# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=550 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 551 --- ## [Please help me make a good fruit mousse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-make-a-good-fruit-mousse/827856)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-make-a-good-fruit-mousse/827856 "2019-01-16T18:53:53Z")
I’m having a little dinner party with my two best friends on Friday, and I have an obstinate idea in my head that I want to make a fruit mousse for dessert. I’ve never done it before. I know what ingredients I’ll be usi… --- ## [Songs where one person stops loving another person](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-where-one-person-stops-loving-another-person/827432 "2019-01-16T15:49:06Z")
Doesn’t have to be romantic love, but I assume most songs will be. However songs about parents/children, or friendships, or nephews/aunts, or whatever are perfectly acceptable. Basically songs where a person loses their… --- ## [Cake or Pie? Both?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-pie-both/827707)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-or-pie-both/827707 "2019-01-16T15:44:34Z")
I was just at a birthday party for the elderly Mom of my friend. Along with various dips and finger foods there was an astonishing dessert. It was a cake on a pie. Seriously, an Apple pie on the bottom and a spicy type p… --- ## ["Atlas Chuckled"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlas-chuckled/827725)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/atlas-chuckled/827725 "2019-01-16T12:52:00Z")
I’ve just listened to the audio version of Atlas Shrugged, available from Audible (52 hours, 20 minutes, 28 seconds). Something caught my ear that I hadn’t noticed in the print version: the word “chuckle” (noun or verb) … --- ## [I want to get a thin crust on skinless cod filets.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-get-a-thin-crust-on-skinless-cod-filets/827793)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-get-a-thin-crust-on-skinless-cod-filets/827793 "2019-01-16T09:11:24Z")
Is cod the wrong fish? I can do it on sea bass, but who can afford that all the time?? How do restaurants do it? --- ## [Where were globally known Film Directors born?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-globally-known-film-directors-born/827823)
**Author:** [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-globally-known-film-directors-born/827823 "2019-01-16T05:08:38Z")
This site is REALLY cool, but I just heard about it 5 minutes ago… --- ## [Do you Meditate? I know of an app that won't disappoint you...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-meditate-i-know-of-an-app-that-wont-disappoint-you/827833)
**Author:** [@Chunkylord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chunkylord)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 16, 2019, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-meditate-i-know-of-an-app-that-wont-disappoint-you/827833 "2019-01-16T01:45:21Z")
Sam Harris’ “Waking Up” meditation app came out a few months ago. I’ve been using it since launch. It is hands down the most transformative anything I’ve ever done in my life. I am infinitely more confident, wise, compas… --- ## [Girl in Nightclub](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-in-nightclub/827826)
**Author:** [@n5tp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/n5tp)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-in-nightclub/827826 "2019-01-15T23:29:33Z")
Who is the pretty blonde actress in the nightclub scene from the In the Mood video by Glenn Miller in the movie Sunset Valley Serenade? I think I may have it narrowed down to Sonja Henie or Mary Beth Hughes… --- ## [Is there any song Queen has performed live that is inferior to the studio version?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-song-queen-has-performed-live-that-is-inferior-to-the-studio-version/827617)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-song-queen-has-performed-live-that-is-inferior-to-the-studio-version/827617 "2019-01-15T21:01:29Z")
I just heard a live version of Calling All Girls that is quite inferior to the studio version. Obviously, I haven’t heard everything, but Queen seems to be the rare band where everything they performed live kicked ass ve… --- ## [84 Charing Cross Road - A Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-charing-cross-road-a-question/827715)
**Author:** [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/84-charing-cross-road-a-question/827715 "2019-01-15T20:43:33Z")
Yesterday, I rewatched this film, one of my favourites I reckon despite it dripping with Anglophilia. :slight\_smile: I have a question relating to food stuffs. Helene Hanff (played by the wonderful Anne Bancroft) sends … --- ## [Commercial pre-sliced cheeses in a tray](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-pre-sliced-cheeses-in-a-tray/827813)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commercial-pre-sliced-cheeses-in-a-tray/827813 "2019-01-15T20:27:12Z")
Not cheese slices for sandwiches, but real cheese that is pre-sliced in little plastic trays, about the right size for crackers, for example. I used to buy the “extra sharp” cheddar by Cracker Barrel that way, just becau… --- ## [Mt. Rushmore of food combos - Please select only 4](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-food-combos-please-select-only-4/826767)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mt-rushmore-of-food-combos-please-select-only-4/826767 "2019-01-15T19:41:55Z")
I am erecting a Mr. Rushmore of food combos (location TBD). Help me select the honorees. Please limit your choices to 4 selections only. mmm --- ## [TV series w/ most believable interpersonal interactions/dialogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-w-most-believable-interpersonal-interactions-dialogue/827743)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-series-w-most-believable-interpersonal-interactions-dialogue/827743 "2019-01-15T14:08:01Z")
My wife and I didn’t catch Friday Night Lights when it was on, and are binging it now. Really enjoying it. We both have realized that just about every episode there will be a couple of instances where characters will i… --- ## [Why do restaurant steak knives look terrible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-restaurant-steak-knives-look-terrible/827704)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-restaurant-steak-knives-look-terrible/827704 "2019-01-15T13:40:38Z")
I’ll begin with a disclaimer: I’ve no idea how widespread this may be internationally. I’m very well travelled, but I am nevertheless talking about a fundamentally UK based experience. The steak knife which is provided… --- ## [So I bought a butter bell...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-bought-a-butter-bell/827254)
**Author:** [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2019, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-bought-a-butter-bell/827254 "2019-01-15T04:50:01Z")
and it is amazing. Until I started making herbal butter infusions, I’d never heard of them. What other little everyday miracles have we forgotten about? --- ## [Did any post-Gemini Science Fiction predict how little we would travel in space?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-post-gemini-science-fiction-predict-how-little-we-would-travel-in-space/827731)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-any-post-gemini-science-fiction-predict-how-little-we-would-travel-in-space/827731 "2019-01-14T21:49:52Z")
I remember Galaxy, IF and the like, with shiny spaceships travelling to distant planets by the turn of the century. What I don’t recall reading, however, are any stories where we just stopped trying to expand after a fe… --- ## [Big new exhibit on Tolkien at the Morgan Library in NYC through May 12](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-new-exhibit-on-tolkien-at-the-morgan-library-in-nyc-through-may-12/827741)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-new-exhibit-on-tolkien-at-the-morgan-library-in-nyc-through-may-12/827741 "2019-01-14T20:52:32Z")
I hope to go: --- ## [Id this painting?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-painting/827738)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-painting/827738 "2019-01-14T20:40:49Z")
This is from the “Night Gallery” vignette ‘Rare Objects,’ featuring Raymond Massey and Mickey Rooney, if you can find a better image quality online. Pic. --- ## [What? No comments on the new "Project Blue Book?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-comments-on-the-new-project-blue-book/827549)
**Author:** [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-no-comments-on-the-new-project-blue-book/827549 "2019-01-14T20:17:23Z")
I recorded it and now watching. While some of it (very little) I like, most of it, bleck :eek: It’s on the History Channel. Guess I was expecting more of a documentary show. --- ## [Fiji Water Girl: Star of the Golden Globes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fiji-water-girl-star-of-the-golden-globes/827354 "2019-01-14T19:48:08Z")
Fiji Water Girl is my new hero. --- ## [HAL 9000 has his birthday today!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hal-9000-has-his-birthday-today/827645)
**Author:** [@Marine\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marine_One)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hal-9000-has-his-birthday-today/827645 "2019-01-14T18:18:12Z")
HAL 9000 became operational at the HAL Laboratories in Urbana, Illinois as production number 3 on January 12, 1992. --- ## [Dinner for guests](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-for-guests/827616)
**Author:** [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinner-for-guests/827616 "2019-01-14T17:34:48Z")
When was the last time you made dinner for people who don’t live at your house, and what did you serve? My folks are coming over tonight and I am making cheese and crackers to start off, Lemon thyme chicken (with fresh… --- ## [Identify this book, from scant clues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-book-from-scant-clues/827594)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-book-from-scant-clues/827594 "2019-01-14T17:32:14Z")
My wife was reading a book, maybe 5-10 years ago, and left it on a trip, so she never got to finish it. She doesn’t remember the title or the author. She said that the story revolves around a an African-American boy who… --- ## [Looking for a book on Northern Ireland history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-on-northern-ireland-history/827389)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-book-on-northern-ireland-history/827389 "2019-01-14T15:21:15Z")
I’m writing a story that takes place in Northern Ireland in the early 1920s. My main character lives in Belfast and is Catholic. He is arrested for sedition and sent to Crumlin Road Prison where he is beaten until he co… --- ## [Bird Box challenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-box-challenge/827622)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bird-box-challenge/827622 "2019-01-14T15:18:18Z")
I have no idea what the movie is about but the “challenge” is to blindfold yourself and apparently do ordinary things. I guess one of the scenes is about driving a car that way so, yeah, kids are doing that. In the local… --- ## [Where's the money Lebowski?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340)
**Author:** [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-the-money-lebowski/82340 "2019-01-14T15:00:13Z")
Am I really the only one that thinks the Big Lebowski is the funniest movie known to man? Almost everyone else seems to despise it, but I can watch it five times in a row and laugh every time! I throw a party at least on… --- ## [Replacement Friend Group Trope - Help!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-friend-group-trope-help/827710)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/replacement-friend-group-trope-help/827710 "2019-01-14T14:26:15Z")
TV Tropes has failed me. You know the trope where a person ditches his/her group of friends or coworkers and finds themselves a new group - but that new group is freakishly similar to the group they left behind? And us… --- ## [Verna Bloom has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/verna-bloom-has-died/827573 "2019-01-14T14:14:42Z")
Verna Bloom, Actress in ‘Animal House,’ ‘High Plains Drifter,’ Dies at 80 --- ## [Looking for vintage science fiction TV episode, brain implant theme](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-vintage-science-fiction-tv-episode-brain-implant-theme/827672)
**Author:** [@The\_Squire\_Of\_Gothos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Squire_Of_Gothos)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-vintage-science-fiction-tv-episode-brain-implant-theme/827672 "2019-01-14T09:25:11Z")
Looking for a TV episode of a black and white science fiction series (I believe it was a TV series, not a feature film) involving some US secret agent or pilot recently implanted with some experimental probe by governmen… --- ## [I Want to Make Fake Vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-fake-vanilla/827332)
**Author:** [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-want-to-make-fake-vanilla/827332 "2019-01-14T06:36:31Z")
I was fascinated to learn that imitation vanilla flavor is frequently made from waste wood pulp from paper making. I was intrigued, and tried to find out if I could make my own vanillin from the sawdust out in my woodshe… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=549) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=551)