# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=307 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 308 --- ## [What to do with ground venison?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-ground-venison/950837)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-ground-venison/950837 "2021-09-20T16:44:31Z")
A friend gave us some ground venison. I could make burgers out of it, but is there anything more interesting I could do? I don’t want to make sausages, and turning into meat loaf seems like a waste. --- ## [Shazam! (DC's Captain Marvel film)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shazam-dcs-captain-marvel-film/829373)
**Author:** [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2021, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shazam-dcs-captain-marvel-film/829373 "2021-09-20T01:44:41Z")
I couldn’t find a thread related to this. If I missed it, I apologize. I am really looking forward to seeing this movie. I know the teasers look unrepentantly corny and silly, just like Shazam from many of the classic c… --- ## [Handmaid's Tale: evangelical utopia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handmaids-tale-evangelical-utopia/950618)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handmaids-tale-evangelical-utopia/950618 "2021-09-19T20:19:22Z")
Ate there are Christian extremists who watch The Handmaid’s Tale and think, “Damn right! Praise Jesus!”? Has anyone expressed the idea that it portrays things as they should be? --- ## [Biographies of Comedians](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biographies-of-comedians/950542)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biographies-of-comedians/950542 "2021-09-19T18:37:00Z")
Even better - autobiographies… I’m halfway reading John Barbour’s “Your Mother’s Not a Virgin!: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout who changed the Face of American TV!” and it’s really good. Of course, Mo… --- ## [Any fans of the YouTube coffee nerd James Hoffman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-youtube-coffee-nerd-james-hoffman/926527)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-fans-of-the-youtube-coffee-nerd-james-hoffman/926527 "2021-09-19T18:33:53Z")
I like the guy. He’s hipster but also smart, articulate, entertaining, and informative. He investigates everything about coffee-- buying, roasting, grinding, brewing methods, tasting, and everything in between and beyond… --- ## [It Takes Two loop (Rob Base, DJ EZ Rock)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-takes-two-loop-rob-base-dj-ez-rock/950873)
**Author:** [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-takes-two-loop-rob-base-dj-ez-rock/950873 "2021-09-19T10:31:52Z")
The song It Takes Two by Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock samples from Lyn Collins song "Think (About It): However, if you listen to the song: you’ll see that the actual Lyn Collins vocal is differen… --- ## [(If you like bacon) Why is bacon good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-bacon-why-is-bacon-good/950840)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2021, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-like-bacon-why-is-bacon-good/950840 "2021-09-19T02:05:38Z")
If you enjoy bacon, what, specifically, is it about bacon that you like? What makes bacon good? (and in what context - e.g. are the things that make bacon good in a sandwich different from the things that make it good on… --- ## [Hello my baby, hello my \*blank\*, hello my ragtime gal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby-hello-my-blank-hello-my-ragtime-gal/950543)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-baby-hello-my-blank-hello-my-ragtime-gal/950543 "2021-09-18T23:57:55Z")
On Facebook, the topic of “Hell, My Ragtime Gal” came up. If you are familiar with this Andrew Sisters song – I know it from a cartoon short with a singing frog (apparently named Michigan J Frog) – sing it in your head, … --- ## [Discovery One in 2001: A Space Odyssey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-one-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/840467)
**Author:** [@cjackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjackson)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discovery-one-in-2001-a-space-odyssey/840467 "2021-09-18T21:01:15Z")
What kind of propulsion system did that ship use? Could it exist in real life? --- ## [Does the song Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg remind you of your dad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-song-leader-of-the-band-by-dan-fogelberg-remind-you-of-your-dad/950727)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-song-leader-of-the-band-by-dan-fogelberg-remind-you-of-your-dad/950727 "2021-09-18T20:01:01Z")
I always think of dad during the years he battled early Parkinson’s. His love for music kept him going until he could no more. He always had sad eyes but towards the end they were also tired and weary. He was never th… --- ## [Cartoon talk now heard on the street](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-talk-now-heard-on-the-street/950842)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2021, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cartoon-talk-now-heard-on-the-street/950842 "2021-09-18T12:35:09Z")
Tina’s frenemies, Tammy and Jocelyn, do it. Lola from Big Mouth also does it. That very annoying “-aah” that they put at the end of (usually) interjections. What is that? At first I thought it was a new Valley-Girl type … --- ## [Things you learned from meal delivery kits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-meal-delivery-kits/950485)
**Author:** [@Somethingwitty1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Somethingwitty1)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-learned-from-meal-delivery-kits/950485 "2021-09-17T23:45:02Z")
We started using these before Covid, but ramped up our use during the worst of times. Probably have used most of the various companies. I have learned: Fond is a thing. Cook everything in the same pan. it flavors eve… --- ## [Red Lobster after COVID](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-lobster-after-covid/945402)
**Author:** [@dummygladhands71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dummygladhands71)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-lobster-after-covid/945402 "2021-09-17T19:31:37Z")
A.K.A., as we’ve always called it - “Dead Lobster.” But my 95 year old Mom loves it. Loves it!! Virgin Bahama Mama frozen drink, those rolls, and usually, the Admiral’s Platter. Ugh. We take her because we love her. But … --- ## [Fine, how would YOU write Return of the Jedi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-how-would-you-write-return-of-the-jedi/681909)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fine-how-would-you-write-return-of-the-jedi/681909 "2021-09-17T18:13:03Z")
It has been pretty well established that Return of the Jedi sucked, so, from a blank slate, how would you write it? I am envisioning a situation where Jabba the Hutt and Bobba Fett play more significant roles. As in, Ja… --- ## [Did Bob Dylan ever record Louie Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bob-dylan-ever-record-louie-louie/950740)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-bob-dylan-ever-record-louie-louie/950740 "2021-09-17T14:15:33Z")
He performed it at Farm Aide in ‘86 but that’s not what I’m talking about. Many, many years ago a local station had a Louie Louie marathon. All day long, just cover versions of the song. I taped a few hours it. And I sw… --- ## ["Children of Time" (DS9): How long to turn a colony of 47 people into one of 8,000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-time-ds9-how-long-to-turn-a-colony-of-47-people-into-one-of-8-000/950672)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/children-of-time-ds9-how-long-to-turn-a-colony-of-47-people-into-one-of-8-000/950672 "2021-09-17T02:57:23Z")
In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Children of Time”, the U.S.S. Defiant and its crew of 49 people goes through an energy field orbiting a planet, and finds a colony inhabited by 8,000 people, mostly humans with … --- ## [The Cowsills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cowsills/950701)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cowsills/950701 "2021-09-16T23:52:11Z")
Has anyone watched the 2011 documentary Family Band: The Cowsills Story? I happened to come across it on Amazon Prime last week. I remember the Cowsills from when I was a kid and still like some of their songs - The Rain… --- ## [Star Wars: A New Hope - Is it possible the deleted Biggs scene ever aired when the movie was released](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-a-new-hope-is-it-possible-the-deleted-biggs-scene-ever-aired-when-the-movie-was-released/950396)
**Author:** [@joemama24\_98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joemama24_98)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-a-new-hope-is-it-possible-the-deleted-biggs-scene-ever-aired-when-the-movie-was-released/950396 "2021-09-16T15:06:10Z")
Regarding this deleted scene, which is now available on Disney+ I could picture this scene in my head before I actually watched it. I’ve sworn to my friends for some time I recall seeing this scene in the movie (broa… --- ## [POLL: Your favorite mega groups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-favorite-mega-groups/950608)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-your-favorite-mega-groups/950608 "2021-09-16T12:57:38Z")
I left out solo acts like Prince and duos like Simon and Garfunkel. The Beatles seem to routinely appear as the front runner. Which three would you pick? I left a none of the above because I’ve probably missed some…Su… --- ## [Beloved UK pop/rock acts that never caught on in the US... and vice versa](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-uk-pop-rock-acts-that-never-caught-on-in-the-us-and-vice-versa/949676)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2021, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beloved-uk-pop-rock-acts-that-never-caught-on-in-the-us-and-vice-versa/949676 "2021-09-16T12:23:52Z")
I was discussing with a friend which bands/performers were really acclaimed on one side of the Atlantic yet shockingly unknown on the other. Which ones would you say that applies to the most? --- ## [What's good on HBO Max?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-hbo-max/928189)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-good-on-hbo-max/928189 "2021-09-15T19:54:42Z")
Did a search for HBO Max, found a few launch-related threads, but nothing too recent. So anyway last week my wife and I decided to spring for HBO Max so we could stave off winter pandemic cabin fever by watching the firs… --- ## [Wah Ming Chang: Star Trek's (TOS) unsung, uncredited prop guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wah-ming-chang-star-treks-tos-unsung-uncredited-prop-guy/950704)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2021, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wah-ming-chang-star-treks-tos-unsung-uncredited-prop-guy/950704 "2021-09-15T16:43:01Z")
Designed the Gorn, Balok’s head, Talosians’ heads, the salt vampire, and so much more. Figure die-hard Trekkers might already know this, but for those of us who didn’t: The article makes a passing reference that union … --- ## [Did you know someone that drank coffee from a saucer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-someone-that-drank-coffee-from-a-saucer/950312)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2021, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-know-someone-that-drank-coffee-from-a-saucer/950312 "2021-09-15T09:27:17Z")
My aunt drank a cup of instant coffee every morning. She was always running late for work. She’d pour some coffee in a saucer and it would cool enough to drink. Of course, this was at home and not in a restaurant. She d… --- ## [Star Wars: Do droids have gender?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-do-droids-have-gender/950548)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-wars-do-droids-have-gender/950548 "2021-09-14T23:10:56Z")
So I’m posting in a Star Wars online RP as a droid, but it’s occurred to me that I don’t know if droids have gender? Should I write “He walked forward through the hanger, considering his next move”? Or use “its”? Do they… --- ## ['I feel stupid, and contagious' - Smells Like Teen Spirit released 30 years ago today, apparently foresees America's future](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-stupid-and-contagious-smells-like-teen-spirit-released-30-years-ago-today-apparently-foresees-americas-future/950491)
**Author:** [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-feel-stupid-and-contagious-smells-like-teen-spirit-released-30-years-ago-today-apparently-foresees-americas-future/950491 "2021-09-14T21:35:57Z")
How big was this song to you? Oh, and it was released as a single on this date. Radio stations got it a couple of weeks earlier. --- ## [Help identifying a SF short story from the 80s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-sf-short-story-from-the-80s/690672)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-sf-short-story-from-the-80s/690672 "2021-09-14T18:57:43Z")
I recall reading a short story in the 80s, either in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine or Analog. It took place in a somewhat post-apocalyptic society, that was only slowly returning to any semblance of civilizatio… --- ## [What’s with all the Blackstone griddles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-with-all-the-blackstone-griddles/950558)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-with-all-the-blackstone-griddles/950558 "2021-09-14T18:23:31Z")
My Facebook newsfeed seems to be getting flooded with people cooking on their Blackstone griddles. AFAICT, they’re heavy duty propane griddles similar to what most cafes would have. Does anyone have personal experience … --- ## [What did "mark" mean on Star Trek?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-mark-mean-on-star-trek/732913)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-mark-mean-on-star-trek/732913 "2021-09-14T18:17:19Z")
“Heading 315, mark 7” “Heading 041, mark 319” That sort of stuff. I used to think it was angle of inclination until I started noticing the really big numbers. Mark 7 would have the Enterprise flying(?) on a 7-degree in… --- ## [Can you identify these two books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-these-two-books/950654)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-identify-these-two-books/950654 "2021-09-14T18:03:00Z")
Both are young adult novels that my best friend read as a teenager. One is about an ancient Egyptian called into the present by a spell or something. Romance novel. The girl who called him into the present had an amul… --- ## [Anybody going to watch the Ken Burns Hemingway Documentary on PBS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-going-to-watch-the-ken-burns-hemingway-documentary-on-pbs/938696)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [September 14, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-going-to-watch-the-ken-burns-hemingway-documentary-on-pbs/938696 "2021-09-14T15:06:13Z")
My experience with Burns docs is probably similar to many of you-- I thought the Civil War series was fantastic at the time (though I understand it didn’t age well), then had diminishing returns of little or no interest … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=306) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=308)