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-webcomic/976610)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-webcomic/976610 "2022-12-15T21:06:14Z")
I was in a bookstore earlier today. They had a set of books that were a comic strip I was unfamiliar with. I saw that the strips were originally published as a webcomic so I figured I would check them out online. I figu… --- ## [Cultural references you looked up and went "Hm!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-references-you-looked-up-and-went-hm/976599)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cultural-references-you-looked-up-and-went-hm/976599 "2022-12-15T16:58:15Z")
In the latest issue of Love and Rockets, Vivan, the fiery latina, is getting married. In the first scene of the story, the bridesmaids are hurriedly gathered together and told they’re short a groomsman, so one of the bri… --- ## [Tanya Tucker's light hearted Christmas movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanya-tuckers-light-hearted-christmas-movie/976443)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tanya-tuckers-light-hearted-christmas-movie/976443 "2022-12-15T16:49:55Z")
I liked it. Not a fan of these kinda of movies in general. I like Tanya Tucker. She was a tough cookie and a bad girl in her day. But seriously folks. Could they have not gotten the Hollywood dream team working on her … --- ## [Do McDonald's in England sell Egg McMuffins?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mcdonalds-in-england-sell-egg-mcmuffins/969892)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-mcdonalds-in-england-sell-egg-mcmuffins/969892 "2022-12-15T13:53:22Z")
And, if so, what description of their make up is used in promoting/advertising them? More specifically, do they say they’re made with “English Muffins”? Just a random subject that came up at dinner the other day. One … --- ## [I Think I'm Done with Bob's Burgers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-done-with-bobs-burgers/975754)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats2)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2022, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-done-with-bobs-burgers/975754 "2022-12-15T01:12:19Z")
I feel bad about this, but for me, Bob’s Burgers is done. This last episode was just so lifeless (and it’s set in a cemetery) that I’ve had it with the show. And I used to love it. This episode had the Belcher family … --- ## [Jay Leno injured in car explosion {2022-11-14}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-in-car-explosion-2022-11-14/974905)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jay-leno-injured-in-car-explosion-2022-11-14/974905 "2022-12-14T21:44:57Z")
Damage to left side of face. No injury to ears or eyes. Get well soon, Jay! --- ## [What are some earlier examples of fiction showing a sanitized, cliched, etc. recent history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-earlier-examples-of-fiction-showing-a-sanitized-cliched-etc-recent-history/976525)
**Author:** [@Tzigone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tzigone)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-earlier-examples-of-fiction-showing-a-sanitized-cliched-etc-recent-history/976525 "2022-12-14T20:32:18Z")
I never watched Happy Days, so cannot comment there. But often when people talk about past decades they talk about what the decade is now famous for moreso than the actual daily realty. And in fiction, especially comed… --- ## [Monthly photo competition #1 - Dec 2022 - "Outdoors"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-1-dec-2022-outdoors/975644)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [December 14, 2022, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monthly-photo-competition-1-dec-2022-outdoors/975644 "2022-12-14T18:30:59Z")
This is the monthly thread for December 2022. The topic this month is “Outdoors” chosen by @TwoCarrotSnowman. Please note: The general rules for the competition are here. To make the photos easier to review (and to ma… --- ## [SNL references Elizabeth Taylor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-references-elizabeth-taylor/976479)
**Author:** [@Bootb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/snl-references-elizabeth-taylor/976479 "2022-12-13T23:42:40Z")
I thought this was pretty interesting. I wonder how many people got the reference. --- ## [Project Hail Mary (novel by Andy Weir)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-novel-by-andy-weir/976408)
**Author:** [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/project-hail-mary-novel-by-andy-weir/976408 "2022-12-13T22:51:44Z")
I didn’t see a previous thread on this, but over the weekend I re-read Project Hail Mary, a 2021 novel by Andy Weir (author of The Martian). I read it for the first time about a year ago, and thought it was good enough … --- ## ["The highwayman" TV series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highwayman-tv-series/976465)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highwayman-tv-series/976465 "2022-12-13T19:23:48Z")
I love this opening narration by William Conrad. . Some southern band should set this to music. Perhaps Blackfoot of “The Highway Song” fame. They say he came into this world from someplace off the clock. And his mother… --- ## [Hercules and gospel truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-and-gospel-truth/976115)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 91\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hercules-and-gospel-truth/976115 "2022-12-13T18:27:49Z")
As a liberal Christian, and not a militant one, I’m jovial enough to accept a little teasing and mockery, and I’m not like an ISIS Muslim who will declare a fatwa on somebody for depicting the Prophet Muhammad in a comi… --- ## [Another question for the British contingent (this time about Christmas dinner)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-the-british-contingent-this-time-about-christmas-dinner/976350)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-question-for-the-british-contingent-this-time-about-christmas-dinner/976350 "2022-12-13T16:39:08Z")
I just finished watching Scrooge (1935). Toward the end, Mrs Cratchit is seen cutting the top of what looks to be a pie or loaf of some sort. This can’t be a Christmas pudding, can it? I’ve never seen one that looks l… --- ## [Question(s) About Ramen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-s-about-ramen/976358)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-s-about-ramen/976358 "2022-12-13T16:04:44Z")
I’ve been considering venturing into the world of ramen, as an effort to vary both mine and Vaderlings diet, in how we eat what we eat if nothing else, although I would dearly love for him to open himself to some new thi… --- ## [What's the name of this dish? Pizza crust/caramelized onions/anchovies/black olives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-dish-pizza-crust-caramelized-onions-anchovies-black-olives/976391)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-name-of-this-dish-pizza-crust-caramelized-onions-anchovies-black-olives/976391 "2022-12-13T10:45:01Z")
One of the most aggravating things about getting old is the way things vanish from your memory. Or at least become so elusive you can’t pull them back out without prompting. Anyway. I had a friend who would semi-often… --- ## [Crypto Decoded on NOVA PBS](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crypto-decoded-on-nova-pbs/974925)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 105\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crypto-decoded-on-nova-pbs/974925 "2022-12-13T04:11:58Z")
Well, I watched it, hoping to learn something about Crypto Currency and all that. I’m more confused and ignorant than I was before. Didn’t really understand a damn thing. I kinda get the idea of secrecy and eliminating … --- ## [Looking for participants in a Podcast project - trust me, you'll want to read this](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-participants-in-a-podcast-project-trust-me-youll-want-to-read-this/976442)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-participants-in-a-podcast-project-trust-me-youll-want-to-read-this/976442 "2022-12-13T04:03:44Z")
Like to gab? Show how smart you are? Think “shit, I can do that” while listening to some dork blab on the radio regarding some argument point debunked on the SDMB 14 years ago? … Eve… --- ## [Why no potato dumplings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-potato-dumplings/976436)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 13, 2022, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-no-potato-dumplings/976436 "2022-12-13T03:31:12Z")
growing up in half-German household (Dad), my mom used to to make potato dumplings from scratch (size of matzo balls at least) to go with sauerbraten, but over the last 30+ years, in the 7-8 cities I’ve lived in or visit… --- ## [What are these books in the sketch "A Peek at Pico" on SNL May 14, 2022?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-books-in-the-sketch-a-peek-at-pico-on-snl-may-14-2022/964460)
**Author:** [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-books-in-the-sketch-a-peek-at-pico-on-snl-may-14-2022/964460 "2022-12-12T23:19:17Z")
In this sketch, there’s a librarian holding a pile of books that she’s recommending. The books are (in order from the top of the pile) The Giver by Lois Lowry, a book that I don’t recognize, American Gods by Neil Gaiman… --- ## [Bam Margera of "Jackass" has COVID and is on a ventilator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bam-margera-of-jackass-has-covid-and-is-on-a-ventilator/976280)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bam-margera-of-jackass-has-covid-and-is-on-a-ventilator/976280 "2022-12-12T23:04:59Z")
He’s had a long history of drug addiction, and even if he is clean now, that’s very hard on the body. I’m not a “Jackass” fan, but I do know who he is, and wish him a quick recovery. p.s. I originally said “life sup… --- ## [Humorous Space Opera](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-space-opera/976224)
**Author:** [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-space-opera/976224 "2022-12-12T19:54:06Z")
For Christmas my daughter has requested humorous space opera, but in paperback form. (She and her sister read horrible cozy mysteries in ebook formats, so she has used up her ebook allotment on them.) She has read the M… --- ## [What to do with garlic cheddar curds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-garlic-cheddar-curds/976360)
**Author:** [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-garlic-cheddar-curds/976360 "2022-12-12T14:10:45Z")
I got some of these, and made quesadilla with part of the package. It was almost great, except it was way too salty. Any idea what I can do with the rest that will tone down the saltiness? --- ## [Which are the saltiest pretzels?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-the-saltiest-pretzels/974258)
**Author:** [@xanthous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xanthous)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 12, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-are-the-saltiest-pretzels/974258 "2022-12-12T13:31:59Z")
I’m not a big fan of a pretzel, unless it’s suuuper salty. I’m actually eating some lackluster pretzels right now, and wishing I knew of a go-to, salt-tastic variety. Sticks, minis, twists (but maybe not the hard Bavaria… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=220) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=222)