# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=49 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 50 --- ## [Christmas Party at Work - Need to Make a Food Common to Finland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-party-at-work-need-to-make-a-food-common-to-finland/1025137)
**Author:** [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2025, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-party-at-work-need-to-make-a-food-common-to-finland/1025137 "2025-11-27T18:45:14Z")
My agency is having a Round the World Christmas Party. My group was assigned to make something common to Finland. I know next to nothing about Finland other than it’s location on the map and some WW II history. I am g… --- ## [A very popular brewery in the NW has abruptly shut down](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-popular-brewery-in-the-nw-has-abruptly-shut-down/1024870)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-very-popular-brewery-in-the-nw-has-abruptly-shut-down/1024870 "2025-11-26T22:39:36Z")
Rogue Brewery is suddenly shut down. They put out an amazing number of brews and spirits over the years, and this news came as a huge surprise to me. Rogue Ales & Spirits shuts down after 37 years: ‘Everybody’s shocked’… --- ## [How would I know my belancan was off?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-know-my-belancan-was-off/396428)
**Author:** [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-know-my-belancan-was-off/396428 "2025-11-26T21:39:22Z")
Belancan = stinky prawn paste. I wanted to cook some laksa tonight and when I carved off a hunk of belancan I noticed it was out of date. It looked OK so I used it. There’s still a year’s worth of the stuff in the block… --- ## [Musical Collaborations You Wish Had Happened](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-you-wish-had-happened/1025044)
**Author:** [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/musical-collaborations-you-wish-had-happened/1025044 "2025-11-26T18:30:33Z")
First, one that would never have happened because two of the participants by all accounts despised each other. In 1974 Frank Zappa, Lou Reed, and Dion collaborated on a doo wop album. Musicians included Zappa’s “Roxy a… --- ## [A mysterious still image from a 1967 video, a bit of online detective work, and a hidden history of women on the fringes of fame](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-still-image-from-a-1967-video-a-bit-of-online-detective-work-and-a-hidden-history-of-women-on-the-fringes-of-fame/1025098)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mysterious-still-image-from-a-1967-video-a-bit-of-online-detective-work-and-a-hidden-history-of-women-on-the-fringes-of-fame/1025098 "2025-11-26T15:58:32Z")
I was browsing through my YouTube feed this weekend, when I saw a 1967 educational short film called 'Farm Family in Winter". I had first become familiar with the short through the RiffTrax guys (Mike and the two guys wh… --- ## [Udo Kier has passed away](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/udo-kier-has-passed-away/1025091)
**Author:** [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/udo-kier-has-passed-away/1025091 "2025-11-26T11:32:50Z")
Udo Kier - German actor who was equally at home in Euro-arty, Euro-trashy, Hollywooden and Warhol films - has died aged 81. I remember him best from Blood for Dracula and Flesh for Frankenstein, two films by Andy Warhol… --- ## [Episodes that work as self contained films](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodes-that-work-as-self-contained-films/1025028)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episodes-that-work-as-self-contained-films/1025028 "2025-11-26T03:00:45Z")
I just got Apple TV so I am catching up on shows I couldn’t watch before. One is Mythic Quest about an MMO company and the fifth (or so) episode just blew me away. It had nearly no connection to the show itself (until th… --- ## [Help me ID this Barney Miller episode](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-barney-miller-episode/1025113)
**Author:** [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-this-barney-miller-episode/1025113 "2025-11-25T22:58:31Z")
I’ve never seen it, but it was recounted to me a long time ago. So details may be off. They arrest a guy who robbed a bank (or something) just before the statute of limitations expires. The guy makes some sort of comme… --- ## [Are the Cormoran Strike books any good?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-cormoran-strike-books-any-good/1025097)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-cormoran-strike-books-any-good/1025097 "2025-11-25T20:25:30Z")
I don’t care for Rowling, but I was also unaware that she’d written this series. Are they interesting? Well-written? --- ## [Has any big name chef admitted to losing their palate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-big-name-chef-admitted-to-losing-their-palate/1025102)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-any-big-name-chef-admitted-to-losing-their-palate/1025102 "2025-11-25T17:15:25Z")
Recently my algorithm has been inundated with Master Chef and Hells Kitchen clips. Gordon Ramsey likes to show off his keen palate and ability to recognize the most subtle ingredients. I don’t have a sensitive palate. C… --- ## [In your city, and your city only, what are the fanciest restaurants? What are your favorite restaurants (fancy or otherwise)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-city-and-your-city-only-what-are-the-fanciest-restaurants-what-are-your-favorite-restaurants-fancy-or-otherwise/1025029)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-your-city-and-your-city-only-what-are-the-fanciest-restaurants-what-are-your-favorite-restaurants-fancy-or-otherwise/1025029 "2025-11-25T13:20:59Z")
The Michelin Guide does not cover Springfield, Illinois (regretfully). And if it did, there wouldn’t be a star anywhere in the town anyway. Hell, there might be one or two Bib Gourmands. Nevertheless, the town does have … --- ## [R.I.P. Jimmy Cliff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-jimmy-cliff/1025104)
**Author:** [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/r-i-p-jimmy-cliff/1025104 "2025-11-25T03:46:06Z")
Reggae singer dead at 81 For my money, The Harder They Come is the best movie soundtrack of all time. I’ve always thought the movie could use a modern remake: have some young stars record the songs and retool the plot a… --- ## [Fur trim on clothes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-trim-on-clothes/1025071)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 25, 2025, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-trim-on-clothes/1025071 "2025-11-25T01:45:07Z")
With the Christmas season almost upon us, it occurred to me to wonder about depictions of Saint Nicholas/ Father Christmas, and the use of fur trim on coats. What exactly is the design purpose of putting a trim at the en… --- ## [Resolved - all egg dishes taste good..All that fancy prep by chefs just makes them look pretty](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-all-egg-dishes-taste-good-all-that-fancy-prep-by-chefs-just-makes-them-look-pretty/1025052)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-all-egg-dishes-taste-good-all-that-fancy-prep-by-chefs-just-makes-them-look-pretty/1025052 "2025-11-24T22:50:02Z")
I like to watch Gordon or Jacques prepare omelets. All that whipping and stirring, the folding, the pan tilting and final rolling and voila - you have a perfect omelet. Usually “creamy”. But I’m sitting here eating my eg… --- ## [Identify a SCIFI book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-scifi-book/1025081)
**Author:** [@Adversary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Adversary)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-a-scifi-book/1025081 "2025-11-24T22:48:02Z")
I am looking for an old SCIFI book I read, not really old but at least 20-30 years I am guessing. Items that help identify it: (spoilers!!!) Space Opera like setting Emperor and people he deems worthy are made immorta… --- ## [Who promoted the early 1970s "Blaxploitation" genre?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-promoted-the-early-1970s-blaxploitation-genre/1025086)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-promoted-the-early-1970s-blaxploitation-genre/1025086 "2025-11-24T22:39:19Z")
So after years of African-Americans fighting for dignity, equal rights, a chance at prosperity, participation in America’s institutions; after paying with blood, sweat and tears, sometimes at the price of life; Hollywood… --- ## [Foods you like that others may think are inferior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511)
**Author:** [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Replies:** 266\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-like-that-others-may-think-are-inferior/1024511 "2025-11-24T21:46:33Z")
There are things I like to eat that others may think are awful. Particularly, but not restricted to canned items. For example, I like canned tamales. I know they aren’t like homemade but all you have to do is heat t… --- ## [The Bear and restaurant logistics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-and-restaurant-logistics/1025050)
**Author:** [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bear-and-restaurant-logistics/1025050 "2025-11-24T21:33:04Z")
We’re on the last season of The Bear now, that TV show (on Hulu and Disney) about a small Chicago sandwich shop that . The show was good, but it was the depictions of restaurant logistics — both front and back of house … --- ## [All things A Go Go](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-a-go-go/1025009)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-things-a-go-go/1025009 "2025-11-24T14:25:43Z")
Tonight I saw mention of the movie Monster A Go Go and it reminded me of how a while back I noticed how so many 1960s TV shows had an “A-Go-Go” episode, for example The Beverly Hillbillies: Clampett A-Go-Go \*Mister Ed:… --- ## [Depicting Conan the Barbarian (and other Pop Culture characters)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-conan-the-barbarian-and-other-pop-culture-characters/1025031)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/depicting-conan-the-barbarian-and-other-pop-culture-characters/1025031 "2025-11-24T11:58:54Z")
Everyone knows what Conan the Barbarian looks like, right? Huge, heavily muscled guy with shoulder-length black hair, usually wears a pair of shorts (often furry) and sandals or boots. Frequently shown without a shirt. A… --- ## [Poorly-aged films that could use a "woke" (for lack of a better choice of words) remake](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-aged-films-that-could-use-a-woke-for-lack-of-a-better-choice-of-words-remake/1024941)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 158\ **Last updated:** [November 24, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poorly-aged-films-that-could-use-a-woke-for-lack-of-a-better-choice-of-words-remake/1024941 "2025-11-24T00:16:10Z")
A lot of the comedies I grew up loving have scenes that have aged quite poorly. An act of borderline sexual assault is played for laughs in The Breakfast Club. Sixteen Candles has a gross Asian stereotype. And don’t get … --- ## [De-puzzling puzzling album titles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-puzzling-puzzling-album-titles/1025070)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-puzzling-puzzling-album-titles/1025070 "2025-11-23T22:27:06Z")
I quite often come across album titles that leave me wondering… CREAM - Disraeli gears THE POLICE - Regatta Mondata (?) THE OFFSPRING - Ixnai the hombre (?) Please help explaining those and post ones that have you s… --- ## [In The Stand why was the super flu called Captain Trips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-stand-why-was-the-super-flu-called-captain-trips/997479)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-the-stand-why-was-the-super-flu-called-captain-trips/997479 "2025-11-23T21:25:02Z")
The Stand is my favorite novel. For several years I would reread it every June (the story starts in June) but one thing I never got is why the disease in the story got the nickname Captain Trips. I imagine it was a refer… --- ## [Infinity Pool -- Sàlo meets White Lotus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infinity-pool-salo-meets-white-lotus/1025035)
**Author:** [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infinity-pool-salo-meets-white-lotus/1025035 "2025-11-23T21:16:14Z")
\[I won’t be avoiding SPOILERS\] I put myself through this experience last night. Still gobsmacked. I went in blind, which I think is probably the best way to do it. But I only know two or three people I can recommend it … --- ## [So you have way too much money. You buy a comic for 2.66 Million Euro, of course](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-way-too-much-money-you-buy-a-comic-for-2-66-million-euro-of-course/954776)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-you-have-way-too-much-money-you-buy-a-comic-for-2-66-million-euro-of-course/954776 "2025-11-23T19:00:57Z")
The estimate was only 25,000 - 35,000 Euro, but something got out of hand: OK, I get it. Jean Giroud is better known under the name Moebius. He was a genius. Alejandro Jodorowsky is no nobody either. And Dune is just p… --- ## [The great, ongoing COFFEE thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-coffee-thread/1024881)
**Author:** [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-coffee-thread/1024881 "2025-11-23T11:09:01Z")
I haven’t found an ongoing thread concerning “all things coffee” … so here it is - let’s see if it sticks… My coffee journey started with the disire to leave the coffee-capsule world. My first (mis)step was a cheap fre… --- ## [Thoughts on AI music generators?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-ai-music-generators/1024988)
**Author:** [@xtenkfarpl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtenkfarpl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-ai-music-generators/1024988 "2025-11-23T02:33:39Z")
We’ve had a few similar discussions in the past, but the field keeps evolving. I hadn’t been really following this much until Suno came to my attention recently. And there seem to be quite a few rather similar things: … --- ## [Today is the 40th anniversary of the launch of Calvin and Hobbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-launch-of-calvin-and-hobbes/1024955)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 93\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-is-the-40th-anniversary-of-the-launch-of-calvin-and-hobbes/1024955 "2025-11-22T20:00:44Z")
This NPR article interviews C&H’s editor. IMHO, C&H was the greatest comic strip ever. There are a handful of others I think approached it – Krazy Kat, Pogo, Peanuts, Doonesbury, Bloom County – but none matched or excee… --- ## [It's a thread about nothing. Post your Seinfeldesque thoughts here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-thread-about-nothing-post-your-seinfeldesque-thoughts-here/270431)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-thread-about-nothing-post-your-seinfeldesque-thoughts-here/270431 "2025-11-22T04:05:39Z")
The purpose of this thread isn’t to talk about the show, but to present any thoughts or ideas you have had that would be typical of the Seinfeld characters. Maybe you have your own preference about what the most import… --- ## [My kid’s (SF/Fantasy) novel has a publication date!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-s-sf-fantasy-novel-has-a-publication-date/1024902)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2025, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-kid-s-sf-fantasy-novel-has-a-publication-date/1024902 "2025-11-22T01:26:29Z")
Since he was a little kid, my son was fascinated by airplanes and rockets - as well as military history and science fiction/fantasy. When it came around to planning for college, he expressed a desire to study either Aer… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=48) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=50)