# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=443 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 444 --- ## [Slow cooker advice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-advice/847634)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2020, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-cooker-advice/847634 "2020-02-10T00:12:15Z")
I made Mulligatawny soup using a mix in my slow cooker and it turned out well. However there were a couple of issues. I added a fair bit of chicken thighs, about 1 1/2 pounds in a 4 quart cooker. I found that this influ… --- ## [how do i cook preseasoned and pre cut pork carnitas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cook-preseasoned-and-pre-cut-pork-carnitas/847663)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-cook-preseasoned-and-pre-cut-pork-carnitas/847663 "2020-02-09T21:05:39Z")
Ok I bought a thing of preseasoned pork carnitas … it looks like a small pork roast that’s cut into 3 pieces it looks like its got various seasoning slats and flavorings on it … I had planned on just pretty much making… --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Reading Thread - January 2020 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2020-edition/845715)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-january-2020-edition/845715 "2020-02-09T17:05:35Z")
Here it is… the Roaring Twenties once again! Let’s make this decade count! So Whacha all reading? I am reading: The Misfit Mage by Michael Taggart, it is his first book and is a bit rough but it has ineresting charact… --- ## [Were the clone troopers in Star Wars hormonally manipulated to lack sex drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-clone-troopers-in-star-wars-hormonally-manipulated-to-lack-sex-drive/847672)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-the-clone-troopers-in-star-wars-hormonally-manipulated-to-lack-sex-drive/847672 "2020-02-09T16:09:41Z")
I mean in the extended universe, of course, novels &, comic books and so forth. I can’t imagine such a thing ever being mentioned in the (excellent) clone wars CGI cartoon. And yes, I am aware that in SW: TCW, there was… --- ## [Help finding a 1970s nyc tv clip - barely remember and haunted by it.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-1970s-nyc-tv-clip-barely-remember-and-haunted-by-it/847430)
**Author:** [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-1970s-nyc-tv-clip-barely-remember-and-haunted-by-it/847430 "2020-02-09T14:52:26Z")
Faint memory of watching this in the early seventies when I was pretty young. The TV station would sign on. 5 or 6 AM then. Before kiddie fare would come on. Instrumental music would play while park gates open and one… --- ## [Uses for the liquid (broth?) that jarred gefilte fish comes in](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uses-for-the-liquid-broth-that-jarred-gefilte-fish-comes-in/847028)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uses-for-the-liquid-broth-that-jarred-gefilte-fish-comes-in/847028 "2020-02-09T13:42:46Z")
Confession time/full disclosure: I like gefilte fish that comes in jars. There. I’ve said it. I like it room temp and I like it cold right out of the fridge. I like it with sinus-searing horseradish, the kind that brings… --- ## [Anyone else here watched Flirty Dancing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watched-flirty-dancing/847668)
**Author:** [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-here-watched-flirty-dancing/847668 "2020-02-09T08:29:15Z")
To recap: There was this British show in which two singles learned a dance and were required to do it with each other without ever speaking a single word, and based on that had to decide whether they wanted to go on a da… --- ## [We did surf rock...link me some modern Rockabilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316)
**Author:** [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-did-surf-rock-link-me-some-modern-rockabilly/847316 "2020-02-09T07:20:08Z")
Post 2010. Here’s something from 2010. Tom Stormy Trio --- ## [Examples of Special Editions/Director's Cuts/Final Editions etc. but in literature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-special-editions-directors-cuts-final-editions-etc-but-in-literature/846917)
**Author:** [@Qwertol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertol)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/examples-of-special-editions-directors-cuts-final-editions-etc-but-in-literature/846917 "2020-02-09T04:49:36Z")
Could you provide some notorious instances where author/publisher went back and fixed some plot holes, expanded the story, I mean basically changed in a significant way an already released and popular book? --- ## [Deep purple as good as Led Zepplin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-purple-as-good-as-led-zepplin/847531)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-purple-as-good-as-led-zepplin/847531 "2020-02-09T02:02:01Z")
Would you rank the band that had the hit song smoke in the water compared to the band that brought us stairway to heaven? --- ## [Patrick Stewart 'Gay'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patrick-stewart-gay/847518 "2020-02-08T22:06:42Z")
I don’t have a cite. Because I am not sure where I heard it exactly. But there is a joke circulating around, that Star Trek alumnus and British actor Patrick Stewart is gay. I have to tell you now, I am sure he is not. H… --- ## [WATCHMEN fans: Am I being too harsh in my assessment of DOOMSDAY CLOCK ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-fans-am-i-being-too-harsh-in-my-assessment-of-doomsday-clock/847568)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/watchmen-fans-am-i-being-too-harsh-in-my-assessment-of-doomsday-clock/847568 "2020-02-08T05:59:03Z")
On account of my mostly useless retinas, comic books are mostly a fond memory for me. That said, the new girlfriend is herself a geek, and decided I should not be deprived of the DOOMDSDAY CLOCK limited series from DC.… --- ## [Cheddar cheese!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheddar-cheese/847512)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheddar-cheese/847512 "2020-02-08T02:36:44Z")
Just tried a 9 year old cheddar…magnificent! It is to 5 year cheddar what 5 year cheddar is to “medium” cheddar. QtM, now that I have friends in Milwaukee, I’m planning to raid your cheddar chest! And you can make me an … --- ## [Does Star Trek DS9 rip off Babylon 5?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-star-trek-ds9-rip-off-babylon-5/528856)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-star-trek-ds9-rip-off-babylon-5/528856 "2020-02-07T20:27:50Z")
An offshoot of another thread. New thread started to avoid hijacking the original. The discussion so far : Discussion continues: --- ## [Star Trek:TNG "Sub Rosa" - Ripoff of Anne Rice or original as claimed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-sub-rosa-ripoff-of-anne-rice-or-original-as-claimed/528779)
**Author:** [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-tng-sub-rosa-ripoff-of-anne-rice-or-original-as-claimed/528779 "2020-02-07T16:59:19Z")
This is probably only going to be one that fans of either Rice or Star Trek are going to bother reading, but it’s something I’ve thought of on and off for years now. The TNG episode “Sub Rosa” has Beverly Crusher inheri… --- ## [Why is the word "optimistic" always attached to Star Trek: TOS?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-word-optimistic-always-attached-to-star-trek-tos/847390)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-word-optimistic-always-attached-to-star-trek-tos/847390 "2020-02-07T05:18:57Z")
Don’t get me wrong; I like the show. I’ve seen every episode of TOS – multiple times (as well as every episode of TNG, DS9, Voyager, and probably half the episodes of Enterprise). But I don’t understand why everyone – a… --- ## [Dumb question to the cooks: Beets!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-question-to-the-cooks-beets/847492)
**Author:** [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumb-question-to-the-cooks-beets/847492 "2020-02-06T23:48:47Z")
I don’t like beets. Never have. To me, they taste like dirt. As mentioned in previous threads, Mr VOW is recuperating from a heart attack. He’s doing well. Part of the reason for that, he’s eating healthy stuff. A lot … --- ## [What was the very worst thing you've ever seen cooked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-very-worst-thing-youve-ever-seen-cooked/846760)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 167\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-very-worst-thing-youve-ever-seen-cooked/846760 "2020-02-06T23:09:36Z")
In this thread about the TV show Worst Cooks in America, I tell of possibly the worst cook I have ever met in my life. I watched her chop an onion, mix it with ketchup and then pour that on boiled spaghetti. She then ser… --- ## [When did stand up comedy become popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-stand-up-comedy-become-popular/847201)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-stand-up-comedy-become-popular/847201 "2020-02-06T21:51:34Z")
Obviously people have been making jokes since the evolution of human speech. There’s been humor in drama since at least Shakespeare. But, the idea of paying money to see a person on stage with nothing but a microphone t… --- ## [BBC One's Dracula - seen it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-ones-dracula-seen-it/845804 "2020-02-06T20:08:48Z")
I’m looking forward to BBC One’s new Dracula series. It’s developed by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffatt. I’ve tried to research just when it’ll be shown in the U.S., but so far have had no luck finding this out. Has any… --- ## [How should Bill Cosby be remembered?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-bill-cosby-be-remembered/847050)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 121\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-bill-cosby-be-remembered/847050 "2020-02-06T19:11:44Z")
Bill Cosby has not died, but another recent celebrity death brought to mind the fact that Bill Cosby is 82 years old and may not be with us for many more years. How should he be remembered when he dies? --- ## [Bojack Horseman, S6 pt 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-s6-pt-2/847322)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-s6-pt-2/847322 "2020-02-06T15:24:54Z")
Anybody had a chance to watch this yet? I thought the last eight episodes, especially the second to last one, were phenomenal. I have never been much of a fan on animated television, but this series is the exception and … --- ## [Eagles – Their Greatest Hits…. Why so many album sales?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagles-their-greatest-hits-why-so-many-album-sales/847056)
**Author:** [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2020, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eagles-their-greatest-hits-why-so-many-album-sales/847056 "2020-02-06T13:01:31Z")
The two top selling albums are Thriller and the Eagles greatest hits album. I’ve wondered why the Eagles album sells more than other greatest hits albums and almost every album. Speaking for someone responsible for two … --- ## [What's so great about current Hollywood movies?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-current-hollywood-movies/847380)
**Author:** [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-so-great-about-current-hollywood-movies/847380 "2020-02-05T07:11:27Z")
I’m being serious. I was talking to a young co-worker recently and we started talking about movies and I didn’t know a thing about 90% of what he was talking about since I haven’t watched a Hollywood movie in years. To b… --- ## [How does an actor steal a scene?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-actor-steal-a-scene/847372)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-an-actor-steal-a-scene/847372 "2020-02-05T04:26:30Z")
I’m familiar with the concept of stealing a scene in theater or the movies: Where the audience’s attention is on one actor, who may or may not be the person the scene is supposed to be about. I’m familiar with the stor… --- ## [The Hockey Sweater](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hockey-sweater/847417)
**Author:** [@Hypnagogic\_Jerk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypnagogic_Jerk)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 5, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hockey-sweater/847417 "2020-02-05T00:52:19Z")
In my ongoing quest to understand Canadian culture, I’ve decided to turn my attention towards Roch Carrier’s famous short story The Hockey Sweater. My main motivation is that this story does not seem to be part of the “… --- ## [Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan to be Netflix series \[now airing\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altered-carbon-by-richard-k-morgan-to-be-netflix-series-now-airing/743811)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 98\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/altered-carbon-by-richard-k-morgan-to-be-netflix-series-now-airing/743811 "2020-02-04T20:31:03Z")
I don’t have Netflix, but this may motivate me to get it. I’m a big fan of this series, along with Morgan’s fantasy series follow up (starting with “The Cold Commands”, IIRC). --- ## [How long is/was raw film footage stored? Have there been any famous "recuts" well after the fact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-was-raw-film-footage-stored-have-there-been-any-famous-recuts-well-after-the-fact/847367)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-is-was-raw-film-footage-stored-have-there-been-any-famous-recuts-well-after-the-fact/847367 "2020-02-04T14:06:13Z")
I’m talking about the original shooting film with all the bloopers, alternate takes, unused scenes and such, not the final screening print. In the age of film, how long was that stuff typically kept around? Would it be d… --- ## [What happened to IMDB?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-imdb/846630)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 9:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-imdb/846630 "2020-02-04T09:22:42Z")
Seems that IMDB got a makeover today. So far, I am not pleased or impressed. The entire front page is unusable for me, for instance. Were they bought by Amazon or by a film/TV production company recently? --- ## [People you may not know have an Oscar:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-may-not-know-have-an-oscar/841990)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [February 4, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-you-may-not-know-have-an-oscar/841990 "2020-02-04T03:59:43Z")
These you probably know: Michael Douglas’s first was as a producer on One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Brad Pitt as a producer, George Clooney (2) one as a producer. Here’s an obscure one, Lisa Blount…the redhead in “Pr… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=442) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=444)