# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=382 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 383 --- ## [Gad, this brown roux method is so much easier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gad-this-brown-roux-method-is-so-much-easier/922178)
**Author:** [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gad-this-brown-roux-method-is-so-much-easier/922178 "2020-10-05T14:50:08Z")
I craved a shrimp and sausage gumbo yesterday, and went to the market and bought all the ingredients. I was dreading standing in front of the stove stirring a brown roux endlessly, and then I dimly remembered a differen… --- ## [Pandora (TV series not app)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandora-tv-series-not-app/841217)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pandora-tv-series-not-app/841217 "2020-10-05T14:26:38Z")
So I have stuck with watching the awful series Pandora out of morbid curiosity. I just finished episode 12 (out of 13) and it transcended beyond anything that came before it. All if the C-grade cast forgot their limited … --- ## ["Celebrities" you thought were local, but weren't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-thought-were-local-but-werent/922176)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/celebrities-you-thought-were-local-but-werent/922176 "2020-10-05T03:22:47Z")
I use the term “celebrities” loosely, which is why I put it in quotes. It could be radio or TV personalities, or it could be someone from local TV ads like car dealerships, etc. But I’m looking for stories of people you … --- ## [365 days on netflix anyone actually watched it yet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/365-days-on-netflix-anyone-actually-watched-it-yet/914766)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/365-days-on-netflix-anyone-actually-watched-it-yet/914766 "2020-10-04T23:33:18Z")
from what I’ve read on it based on the protest calling for Netflix to remove it its about a mafia boss who has kidnapped a woman and gives her 365 days to fall in love with him … and I guess there’s a bondage tint to … --- ## [What chain restaurant used to have buckwheat pancakes on menu?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chain-restaurant-used-to-have-buckwheat-pancakes-on-menu/922129)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-chain-restaurant-used-to-have-buckwheat-pancakes-on-menu/922129 "2020-10-04T21:58:39Z")
Back in the late 80s or early 90s I used to frequent a chain restaurant… I keep trying to make it be either IHOP or Waffle House but this was in New York which doesn’t really have Waffle House. (Was there once another c… --- ## [What's so great about "The Princess Bride"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-the-princess-bride/540149)
**Author:** [@dhkendall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dhkendall)\ **Replies:** 176\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-the-princess-bride/540149 "2020-10-04T15:39:16Z")
In gatherings where the geek-level in the room/forum is sufficiently high, invariably “The Princes Bride” quotes will abound almost as much as Monty Python. They seem to pop up (again, on a Python-level) in .sig quotes … --- ## [Cheese/pasta bake - help me brainstorm a few specifics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-pasta-bake-help-me-brainstorm-a-few-specifics/919537)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheese-pasta-bake-help-me-brainstorm-a-few-specifics/919537 "2020-10-04T08:58:27Z")
I bought “oven-ready” lasagna sheets, with the idea of making some kind of simple baked pasta dish … but I need my fellow Dopers to help me work out a few details. I’m not looking to make lasagna, so much as I am trying… --- ## [Tell me a secret...agent show you like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-a-secret-agent-show-you-like/922005)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-a-secret-agent-show-you-like/922005 "2020-10-04T08:12:50Z")
Spies have been infiltrating television shows around the world for many decades now-our spies, their spies, bad spies and good spies. Do you have any favorites? Just whisper in my ear, and it’ll be our little secret. --- ## [What movie is this? 80s horror](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-80s-horror/922149)
**Author:** [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2020, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-is-this-80s-horror/922149 "2020-10-04T00:05:43Z")
I just had a flash to some bad 80s horror movie and I have no idea what it was. The scene is a woman who is pregnant or her belly looks pregnant, and a green wormy thing comes out of her belly button. Any ideas?? --- ## [Helen Reddy has died at age 78](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-reddy-has-died-at-age-78/921860)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/helen-reddy-has-died-at-age-78/921860 "2020-10-03T22:21:25Z")
I had heard recently that she was ill, although it didn’t go into specifics. Apparently, she had an unspecified form of dementia. Man, this year just continues to suck. --- ## [Can anyone recommend an interesting dystopian novel involving climate manipulation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anyone-recommend-an-interesting-dystopian-novel-involving-climate-manipulation/922051 "2020-10-03T16:44:46Z")
I’m looking for an interesting dystopian/philosophical/sci-fi novel involving climate manipulaton. Any recommewndations? --- ## [Harvey Weinstein accused of multiple cases of sexual harassment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-accused-of-multiple-cases-of-sexual-harassment/798073)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 421\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harvey-weinstein-accused-of-multiple-cases-of-sexual-harassment/798073 "2020-10-03T02:11:21Z")
Story here. What a creep. But no surprises, this is what Hollywood producers have done since the dawn of the movies. High time it stopped. Had to add that I love the movies he’s backed but he doesn’t get a pass becaus… --- ## [Cigar hobbyists?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-hobbyists/918935)
**Author:** [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cigar-hobbyists/918935 "2020-10-02T17:27:50Z")
I’ve always smoked like one or two cigars a year, but in the last 8 months or so picked up as a more serious hobby. I’ve got a small humidor with maybe 30 or 40 sticks in it right now. Any other hobbyists or aficionado… --- ## [Becoming: Netflix Documentary on Michelle Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-netflix-documentary-on-michelle-obama/853343)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/becoming-netflix-documentary-on-michelle-obama/853343 "2020-10-02T17:00:34Z")
This dropped yesterday and we watched it last night. Sheesh, what an incredible and intelligent person she is. She made (and is making) an actual difference in the lives of young women (and men) everywhere. Her daughters… --- ## [Great British Baking Show - Netflix new episodes Sept. 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-british-baking-show-netflix-new-episodes-sept-2018/820700)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-british-baking-show-netflix-new-episodes-sept-2018/820700 "2020-10-02T14:14:50Z")
I’m completely lost as to what season I’m watching. Netflix says S5, but I’m pretty sure we’ve seen five seasons on PBS, all of them previous to this. I think it’s actually Season 8 for UK viewers, or Season one under … --- ## [Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - Sept. 2020 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-sept-2020-edition/919607)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2020, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadaji-s-whatcha-reading-thread-sept-2020-edition/919607 "2020-09-30T21:22:38Z")
Last month’s thread: Khadaji’s Whatcha Reading Thread - August 2020 edition Khadaji was one of the earlier members of SDMB, and he was well-known as a kindly person who always had something encouraging to say, particula… --- ## [Rip r cobb](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-r-cobb/921951)
**Author:** [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-r-cobb/921951 "2020-10-02T13:01:54Z")
Ron Cobb - Cartoons (roncobb.net) 1960’s counter-culture cartoonist who just disappeared from view. Went off to live in Sydney.Australia, and did commercial art ( ‘Back To The Future’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘Conan the Barbarian’… --- ## [Favorite TV cartoon theme music-The '60s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-tv-cartoon-theme-music-the-60s/921369 "2020-10-02T08:16:23Z")
TV cartoon theme music of the '60s only, please. Two of my favorites are Gigantor and Cool McCool. What is yours? --- ## [The Dresden Files - Latecomer Ongoing Discussion (spoilers possibly?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dresden-files-latecomer-ongoing-discussion-spoilers-possibly/850958)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dresden-files-latecomer-ongoing-discussion-spoilers-possibly/850958 "2020-10-02T02:53:24Z")
I needed a book series for my time in lockdown quarantine. I am a teacher and will spend the final 2 1/2 months teaching from home, followed by summer vacation. I am using the audio for this series, read by James Marste… --- ## [Recommend some Dance Music for my wife!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-dance-music-for-my-wife/917444)
**Author:** [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-dance-music-for-my-wife/917444 "2020-10-02T00:54:02Z")
So I have been attempting to compile a playlist that both my wife and I can enjoy while in the car. I’ve been a metalhead since the '80s and have been almost completely out of the loop with pop music since I was a pre-te… --- ## [Juliette Gréco, RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juliette-greco-rip/921544)
**Author:** [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2020, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/juliette-greco-rip/921544 "2020-10-02T00:37:49Z")
Regarded as the “muse of the Existentialists,” she had a unique look and charisma all her own, along with an entrancing voice, a combination guaranteeing her a place in the Pantheon of Cool. Her passing two days ago s… --- ## ["Away" on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/away-on-netflix/919998)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/away-on-netflix/919998 "2020-10-01T20:23:41Z")
Anyone watching? Not bad. I’m on episode 6 right now, and there’s an actress I can’t place. She plays Miriam. Nothing in the credits or IMDb, and I’m striking out with Google. Anyone know who that actress is? --- ## [Tower of Power bassist Rocco Prestia has died at the age of 69](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tower-of-power-bassist-rocco-prestia-has-died-at-the-age-of-69/921977)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tower-of-power-bassist-rocco-prestia-has-died-at-the-age-of-69/921977 "2020-10-01T18:02:30Z")
damn… --- ## [Bonfire of Destiny - La Bazar De La Charite - Netflix Series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonfire-of-destiny-la-bazar-de-la-charite-netflix-series/845796)
**Author:** [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonfire-of-destiny-la-bazar-de-la-charite-netflix-series/845796 "2020-01-02T19:21:56Z")
Just released last month, it’s 1890’s Paris and the women of the aristocracy are enjoying a day at a charity bazaar with their children and maids when a fire breaks out and kills hundreds. What unfolds post tragedy to th… --- ## [On Code 8 on netflix, what powers do the supers have and what does the classification mean](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-code-8-on-netflix-what-powers-do-the-supers-have-and-what-does-the-classification-mean/851653)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-code-8-on-netflix-what-powers-do-the-supers-have-and-what-does-the-classification-mean/851653 "2020-04-12T21:54:53Z")
I just started watching this, but I’m curious if there is any list of the powers that the supers have, or what things like class 1, class 2, mean. My impression is the powers are things like Creating heat and fire Cre… --- ## [‘Luce’ movie discussion? (available on Netflix)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luce-movie-discussion-available-on-netflix/919156)
**Author:** [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/luce-movie-discussion-available-on-netflix/919156 "2020-08-27T15:57:36Z")
I’ve been looking for “new to me” stuff to watch and came across the movie Luce. Anybody seen it? I think it provides fodder for an interesting discussion as it could be interpreted in different ways. It’s about a youn… --- ## [Community (TV Show) comes to Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/community-tv-show-comes-to-netflix/850809 "2020-10-01T17:43:45Z")
Community which ran from 2009 to 2015 and somehow managed 6 season but no movie (yet?). 110 episodes. It was an extremely funny series at its best but the last 2 years were not very good sadly. --- ## [For the love of Wisconsin Supper Clubs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-wisconsin-supper-clubs/921630)
**Author:** [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-love-of-wisconsin-supper-clubs/921630 "2020-10-01T17:21:37Z")
Now we moved back to Wisconsin after a 26 year absence. We used to have a cottage in Tomahawk, Wisconsin and knew all the best Supper clubs. These are Brandy old fashioned drinks, relish trays, prime rib on Saturdays. W… --- ## [What exactly did Hercules mistake Megara and his children for as he slew them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-did-hercules-mistake-megara-and-his-children-for-as-he-slew-them/921894)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-did-hercules-mistake-megara-and-his-children-for-as-he-slew-them/921894 "2020-10-01T15:36:37Z")
I read somewhere that in his fit of delusional madness Hercules mistook his wife Megara and children for monsters /enemies. But What exactly did Hercules mistake Megara and his children for as he slew them? Are there an… --- ## [It may be a Novelty Song, but it’s also a \*good\* song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-be-a-novelty-song-but-it-s-also-a-good-song/919737)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 135\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2020, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-may-be-a-novelty-song-but-it-s-also-a-good-song/919737 "2020-10-01T15:02:33Z")
The hallmark of most novelty songs (think “The Streak” or “Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah”) is that you only need to hear them a time or two before they get old. The novelty wears off quickly, you might say. But there are e… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=381) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=383)