# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=488 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 489 --- ## [UK Dopers: Tell Me About British Tea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-tell-me-about-british-tea/607494)
**Author:** [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-tell-me-about-british-tea/607494 "2019-08-27T17:31:33Z")
I’ve been a tea drinker for, oh, about 30 years now. Yes, yes, I know, we Americans can be bar’brous what with the tea bags and Lipton’s and lukewarm water offered in restaurants, however, some of us do understand that … --- ## [Massive upgrades to Disney's Epcot...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-upgrades-to-disneys-epcot/839250)
**Author:** [@Hermione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermione)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/massive-upgrades-to-disneys-epcot/839250 "2019-08-27T13:57:45Z")
The D23 Expo has announced some major changes to Disney World’s Epcot…especially to the World Showcase. Of course, my main takeaway from this is: OHMYGOD OHMYGOD OHMYGOD WE ARE FINALLY GETTING A MARY POPPINS ATTRACTION… --- ## [Emmy nominations are out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-nominations-are-out/837174)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/emmy-nominations-are-out/837174 "2019-08-27T07:46:55Z")
Surprised to see Kit Harrington for GOT , there were others better than him such as Peter Dinklage. --- ## [Bond 25 (27) title revealed: "No Time to Die"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-25-27-title-revealed-no-time-to-die/838951)
**Author:** [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bond-25-27-title-revealed-no-time-to-die/838951 "2019-08-26T21:00:36Z")
The Bond producers have clearly used the James Bond title generator to name the new Bond movie. A mash-up of the titles of previous Bond movies Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and Die Another Day (2002), the next Bond movie w… --- ## [Earliest rock band with two drummers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-rock-band-with-two-drummers/839179)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-rock-band-with-two-drummers/839179 "2019-08-26T18:57:28Z")
The Grateful Dead started performing with two drummers when Mickey Hart joined the band in September 1967. Were there any earlier rock bands with two drummers? --- ## [I have a whole cooked pound of 'radiatore' pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-whole-cooked-pound-of-radiatore-pasta/839192)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-whole-cooked-pound-of-radiatore-pasta/839192 "2019-08-26T18:22:20Z")
what to do with t? I have a jar of vodka pasta sauce, I would like to incorporate some veg - zucchini garlic butter - or some kind of cold pasta salad? any and all suggestions. I love radiatore, but there’s just so mu… --- ## [Learn to make a authentic Detroit deep pan pizza.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-to-make-a-authentic-detroit-deep-pan-pizza/839128)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learn-to-make-a-authentic-detroit-deep-pan-pizza/839128 "2019-08-26T13:45:59Z")
I’ve been searching for a good deep pan dough recipe for awhile. I love a good deep pan crust, especially when it’s been given time to properly rise. This was just published on YouTube. Dough isn’t hard to make if you h… --- ## [Britannia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britannia/839260)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britannia/839260 "2019-08-26T13:13:29Z")
I’ve just started watching Britannia. However I didn’t follow some of the plot (or who a few characters were.) There isn’t an episode summary in the IMDB page (linked above) - can anyone enlighten me with one? Thanks. … --- ## [Culture in London](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-in-london/217340)
**Author:** [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2003, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/culture-in-london/217340 "2003-12-07T23:52:25Z")
What’s going on in London (theater, galleries, museums) that a “colonist” from the midwest should be sure to see? I get to go for the first 5 days of the new year. Without the kids or wife, and with nothing I have to d… --- ## [Violinists marking up a sheet music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violinists-marking-up-a-sheet-music/839208)
**Author:** [@Exnyer2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exnyer2)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violinists-marking-up-a-sheet-music/839208 "2019-08-26T08:17:22Z")
I’m not a musician and cannot read music. I recently started listening to classical violin pieces and noticed that there innumerable penciled notations throughout the score. Why isn’t the original sheet music clear ? Ar… --- ## [Good Eats back tonight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eats-back-tonight/839233)
**Author:** [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-eats-back-tonight/839233 "2019-08-26T02:05:08Z")
For those of you with Food Network (not I, I’ll have to wait for the streaming versions tomorrow), “Good Eats: The Return” is back starting tonight, two episodes a week. I’m a little concerned about the late-sunday-ni… --- ## [ID a sci-fi story?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-sci-fi-story/839237)
**Author:** [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2019, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-sci-fi-story/839237 "2019-08-26T00:52:56Z")
A short story or novella, I read it in the early 1970s, probably written in the 1950s or 1960s, and probably end in an anthology. A scientist has some fast growing small (microscopic?) organism in the lab. It reproduces … --- ## [Cooking pork chops](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-pork-chops/824445)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-pork-chops/824445 "2019-08-25T21:17:32Z")
So I’ve got this idea that maybe I can throw a couple pork chops, some potatoes and carrots and maybe a chunked up acorn squash into a crock pot and cook it all that way. It’s just me and the guestling these days so cro… --- ## [NPR's Wait, Wait! Don't Tell Me: Clip Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-clip-shows/696062)
**Author:** [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nprs-wait-wait-dont-tell-me-clip-shows/696062 "2019-08-25T19:58:51Z")
Every so often, NPR’s lovely quiz show “Wait, Wait! Don’t Tell Me” will take a week off, and instead of their usual format of a panel of three comedians-ish, a celebrity or expert of some sort, and a few call-in contesta… --- ## [Flintstones underscore titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flintstones-underscore-titles/839129)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flintstones-underscore-titles/839129 "2019-08-25T12:53:41Z")
Not only did the original Flintstones cartoon have a great theme song, it also had a very memorable underscore (that is, little snatches of music played over dialogue or during scene transitions in order to establish a m… --- ## [Brightburn (new movie)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brightburn-new-movie/826032)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brightburn-new-movie/826032 "2019-08-25T02:56:14Z")
Trailer here. I’m not sure how to describe this movie other than maybe superhero/ horror? It sure looks like an Elseworld story in the vein Red Son. --- ## [NUTS! CBS is canceling Instinct](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuts-cbs-is-canceling-instinct/838865)
**Author:** [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuts-cbs-is-canceling-instinct/838865 "2019-08-24T23:34:27Z")
The second season is apparently on “burn out”. They’ve doubled up episodes last week and this, and next week is it. I am very unhappy about this. The show’s premise is interesting, the character interaction ranges from … --- ## ["American Factory" Documentary on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-factory-documentary-on-netflix/839012)
**Author:** [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-factory-documentary-on-netflix/839012 "2019-08-24T21:17:12Z")
Anyone else watched or planning on watching this documentary? I am about halfway through it and felt it was worthy of a mention. It’s kind of a mindfuck in some ways culturally and ideologically as its about the foundat… --- ## ["Life Imitates Art"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-imitates-art/839167)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-imitates-art/839167 "2019-08-24T20:59:48Z")
Beautiful, clever, uplifting photos. Something to brighten your day. The photographer does not stage these-- he just keeps his eyes open and snaps them. --- ## [Just saw Antman trivial question...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-antman-trivial-question/838891)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-saw-antman-trivial-question/838891 "2019-08-24T16:54:04Z")
So…Pym particles on an unshielded organic creature is an instakill??? SO…Lang could have ended Thanos in 2 seconds? Nevermind that going up his butt stuff. Just use Cross’s gun and its game over. Why does Lang even bot… --- ## [Lasagna: ricotta or bechamel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasagna-ricotta-or-bechamel/838556)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lasagna-ricotta-or-bechamel/838556 "2019-08-24T16:35:15Z")
When you make (or just eat) lasagna, do you prefer ricotta or bechamel? Do you use both? Neither? --- ## [The incomparable Vietnamese Sandwich, Banh Mi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incomparable-vietnamese-sandwich-banh-mi/839139)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-incomparable-vietnamese-sandwich-banh-mi/839139 "2019-08-24T16:19:35Z")
For several years while I lived in Jakarta, my preferred grocery store was next to a small resto that advertised “Hot Vietnamese Sandwiches.” Being a terrible person, I sniggered and made rude remarks about prostitution… --- ## [why are companies adding artifical sweetners ot drinks that have sugar in them ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-companies-adding-artifical-sweetners-ot-drinks-that-have-sugar-in-them/838875)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-companies-adding-artifical-sweetners-ot-drinks-that-have-sugar-in-them/838875 "2019-08-24T15:17:14Z")
Ok at first I noticed this in things like generic rootbeer and sodas because they had an off taste that I couldn’t place … so I read the ingredients and even though it had HFCS and the normal flavorings it had sucralos… --- ## [Name that tune](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/839069)
**Author:** [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-tune/839069 "2019-08-24T11:31:55Z")
Can anybody identify this song for me? --- ## [Macha Hernandez](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macha-hernandez/839151)
**Author:** [@bionic\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bionic_man)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/macha-hernandez/839151 "2019-08-24T09:43:21Z")
When star trek was in the planning stages they wanted a security officer similar to the one in aliens Suppose they went through with casting macha Hernandez on tng instead of yar.who could of played her? --- ## [Veronica Mars season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-season-4/835571)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veronica-mars-season-4/835571 "2019-08-24T02:05:03Z")
Full trailer out now: Coming to Hulu – it will premiere on Hulu on July 26, and the streaming platform will soon add all three original seasons (plus the 2013 movie) to its library in the leadup. Brian --- ## [The Purge Films & T.V. Show - What happens if you commit a crime MINUTES before commencement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purge-films-t-v-show-what-happens-if-you-commit-a-crime-minutes-before-commencement/839027)
**Author:** [@edgarthelawsson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edgarthelawsson)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-purge-films-t-v-show-what-happens-if-you-commit-a-crime-minutes-before-commencement/839027 "2019-08-24T00:51:56Z")
(Please excuse me if this is the wrong section to post this thread in) Scenario 1: Suppose you robbed a bank and held it up till 4 minutes before Purge commencement. If you walk out of the bank after the 3 sirens go off… --- ## [So why has this particular period of superhero movies been so profitable. Is anything different](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-has-this-particular-period-of-superhero-movies-been-so-profitable-is-anything-different/838635)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-why-has-this-particular-period-of-superhero-movies-been-so-profitable-is-anything-different/838635 "2019-08-23T21:53:50Z")
There have been superhero movies, tv shows and comic books for years and years. But it seems like now it has become very profitable, at least for some of them. Granted there are the batman series as well that go back, t… --- ## [What did I eat? (thin Spanish sandwich)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-eat-thin-spanish-sandwich/839076)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-i-eat-thin-spanish-sandwich/839076 "2019-08-23T19:47:25Z")
Last summer I was in Barcelona for a couple of days. Our first morning we went to visit Park Guell, and then we just sort of wandered around, walking downhill towards downtown and the shore. Eventually we got hungry and… --- ## [The Matrix 4 might happen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-4-might-happen/838972)
**Author:** [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-matrix-4-might-happen/838972 "2019-08-23T18:54:08Z")
Reports are that The Matrix 4 is going to start production in 2020, with Keanu and Carrie-Anne Moss reprising their roles of Neo and Trinity. Lana Wachowski will be back to write and direct it, without her sister this ti… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=487) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=489)