# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=493 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 494 --- ## [bakers: what is the ideal "christmas crack" texture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-what-is-the-ideal-christmas-crack-texture/838266)
**Author:** [@amaguri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amaguri)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-what-is-the-ideal-christmas-crack-texture/838266 "2019-08-07T17:13:29Z")
For anyone who doesn’t know, “christmas crack” is essentially a quick toffee poured over saltines (or Ritz crackers, or graham crackers, etc) and baked for a few more minutes. I just made it for the first time. I assum… --- ## [Is there a brisket shortage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-brisket-shortage/838262)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-brisket-shortage/838262 "2019-08-07T15:34:25Z")
I’ve had it in my head now for a few weeks to bake a brisket. Usually when this happens I let the idea marinate, waiting until I see a really big one on sale. But this week, it blossomed into an intention, and I’ve bee… --- ## [The Blade Runner thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blade-runner-thread/797583)
**Author:** [@Silver\_lining](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_lining)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-blade-runner-thread/797583 "2019-08-07T15:16:48Z")
With Blade Runner 2049 coming out in early October, I thought I could start a thread about the original movie, a scientific masterpiece that scared the heck out of me as a boy and impressed the heck out of me as a young … --- ## [If something is swimming in oil, is refrigeration important?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-something-is-swimming-in-oil-is-refrigeration-important/838277)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-something-is-swimming-in-oil-is-refrigeration-important/838277 "2019-08-07T02:30:20Z")
At my job, we often order lunch from a local Italian restaurant. They often send a bit of olive spread, complimentary, to go with the bread. We love the olive spread so I always ask for extra. Usually, they just add an… --- ## [Bojack Horseman, Season 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-season-4/795908)
**Author:** [@Scribble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribble)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bojack-horseman-season-4/795908 "2019-08-07T01:51:03Z")
I just binged the whole thing last night. I think this might be the best of the seasons so far. Very multi-layered, very dark. --- ## [Punning in Innsmouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punning-in-innsmouth/838151)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/punning-in-innsmouth/838151 "2019-08-06T21:24:24Z")
I’ve been rereading my electrobook version of The Complete H. P. Lovecraft, and just realized that there’s a groaner at the center of The Shadow Over Innsmouth. In TSOI, the coastal town of Innsmouth is being The only… --- ## [most overplayed songs you are tired of unless you hear then once a decade...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overplayed-songs-you-are-tired-of-unless-you-hear-then-once-a-decade/838155)
**Author:** [@Mike\_Mabes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mike_Mabes)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-overplayed-songs-you-are-tired-of-unless-you-hear-then-once-a-decade/838155 "2019-08-06T18:05:27Z")
…and when hear them you love them again. What are yours? Stairway, Bohemian Rhaposdy, Hotel California don’t count becaue they are too obvious Neither does Can’t You See by Marshall Tucker Band which inspired this. … --- ## [The OA - netflix original](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955)
**Author:** [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Replies:** 126\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-oa-netflix-original/774955 "2019-08-06T17:19:24Z")
All episodes dropped yesterday in the UK - I’m 2 and a half in and enjoying it a lot. Sci-fi mystery isn’t for Mrs Macau so no binging for me. They chose to have no previews nor, it seems, advertising prior to the show … --- ## [Here I lose any possible foodie cred I may have remaining](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-lose-any-possible-foodie-cred-i-may-have-remaining/837913)
**Author:** [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-i-lose-any-possible-foodie-cred-i-may-have-remaining/837913 "2019-08-06T17:07:01Z")
I’m a reasonably good cook, and am fairly knowledgeable about various culinary techniques, but I have admitted to some more controversial tastes. Beans in Chili are fine. Miracle Whip has it’s place. Sometimes a White… --- ## [Toni Morrison Dies At 88](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toni-morrison-dies-at-88/838239)
**Author:** [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toni-morrison-dies-at-88/838239 "2019-08-06T14:30:49Z")
Not sure whether this is the right forum, but seems this should be noted someplace here. Toni Morrison, Whose Soaring Novels Were Rooted In Black Lives, Dies At 88 --- ## [I ate a hot dog with ketchup yesterday](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 107\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ate-a-hot-dog-with-ketchup-yesterday/756565 "2019-08-06T14:03:30Z")
It was brought to me already prepared. I was hungry. I had few options. Here’s the thing: it was a damn tasty dog. Who knew? I will no longer arch my eyebrows at anyone who professes enjoyment from such a sandwich. It… --- ## [I hate water (for drinking)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-water-for-drinking/837757)
**Author:** [@Steven\_Estes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steven_Estes)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-water-for-drinking/837757 "2019-08-06T06:19:37Z")
I hate water (for drinking). I don’t think I‘ve had five glasses in the last nine years. Instead I drink caffeine free Diet Coke. Lots of Caffeine Free Diet Coke. 72 ounces a day, much more liquid than most people dei… --- ## [RIP D. A. Pennebaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-d-a-pennebaker/838183)
**Author:** [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-d-a-pennebaker/838183 "2019-08-06T04:24:54Z")
Legendary film verité director D. A. Pennebaker has died at age 94. Of course the first time I got aware of him was through “Don’t Look Back”, still one of the most important insights into the eternal enigma that is Dyla… --- ## [What things still cannot be portrayed by CGI or special effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-still-cannot-be-portrayed-by-cgi-or-special-effects/837643)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-still-cannot-be-portrayed-by-cgi-or-special-effects/837643 "2019-08-06T03:04:41Z")
We seem to be at a point where any explosion, slow-motion bullet, microscopic-zoom-in of a red blood cell or whatnot can be done. What are things that still cannot be shown with CGI or special effects today? --- ## ["Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" From The Original Male Viewpoint](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-just-wanna-have-fun-from-the-original-male-viewpoint/489552)
**Author:** [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girls-just-wanna-have-fun-from-the-original-male-viewpoint/489552 "2019-08-06T02:50:15Z")
From Wikipedia I don’t see this? Has anyone heard the original? (if it even exists). I know you can’t print entire lyrics on this board, but can someone give me a few examples of how the song could’ve been in the orig… --- ## [Ideas for a really basic peanut butter shake? (metric units)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-a-really-basic-peanut-butter-shake-metric-units/838164)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideas-for-a-really-basic-peanut-butter-shake-metric-units/838164 "2019-08-05T23:41:20Z")
I don’t know how to make or cook anything, so I need help with deciding how much milk I am supposed to put in a peanut butter shake, how much PB, bananas,etc. , but in metric units, since I’m from Europe. For example le… --- ## [Katy Perry, Prince Harry attend Secret Google Climate Change Summit. Arrived by Private Jet...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-prince-harry-attend-secret-google-climate-change-summit-arrived-by-private-jet/838185)
**Author:** [@Mikemike2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikemike2)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2019, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/katy-perry-prince-harry-attend-secret-google-climate-change-summit-arrived-by-private-jet/838185 "2019-08-05T23:30:31Z")
Up to 200 celebrities descended on the Italian island of Sicily, chartering 114 private jets to get there and tooling around on Maseratis between staying on mega-yachts worth up to $400 million, according to Italian pres… --- ## ["Typewriter" on Netflix, India, English language and Goa (NO SPOILERS, PLEASE)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typewriter-on-netflix-india-english-language-and-goa-no-spoilers-please/837745)
**Author:** [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2019, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/typewriter-on-netflix-india-english-language-and-goa-no-spoilers-please/837745 "2019-08-05T22:46:38Z")
Just about to wrap up this 5 part series, and its fantastic. Its a ghost story that takes place in the former Portuguese colony of Goa, now an Indian state, and was made by Indian filmmakers. The entire series uses what… --- ## [Great harmonies in song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504 "2019-08-04T17:10:04Z")
Don’t know if we’ve done this before or not. Thinking about Art Neville’s death yesterday, my mind wandered a bit and I remembered Aaron Neville’s collaboration with Linda Ronstadt on Don’t Know Much, which was fairly ja… --- ## [Explain the love for Chick-Fil-A?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-love-for-chick-fil-a/837654)
**Author:** [@Dongyang2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dongyang2016)\ **Replies:** 187\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-love-for-chick-fil-a/837654 "2019-08-04T16:48:10Z")
I don’t know if this is a Great debate or a Cafe Society question or discussion. You decide. I live abroad but come back to my hometown in the Southeastern USA every couple of months. One thing I find absolutely amazing… --- ## [George Orwell, Food Essayist and reproducing old recipes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-orwell-food-essayist-and-reproducing-old-recipes/838150)
**Author:** [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-orwell-food-essayist-and-reproducing-old-recipes/838150 "2019-08-04T15:33:15Z")
I am sure that fans of Orwell are aware that he wrote an essay for the British Council in 1946 as part of the organization’s efforts to promote British culture overseas. Sadly, this essay was rejected, the council tellin… --- ## [Your first R-rated movie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-r-rated-movie/837819)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 118\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-first-r-rated-movie/837819 "2019-08-04T15:07:19Z")
Mine was Beverly Hills Cop. My dad rented it when I was about 11 or 12. Afterward, he said, “Wow, I don’t remember that much swearing and nudity.” Surprised he didn’t hit the stop button at some point. But man, I couldn… --- ## [help me upgrade my Roku](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-upgrade-my-roku/838097)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-upgrade-my-roku/838097 "2019-08-04T14:42:55Z")
I’ve had a first generation Roku for ages. It’s been great. I watch Netflix, sometimes Amazon prime. It’s simple, it works. It’s the source of almost everything I watch on TV. But Amazon plans to stop supporting it. I s… --- ## [Radio ad nostalgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-ad-nostalgia/838000)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/radio-ad-nostalgia/838000 "2019-08-04T13:26:03Z")
Radio still exists and I still listen to it. I was reminiscing about the commercials Bud Light did back in the 80’s. They invented a fictional competitor called “Bimbleman’s Light,” and their CEO was a clueless bumpkin w… --- ## [Border Patrol Show part 2:](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/border-patrol-show-part-2/838153)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/border-patrol-show-part-2/838153 "2019-08-04T03:26:03Z")
There’s this one dude from Mexico who shows up to work for room and board and the “cultural experience”… Now this sounds sketchy as hell and really exploitative…but when I was younger I would have done this in a heartbe… --- ## [Question about current & Second season of The Flash \[spoilers\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-current-second-season-of-the-flash-spoilers/838130)
**Author:** [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-current-second-season-of-the-flash-spoilers/838130 "2019-08-04T03:23:17Z")
I’m mostly caught up with most of the current season (5), but I’m curious about something. I may have missed an important part somewhere along the line (I never saw the last 3 episodes of season 4, for example), but… \[h… --- ## [Fictional works set during a sitting President's adminstration where that actual President is killed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-works-set-during-a-sitting-presidents-adminstration-where-that-actual-president-is-killed/837966)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fictional-works-set-during-a-sitting-presidents-adminstration-where-that-actual-president-is-killed/837966 "2019-08-04T02:58:24Z")
It was always fascinating how in 2006 a feature film was released (albeit limited) called Death of a President which was about a fictional assassination of George W Bush and it’s political ramifications. There was a lot … --- ## [Khadaji's Whatcha Reading Thread--July 2019 edition](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2019-edition/836312)
**Author:** [@DZedNConfused](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DZedNConfused)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khadajis-whatcha-reading-thread-july-2019-edition/836312 "2019-08-04T02:21:46Z")
July! Fireworks for the US… books for the rest of us. :smiley: Currently I am reading: Competence by Gail Carriger, the best so far of the Custard books, but stil not even visually up to the quality of the Parasol book… --- ## [What did the fortune teller say to the cop?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-fortune-teller-say-to-the-cop/838028)
**Author:** [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-fortune-teller-say-to-the-cop/838028 "2019-08-04T02:05:38Z")
I’m re-reading Robert Heinlein’s “The Door Into Summer”. One his signature tricks is have a character offhandedly use an idiom that is purportedly well known, such as Mrs. Grundy - a figuratively prudish neighbor (that w… --- ## [Do you know what Pico De Gallo means?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-pico-de-gallo-means/838043)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-know-what-pico-de-gallo-means/838043 "2019-08-03T20:33:52Z")
I was wondering what it meant last month and no one I asked knew either. So I looked it up and was quite surprised. Not one server at a bar or restaurant I asked had any clue and when I told them what it meant, they were… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=492) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=494)