# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=27 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 28 --- ## [Your cabbage soup - tomato or no tomato?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cabbage-soup-tomato-or-no-tomato/829561)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-cabbage-soup-tomato-or-no-tomato/829561 "2026-04-12T16:23:27Z")
Definitely cabbage soup weather out there. My grandfather’s cabbage soup was just sliced onion and big chunks of potato and cabbage. You had to cut the potatoes with the edge of the spoon. Lots of dill and thickened w… --- ## [Mahatma Yellow rice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mahatma-yellow-rice/1029211)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mahatma-yellow-rice/1029211 "2026-04-12T03:07:38Z")
You know the lovely gold package. Generally cheap. I think it’s supposed to have saffron in, couldn’t swear that to be true. I like it rolled into a kale leaf or a tortilla or both. Can you cook it in a rice cooker? … --- ## [What is "haroseth"? And how/why do you eat it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-haroseth-and-how-why-do-you-eat-it/1029101)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-haroseth-and-how-why-do-you-eat-it/1029101 "2026-04-11T23:32:46Z")
My NYT cooking notifications just informed me that based on my previous views of recipes, I might like to consider “haroseth.” I never heard of it, and the photograph didn’t give me a good sense of what it was, so I clic… --- ## [The Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters, Round 4, the Elite Eight. Choose your favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 11, 2026, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-4-the-elite-eight-choose-your-favorites/1029115 "2026-04-11T02:14:55Z")
This is Round Four of the Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 4 head-to-head battles. Polls w… --- ## [The Melania movie reviews are in! (they're not good)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-melania-movie-reviews-are-in-theyre-not-good/1027227)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 316\ **Last updated:** [April 10, 2026, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-melania-movie-reviews-are-in-theyre-not-good/1027227 "2026-04-10T23:53:37Z")
Melania is getting 6% on Rotten Tomatoes from the critics, vs. 99% from the (apparently very small) audience. That’s a difference of 93 percentage points between the critics and the movie-watching public. A decade ago, w… --- ## ["Golden Curry" product - anyone use it or familiar with it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-curry-product-anyone-use-it-or-familiar-with-it/1028949)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-curry-product-anyone-use-it-or-familiar-with-it/1028949 "2026-04-09T23:59:29Z")
I mean this stuff: I’ve seen it in the grocery store for years but never tried it. I think there are some variations. Is it good? Am I missing something? I do have pretty … --- ## [SDMB Photo Thread - Show us a photo!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 451\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-photo-thread-show-us-a-photo/952641 "2026-04-09T23:29:52Z")
This is a thread for Dopers to show off photos they have taken themselves. One photo per post please. Discussion of photo is encouraged. They do not need to be artsy fartsy, just (ideally) interesting in some way. Remem… --- ## [Makin' Bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makin-bacon/1029121)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makin-bacon/1029121 "2026-04-09T21:27:04Z")
Minds out of the gutter and into the kitchen, please. :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: I want bacon! Tell me types of meat (pork only, please) and ways to cook it. --- ## [I'm making breakfast; how do you want your eggs? (Old thread, MMM may no longer be offering. )](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-making-breakfast-how-do-you-want-your-eggs-old-thread-mmm-may-no-longer-be-offering/555843 "2026-04-09T14:56:59Z")
Just eggs. No fancy omelets, benedicts or souffles. --- ## [Actor id in Cinderella (1965)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-id-in-cinderella-1965/1029011)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actor-id-in-cinderella-1965/1029011 "2026-04-08T22:11:12Z")
The Prince Is Giving a Ball. You can see the kid at 0:28 and 1:22, credited as “Butch Sherwood,” his only acting credit, and I can find no further info on him. However, with some ferreting I came across this pic, and t… --- ## [Help me with bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-bacon/259285)
**Author:** [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-bacon/259285 "2026-04-08T19:20:07Z")
Apparently quality of bacon differs dramatically with brand. I’ve bought two different brands the most affordable bacon from the grocery store and they were horrible. They were big slabs of fat with only tiny stripes o… --- ## [Surprising musical moments on a usually non-musical television show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 168\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/surprising-musical-moments-on-a-usually-non-musical-television-show/1028026 "2026-04-08T18:56:14Z")
Others can bring up special musical episodes of usually non-musical shows, but my example goes back a bit further: Billy Mumy and Marta Kristen singing “Sloop John B” on an episode of “Lost In Space”: Billy Mumy & Mart… --- ## [Singer ID of Old Song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-id-of-old-song/1029096)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singer-id-of-old-song/1029096 "2026-04-08T18:43:17Z")
When I was a kid, my sisters and I would listen to my mom’s 45s on her old record player. A record player my dad gave her for Christmas when they were dating. My mom was a teenager in the 50s, so when we were listening t… --- ## [Fantastic Four: First Steps seen it thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-four-first-steps-seen-it-thread/1021290)
**Author:** [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fantastic-four-first-steps-seen-it-thread/1021290 "2026-04-08T16:41:09Z")
Just got back from watching this. It was good and entertaining but nothing mind blowing. The setting does a lot for the movie, I think without it this would have felt a lot more generic and forgettable. Everyone did a go… --- ## [Do you like the flavor of licorice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-flavor-of-licorice/1026071)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 139\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-like-the-flavor-of-licorice/1026071 "2026-04-08T16:25:20Z")
Real licorice, not Twizzlers. The anise flavor that is the is the hallmark of absinthe, ouzo, and the much maligned Malort. poll My hypothesis is that most have strong opinions on the flavor. --- ## [The Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters, Round 3, the Sweet Sixteen. Choose your favorites](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-3-the-sweet-sixteen-choose-your-favorites/1029061)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-tv-sitcom-battle-male-characters-round-3-the-sweet-sixteen-choose-your-favorites/1029061 "2026-04-08T14:55:19Z")
This is Round Three of the Great TV Sitcom Battle, Male Characters edition. Rankings are based on input gathered in another thread. Vote for your favorite character in each of the following 8 head-to-head battles. Polls … --- ## [Do you ever find your heart breaking over a, well, manufacturer's problems?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-find-your-heart-breaking-over-a-well-manufacturers-problems/1029109)
**Author:** [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-find-your-heart-breaking-over-a-well-manufacturers-problems/1029109 "2026-04-08T12:10:10Z")
This is about a food at the bottom, so I guess it belongs here, though it feels more like MPSIMS to me. A long-term friend’s daughter’s business is teetering on the edge. I’ve know her since she was 12. She’s always … --- ## ["Eggs Over Medium" - what do you expect to get?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-over-medium-what-do-you-expect-to-get/1029038)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eggs-over-medium-what-do-you-expect-to-get/1029038 "2026-04-08T11:59:04Z")
My wife and I are out for breakfast this morning. She ordered her eggs over medium, and had to send them back immediately because she could tell just by looking at them that they weren’t what she wanted. What do you ex… --- ## [17776 - a web story about AI, immortality, and football (spoilers after OP)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17776-a-web-story-about-ai-immortality-and-football-spoilers-after-op/1029087)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17776-a-web-story-about-ai-immortality-and-football-spoilers-after-op/1029087 "2026-04-08T07:03:35Z")
I was just turned onto this story from a Reddit post, because today, April 7, 2026, is the day that a pivotal event in its narrative takes place. It was published in installments in 2017 from the sports website SBNation … --- ## [Worst Voice in Saturday Morning Cartoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-voice-in-saturday-morning-cartoons/1029065)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-voice-in-saturday-morning-cartoons/1029065 "2026-04-08T05:16:41Z")
Some legendary voice actors provided the voices for cartoon characters. Some were great (Mel Blanc, Daws Butler) and some not so great. I was watching an old Archie cartoon on YouTube, and I’d forgotten how horrible th… --- ## [Upper Midwestern Dopers: Has anyone here used Ruby's Pantry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upper-midwestern-dopers-has-anyone-here-used-rubys-pantry/1016774)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upper-midwestern-dopers-has-anyone-here-used-rubys-pantry/1016774 "2026-04-08T02:12:18Z")
They don’t have a facility within about 100 miles of me, but I first heard of them last night and checked out a few YouTube videos. The first one was hosted by a mother of 10 who said there were a few things her family … --- ## [A painting I would love to see](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-painting-i-would-love-to-see/1029110)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-painting-i-would-love-to-see/1029110 "2026-04-08T02:09:55Z")
I remember it must have been 15 or 20 years ago I was watching the Oscars and Christina Aguilera received an Oscar for something or some kind of a war that I don’t remember that but I remember camera switched on to her m… --- ## [What is the difference between pasta sauce, pizza sauce, and marinara?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-pasta-sauce-pizza-sauce-and-marinara/1029030)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-pasta-sauce-pizza-sauce-and-marinara/1029030 "2026-04-08T00:41:00Z")
This has bugged me my whole life. Every time I go to the grocery store, the “canned tomato” aisle has a bunch of all of these. What exactly is the difference between them? Are you committing a terrible culinary sin if yo… --- ## [Stephen King and Whoopi Goldberg: was this AI?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-and-whoopi-goldberg-was-this-ai/1029100)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-king-and-whoopi-goldberg-was-this-ai/1029100 "2026-04-07T23:10:04Z")
I saw an online video a couple of days ago. It showed Stephen King on the set of Whoopi Goldberg’s talk show. In the video, King was very unhappy about something Goldberg had said. The gist of what he was saying was that… --- ## [Where's the Beef? Stroganoff?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-beef-stroganoff/1009734)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-beef-stroganoff/1009734 "2026-04-07T22:13:33Z")
Before COVID, Beef Stroganoff was in every frozen food area, in every grocery. Now? Neither Kroger nor Publix nor Wallymart has it. {BAFFLED} Did they stop making it? Why? --- ## [Agatha Christie's "A Murder is Announced" \[spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christies-a-murder-is-announced-spoilers/1029075)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agatha-christies-a-murder-is-announced-spoilers/1029075 "2026-04-07T22:10:52Z")
This was the spring play at my school, and so of course I saw it. I’m pleased to say that I guessed right at intermission. But some questions remain: First, what was the big deal with the goiter/iodine treatment? App… --- ## [Does your state/country have a (somewhat) unified library catalog available?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-state-country-have-a-somewhat-unified-library-catalog-available/1028877 "2026-04-07T21:04:30Z")
It took becoming a trustee for me to learn that Massachusetts has a single catalog that includes almost all public libraries and many educational libraries as well. For example, a couple of months ago I found a relativel… --- ## [The Randy Rainbow appreciation thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-randy-rainbow-appreciation-thread/1028011)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-randy-rainbow-appreciation-thread/1028011 "2026-04-07T15:53:59Z")
I really like this guy. He takes show tunes or pop music and adds parody lyrics, usually political commentary, and especially critical of Trump and Trumpists. Here’s his Youtube channel Here’s a few of my favouri… --- ## [Stairs in film](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairs-in-film/775636)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2026, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stairs-in-film/775636 "2026-04-07T01:59:25Z")
Surprised no searches came up for that. Links? Post two film examples where a set of stairs figure prominently, either advancing the plot at points, or having at least some integral part in the film, and then a third ex… --- ## [Hard boiled eggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/1029046)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hard-boiled-eggs/1029046 "2026-04-06T16:08:46Z")
Continuing the discussion from "Eggs Over Medium" - what do you expect to get?: So, i rarely make hard boiled eggs. And when i prepare boiled egg for myself, i scrape it out of the shell onto buttered toast. But i do ha… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=26) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=28)