# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=437 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 438 --- ## [Recommend a tea for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tea-for-me/848699)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-tea-for-me/848699 "2020-03-03T12:42:38Z")
I’ve just begun drinking a spot of tea now and then and I’m finding I like it. I’m seeking recommendations for teas to sample. The one I’ve been drinking is Bigelow green tea. I know very little about tea (oolong is sup… --- ## [Coffee!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee/848752)
**Author:** [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coffee/848752 "2020-03-03T06:10:01Z")
I’m not a coffee nut but I like my 1 morning cup a day and won’t give it up. My wife is a coffee-aholic and cares a lot more about coffee. Thanks to my buying coffee beans by mistake on sale it led to a conversation whe… --- ## [Schitt's Creek.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schitts-creek/848830)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/schitts-creek/848830 "2020-03-03T02:17:57Z")
I’ve reached the inescapable conclusion that “Schitt’s Creek” is actually “Gilligan’s Island” in disguise. The parents, of course, are the Howells. The daughter is Ginger, and the lady who owns the motel is MaryAnn. Ted … --- ## [Some newbie questions about making ice cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-newbie-questions-about-making-ice-cream/848798)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-newbie-questions-about-making-ice-cream/848798 "2020-03-03T01:09:18Z")
I purchased a small 1-quart ice cream makera little while back. Best bad decision I’ve ever made. :smiley: I’m a few months in, and could use a few tips. I’m a pretty good home cook, but I am an inveterate recipe followe… --- ## [Anyone remember Graham Kerr?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-graham-kerr/848569)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-remember-graham-kerr/848569 "2020-03-02T23:06:34Z")
My mom and I used to watch his show, The Galloping Gourmet, all the time. It was from him I first learned the word “roux”, and then he showed how to make one. I made my first one myself that very day! I recently learn… --- ## [Name this 80’s cable tv cooking show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-80-s-cable-tv-cooking-show/848769)
**Author:** [@Saturn\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saturn_Dreams)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-80-s-cable-tv-cooking-show/848769 "2020-03-02T23:02:22Z")
The thread on Graham Kerr brought back memories of old cooking shows on cable and I wanted to see if anyone can identify this show that I vaguely remember but was one of my favourites. Not so many details but here’s wha… --- ## [30 Rock and Parks and Recreation are the same show.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-and-parks-and-recreation-are-the-same-show/848784)
**Author:** [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/30-rock-and-parks-and-recreation-are-the-same-show/848784 "2020-03-02T22:07:53Z")
I didn’t realize it until just now. A successful 30-40 something woman in a management position. She is quirky but more than competent at her job. She is the eye of the storm, in a storm of craziness that is swirling al… --- ## [Shrimp & grits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrimp-grits/848713)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shrimp-grits/848713 "2020-03-02T20:54:01Z")
Mrs. L.A. like shrimp & grits. I’ve only had grits like twice. I tasted her shrimp & grits at a restaurant last month, and I’d like to try making it for her. Recipes please? --- ## [Foods and beverages you didn't used to like but now do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-and-beverages-you-didnt-used-to-like-but-now-do/848574)
**Author:** [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-and-beverages-you-didnt-used-to-like-but-now-do/848574 "2020-03-02T20:12:22Z")
The thread for people who hate coffee got me thinking about how I used to hate the smell of coffee. Then one day when I was around 20, I suddenly noticed that I had started to like the smell of coffee so I decided to try… --- ## [When did iced tea become the standard at conferences and such?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-iced-tea-become-the-standard-at-conferences-and-such/848662)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-iced-tea-become-the-standard-at-conferences-and-such/848662 "2020-03-02T14:33:51Z")
When I was growing up in Ohio, iced tea was something that was only available if someone who really liked iced tea went out and got the ingredients or instant or whatever. You would never see it as an option in a run-of… --- ## [Why didn't hot dogs catch on like hamburgers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-hot-dogs-catch-on-like-hamburgers/848447)
**Author:** [@Pantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pantastic)\ **Replies:** 119\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-hot-dogs-catch-on-like-hamburgers/848447 "2020-03-02T12:46:01Z")
I decided to have hot dogs for lunch today, and a thought occured to me: why aren’t hot dogs as ubiquitous as hamburgers in the US? Hot dogs are not an unpopular food item by any stretch, but their success pales beside t… --- ## [Joker gets 11 Oscar Nominations. I still say it sucked.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joker-gets-11-oscar-nominations-i-still-say-it-sucked/846372)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joker-gets-11-oscar-nominations-i-still-say-it-sucked/846372 "2020-03-02T11:34:05Z")
I just thought the screenplay was pretentious garbo. But I want this to be a general thread about it’s number of nominations. So, even if you liked it, (which you likely did :roll\_eyes:,) you can participate as well! --- ## [help me portray cocaine use in a movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-portray-cocaine-use-in-a-movie/848561)
**Author:** [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-portray-cocaine-use-in-a-movie/848561 "2020-03-02T03:10:44Z")
This weekend and next, I have an acting gig where I will be required to do two lines of “cocaine” (lactose powder). I do the lines off a stripper’s body, as one does, and then get stabbed to death. It should be good fun. … --- ## [Jambalaya recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jambalaya-recipe/848318)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [March 2, 2020, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jambalaya-recipe/848318 "2020-03-02T00:46:24Z")
With Mardi Gras just a few days away, it’s time to prep for jambalaya. Unfortunately, the link to the recipe I use is dead. While I can just make it from memory, I fortunately have the recipe on a backup disc from my o… --- ## [The best Philly style soft pretzel recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-philly-style-soft-pretzel-recipe/848597)
**Author:** [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-best-philly-style-soft-pretzel-recipe/848597 "2020-03-01T23:04:30Z")
Growing up in Maryland and living near Philadelphia when I was first married, I was lucky enough to have easy access to soft pretzels. The perfect snack food. Now I live far from anything like that. I have 2 options. Fro… --- ## [Warner cartoon trivia question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-cartoon-trivia-question/848755)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warner-cartoon-trivia-question/848755 "2020-03-01T20:02:01Z")
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhm7d3 In Backalley Oproar, what is the song the orange cat sings at 3:37? --- ## [The Hobbit and LOTR back in theaters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-and-lotr-back-in-theaters/848355)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hobbit-and-lotr-back-in-theaters/848355 "2020-03-01T16:40:50Z")
My local IMAX is showing the 3 hobbit movies now and next week they are going to show all 3 of the LOTR movies. I assume this is the same all over the US. --- ## [Captain Nemo's "Scotch" organ music?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-nemos-scotch-organ-music/848397)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/captain-nemos-scotch-organ-music/848397 "2020-03-01T06:48:36Z")
The best I could do for a clickbait title. Sorry. A combination literary/musical question, this time: in Verne’s original 20000 Leagues Under the Sea, a character witnessing Captain Nemo performing on his signature pipe… --- ## [Impossible ID? This 50s/60s kids' story collection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-id-this-50s-60s-kids-story-collection/579471)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/impossible-id-this-50s-60s-kids-story-collection/579471 "2020-03-01T05:42:28Z")
The sheer implausibility of success has kept me from posting this for a while, but what the heck…I’ve seen some amazing things on SDMB. In the late 60s/early 70s I had some books that were sort of Time Life-style: hard … --- ## [Should serving hot dogs with ketchup rather than mustard & relish be punished by death?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-serving-hot-dogs-with-ketchup-rather-than-mustard-relish-be-punished-by-death/848609 "2020-03-01T05:31:45Z")
Please explain your answer. Poll coming. --- ## [Authors with writing style like Hemingway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-with-writing-style-like-hemingway/847336)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/authors-with-writing-style-like-hemingway/847336 "2020-02-29T19:15:14Z")
I have a friend in prison (LWOP) who is a reader and a writer. Hemingway is his favorite author. But, obviously, he has read all of Hemingway’s published works. Which other authors’ works would be a good fit to send? … --- ## [When The Public Imitates Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-public-imitates-movies/848659)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-the-public-imitates-movies/848659 "2020-02-29T18:17:35Z")
Although it is often reported that A Clockwork Orange was ‘banned’ in the United Kingdom, the removal of the movie was actually Kubrick’s own choice. … The association of real-world acts of violence with the movie was de… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Reading Thread - February 2020 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2020-edition/847240)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-february-2020-edition/847240 "2020-02-29T15:21:06Z")
February, 1/12 of the way through this year! We had spring in the Rocky Mountains for two days now winter is back. Dammit Demeter get a grip! I am reading, and being terribly underwhelmed by, The Psychology of Time Trav… --- ## [Help ID a book I read as a kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-a-book-i-read-as-a-kid/848584)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-a-book-i-read-as-a-kid/848584 "2020-02-29T15:01:01Z")
Back in the 60’s, when I was in grade school, I read a book I liked then but lost track of. I’d like to see it again to see how, all these years later, I would view it now. It was a book for kids my age, grade school o… --- ## [Joan Baez is a national treasure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-baez-is-a-national-treasure/848639)
**Author:** [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joan-baez-is-a-national-treasure/848639 "2020-02-29T14:42:28Z")
This is two threads in one: (1) Please submit nominations for the best YouTubes of Joan Baez singing. (2) Poll Question: Is Joan Baez a splendid singer and one of the greatest living American activists? . . . (a) Yes,… --- ## [Minecraft Story Mode on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-story-mode-on-netflix/848661)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minecraft-story-mode-on-netflix/848661 "2020-02-29T05:24:31Z")
I’m working from home today, kid-sitting my 5 y.o. grandson who is sick. He likes to watch a Minecraft cartoon on Netflix that has “story mode”, where it gives you story options that you can select with the remote. We ha… --- ## [George Takei's Facebook posting asked everyone to text him](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takeis-facebook-posting-asked-everyone-to-text-him/848582)
**Author:** [@dan39](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dan39)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2020, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-takeis-facebook-posting-asked-everyone-to-text-him/848582 "2020-02-29T05:21:52Z")
I’m not sure how many of you are following George Takei on Facebook, but yesterday I received a text message from my cousin and she said George is asking people to text him. So I checked out his post, and it actually sa… --- ## [Top 3 favorite horror movies of all time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302)
**Author:** [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-3-favorite-horror-movies-of-all-time/842302 "2020-02-28T23:23:09Z")
I’m in that Halloween mood. I love horror movies but you know, not that many of them are actually good. I think the best one is: 1982’s The Thing. I really liked The VVitch… And as far as re-watchability, I’d have t… --- ## [Birchmere vs Ram's Head and Jiffy Lube Live vs Merriweather Post Pavilion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birchmere-vs-rams-head-and-jiffy-lube-live-vs-merriweather-post-pavilion/848654)
**Author:** [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birchmere-vs-rams-head-and-jiffy-lube-live-vs-merriweather-post-pavilion/848654 "2020-02-28T22:28:55Z")
I hope there’s someone in the know about this. When I lived on Long island I’d look at tour itineraries of bands I like and they’d invariably play in the DC/VA/MD area at both the Birchmere (Alexandria, VA) and the Ram’… --- ## [Murder Ballads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-ballads/848471)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/murder-ballads/848471 "2020-02-28T21:45:41Z")
So, there is a sub-genre of ballads dedicated to murdering a lover. From traditional songs like “Banks of the Ohio” to blues/rockers like “Hey Joe” or “Down By The River”. With that in mind, are they really singing “Like… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=436) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=438)