# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=558 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 559 --- ## [Microwave peanut brittle with brown sugar? Need answer fast!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-peanut-brittle-with-brown-sugar-need-answer-fast/826549)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/microwave-peanut-brittle-with-brown-sugar-need-answer-fast/826549 "2018-12-23T02:31:27Z")
Okay baking geniuses. I would like to try the microwave peanut brittle again, and my preference is always to use brown sugar rather than white sugar. Plus, I have lots of brown sugar and not so much white sugar. I have … --- ## ["Who Is America"-- Sacha Baron Cohen's TV Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-america-sacha-baron-cohens-tv-show/818053)
**Author:** [@Project\_Patahhh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Project_Patahhh)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-america-sacha-baron-cohens-tv-show/818053 "2018-12-23T01:05:59Z")
Hello, I have been lurking for quite some time but finally want to make a post. This will contain spoilers for Cohen’s new show. I have been a huge fan of Cohen for a long time, even enjoying his less popular movies lik… --- ## [Your best and worst holiday season songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-and-worst-holiday-season-songs/825648)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2018, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-best-and-worst-holiday-season-songs/825648 "2018-12-23T00:32:02Z")
Best: Winter Wonderland — Tony Bennett - Winter Wonderland (from A Swingin' Christmas) - YouTube Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! —- YouTube It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year — Andy Williams - It's The M… --- ## [Prerequisites for Movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prerequisites-for-movies/826440)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prerequisites-for-movies/826440 "2018-12-22T19:16:37Z")
Why I can’t go to the movies anymore: It seems as though every frickin’ movie playing is a Marvel universe movie. Part of the reason this is a problem is that, whenever I do watch a superhero movie, it reminds me that I … --- ## [ID a Christmas carols album—had both "Nova, Nova" and "Carol of the Fieldmice"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-carols-album-had-both-nova-nova-and-carol-of-the-fieldmice/825802)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-a-christmas-carols-album-had-both-nova-nova-and-carol-of-the-fieldmice/825802 "2018-12-22T18:08:43Z")
Basic details: I checked out a lovely CD of Christmas carols from my local library, sometime in the last 15-odd years. I can’t remember the title or artist, just that it featured obscure, archaic, and generally lesser-kn… --- ## [How to chop up sticky dried fruit? (Need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-chop-up-sticky-dried-fruit-need-answer-fast/826532)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-chop-up-sticky-dried-fruit-need-answer-fast/826532 "2018-12-22T18:00:23Z")
Later this morning I will be getting started on some Christmas baking. Several recipes call for chopping up sticky stuff… dates, dried cherries, dried apricots, and the absolute worst – orange slice candies. Any suggesti… --- ## [Jeri Ryan and Kate Mulgrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeri-ryan-and-kate-mulgrew/762081)
**Author:** [@drewder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewder)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2016, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jeri-ryan-and-kate-mulgrew/762081 "2016-08-12T22:55:21Z")
I’ve heard that there was “tension” between the two actresses and that in-fact Kate made Jeri’s life hell while on set. The explanation Kate gives is that she didn’t like the fact that this blond bombshell was brought on… --- ## [The Fix on Netflix](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fix-on-netflix/826463)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-fix-on-netflix/826463 "2018-12-22T17:01:29Z")
There was a thread here not too long ago about British panel shows and the question came up of why we don’t have similar shows in the U.S. Well, Netflix has stepped up to fill that hole with “The Fix.” They even imported… --- ## [Die Hard 3 (spoilers again, but if you haven't seen it by now, you probably won't anyway)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-3-spoilers-again-but-if-you-havent-seen-it-by-now-you-probably-wont-anyway/826506)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-hard-3-spoilers-again-but-if-you-havent-seen-it-by-now-you-probably-wont-anyway/826506 "2018-12-22T12:48:15Z")
Die Hard 3 is a much better movie than Die Hard 2, but…and I don’t know if this’ll make sense…it doesn’t feel like a Die Hard movie. It feels like it should be 48 Hours or Beverly Hills Cop or something. A “Die Hard” mo… --- ## [Shameless self-promotion of my new book on TV comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-self-promotion-of-my-new-book-on-tv-comedy/826260)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shameless-self-promotion-of-my-new-book-on-tv-comedy/826260 "2018-12-22T08:40:10Z")
Ho! Ho! Ho! Here’s the perfect holiday gift for anyone interested in TV comedy: my new book is packed with laugh-out-loud anecdotes, candid admissions, and valuable insights from the writers and/or creators of such cla… --- ## [The #metoo movement and Les Moonves, the head of CBS. Should he be fired?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-metoo-movement-and-les-moonves-the-head-of-cbs-should-he-be-fired/819091)
**Author:** [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-metoo-movement-and-les-moonves-the-head-of-cbs-should-he-be-fired/819091 "2018-12-22T07:03:17Z")
Ronan Farrow wrote an article for the New Yorker titled Les Moonves and CBS Face Allegations of Sexual Misconduct In it, Farrow describes how six women have accused Moonves, the head of CBS, of sexually assaulting them … --- ## [Bad Blood - anybody watching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-blood-anybody-watching/826323)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-blood-anybody-watching/826323 "2018-12-22T05:51:36Z")
Netflix. It about the mob in Montreal. The Rizutto family, in particular. Based on a true story (usual caveats apply) I’m three episodes in. So far, so good. Not Sopranos level but not bad. --- ## [I Have an Awful Confession....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-awful-confession/824871)
**Author:** [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-an-awful-confession/824871 "2018-12-22T04:37:13Z")
that I must share with you all. It is truly horrific in some people’s opinion but, really, there is nothing more I can do about it. I like fruitcake. That ridiculously dense, rum soaked, fruity bitted stuff everyone mak… --- ## [God Knows Where I Am- PBS Documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-knows-where-i-am-pbs-documentary/823058)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/god-knows-where-i-am-pbs-documentary/823058 "2018-12-22T04:09:12Z")
Anybody watch? I’d recommend it. A well made, thought-provoking film. Story of a woman and her battle with and eventual demise from mental illness. A hard watch at times, but very well made, interesting subject and lots… --- ## [Best Episodes of TV 2018](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episodes-of-tv-2018/826302)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2018, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-episodes-of-tv-2018/826302 "2018-12-22T03:33:45Z")
What episodes of TV did you find to be the best in 2018? I liked: The Magicians - “Be The Penny” Oh my goodness, was this hilarious. Penny is dead/disembodied, can hear everyone talk about him now he’s gone. Meanwhile… --- ## [Recommend a non Dan Brown novel/author for a Dan Brown fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-non-dan-brown-novel-author-for-a-dan-brown-fan/825687)
**Author:** [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-non-dan-brown-novel-author-for-a-dan-brown-fan/825687 "2018-12-21T21:43:32Z")
Looking for new books to read… --- ## [The Public Domain is about to grow!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-public-domain-is-about-to-grow/826442)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-public-domain-is-about-to-grow/826442 "2018-12-21T17:36:02Z")
In a few weeks for the first time in about 20 years a year’s worth of works will be added to the Public Domain. This used to happen every year until the 90s when Disney got the laws rewritten to protect Mickey Mouse from… --- ## [(spoiler potential) Question about Assymetry, the novel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-potential-question-about-assymetry-the-novel/826201)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-potential-question-about-assymetry-the-novel/826201 "2018-12-21T17:31:35Z")
After having just finished this book, I have now read three reviews. All three alluded to the fact that there are hints and indications that the second part of the book, Amar’s story, has really been written by Alice. … --- ## [Runaways](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runaways/802298)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2018, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/runaways/802298 "2018-12-21T01:32:03Z")
Watched the first two episodes so far. My early impression is that the casting is good (excepting the too old Molly) but the story is straying further from the comics than I would have hoped. Also, the first two episodes… --- ## [Allegations of sexual harassment against Geoffrey Rush](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegations-of-sexual-harassment-against-geoffrey-rush/826388)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allegations-of-sexual-harassment-against-geoffrey-rush/826388 "2018-12-20T23:41:28Z")
Allegations (from actress Yael Stone) include the following: \*That Rush almost immediately began sending her a series of inappropriate and sexualised text messages, dressed up in what she called “high falutin language… --- ## [Help me identify this "hard-bop" song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-hard-bop-song/826376)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-hard-bop-song/826376 "2018-12-20T17:50:57Z")
There’s a music riff/figure going thru my mind that I’m sure is from a years-ago hard-bop instrumental, possibly someone like Art Blakey or Horace Silver. I’m not a musician so bear with me in this explanation– It’s on… --- ## [Getting "too old" to rewatch good stuff or risk watching questionable stuff..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-too-old-to-rewatch-good-stuff-or-risk-watching-questionable-stuff/826335)
**Author:** [@Ashtura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ashtura)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-too-old-to-rewatch-good-stuff-or-risk-watching-questionable-stuff/826335 "2018-12-20T16:57:42Z")
I remember when I was a teen I loved Star Trek: TNG, and told myself that someday when I had time I’d go and re-watch the whole thing. Same with several other properties. Well, I hit middle age and, now - I don’t got t… --- ## [Albums similar to Prince's Sign O the Times and...Elvis Costello's Spike!?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-similar-to-princes-sign-o-the-times-and-elvis-costellos-spike/826377)
**Author:** [@infinitii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/infinitii)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/albums-similar-to-princes-sign-o-the-times-and-elvis-costellos-spike/826377 "2018-12-20T15:36:36Z")
OK, a bit of explanation: Prince’s albums Sign O the Times was a collection of songs recorded with a couple different groups (as well as some by himself), as a result of a few different projects being combined. A simila… --- ## [Identify: Science Fiction Short About Invention With Noxious Smell](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-science-fiction-short-about-invention-with-noxious-smell/826410)
**Author:** [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-science-fiction-short-about-invention-with-noxious-smell/826410 "2018-12-20T06:29:30Z")
Another ‘Name That Story’ thread! Think I might have read it in the '70s, surely no later than the '80s. Story involved two scientists (or chemists, inventors of some sort) who were working on a new type of plating (like… --- ## [Nancy Wilson has died](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-wilson-has-died/826120)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-wilson-has-died/826120 "2018-12-20T03:57:58Z")
Article. Another jazz icon is gone. Ms. Wilson really had a way with phrasing that made songs special. --- ## [One Take/One Camera Scenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-take-one-camera-scenes/753279)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [December 20, 2018, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-take-one-camera-scenes/753279 "2018-12-20T00:44:53Z")
Got to thinking about the Daredevil Netflix series and that truly awesome “one take” hallway fight scene. It was a pretty lengthy scene, which made the fact that it was all one take more impressive. Which brings me to … --- ## [Help identifying a book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-book/826356)
**Author:** [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identifying-a-book/826356 "2018-12-19T23:40:03Z")
I’m pretty good at remembering all the books I read in all grades at school, but it just occurred to me that we read one in fifth grade that I don’t remember the title of. It was about American pioneers, I think. The on… --- ## [Help with the name of a different book](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-the-name-of-a-different-book/826394)
**Author:** [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-the-name-of-a-different-book/826394 "2018-12-19T23:11:46Z")
Years ago I read a book with the plot elements that (among other things) there was a soviet mole and he was identified because his mother had a Stalin document she had stolen in the 1940s. She lived in Chicago. Googlin… --- ## [Mysery Science Theater 3000 Season 12: The Gauntlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysery-science-theater-3000-season-12-the-gauntlet/824943)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysery-science-theater-3000-season-12-the-gauntlet/824943 "2018-12-19T23:05:08Z")
It’s on Netflix right now. Looks like they got the money to make just 6 episodes this year, but I could live with just a few episodes every so often instead of having to have a bunch. I will be gone most of the day for … --- ## [Early 19th century comic strip character "The Yellow Kid" a racist portrayal of Asians... What?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-19th-century-comic-strip-character-the-yellow-kid-a-racist-portrayal-of-asians-what/723590)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-19th-century-comic-strip-character-the-yellow-kid-a-racist-portrayal-of-asians-what/723590 "2018-12-19T21:42:00Z")
In this “list” site the number 1 most offensive comic strip or comic book character of all time is … “The Yellow Kid” for caricaturing Asians. I cannot find anything authoritative in the wiki or online that supports this… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=557) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=559)