# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=562 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 563 --- ## [Big Lebowski Question: Sometimes You Eat the Bar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-question-sometimes-you-eat-the-bar/231412)
**Author:** [@pokey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pokey)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-lebowski-question-sometimes-you-eat-the-bar/231412 "2018-12-08T15:48:40Z")
“Sometimes you eat the bar, and sometimes the bar eats you” I don’t get it. What’s the bar? --- ## [Would a 1970's style Variety show work again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-1970s-style-variety-show-work-again/825633)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-a-1970s-style-variety-show-work-again/825633 "2018-12-08T06:10:22Z")
What do you all think? Many great shows back then like Carol Burnett, Ed Sullivan and others. Are there stars today who would have that much appeal? --- ## [Has anyone eaten gas station food in Japan. How was it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-gas-station-food-in-japan-how-was-it/823936)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-eaten-gas-station-food-in-japan-how-was-it/823936 "2018-12-08T04:47:28Z")
I read that due to the Japanese lifestyle (people eating in a hurry), that Japanese food from gas stations is sometimes better than the food you get in decent restaurants in the states. The sushi in particular. Can anyo… --- ## [a piece of culinary history that i didnt know about -the baking powder war](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piece-of-culinary-history-that-i-didnt-know-about-the-baking-powder-war/825586)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-piece-of-culinary-history-that-i-didnt-know-about-the-baking-powder-war/825586 "2018-12-08T04:41:14Z")
while looking for an out of print recipie made by calumet baking powder company I found this …… apparently there was a “war” for 80 years between calumet that used a totally different formula from traditional baking… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 10 (December 6, 2018) -- "The VCR Illumination"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-10-december-6-2018-the-vcr-illumination/825673)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-10-december-6-2018-the-vcr-illumination/825673 "2018-12-08T02:48:31Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [So what do you all think of Trevor Noah adjacent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-all-think-of-trevor-noah-adjacent/825766)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-do-you-all-think-of-trevor-noah-adjacent/825766 "2018-12-08T00:09:23Z")
Trevor Noah has some sort of medical condition that has prevented him from using his voice for the next few days. So on his show, he has been sitting in silence at the desk, as he coaches various correspondents sitting n… --- ## [Foods that are good if you don't confuse them with good food](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-good-if-you-dont-confuse-them-with-good-food/825635)
**Author:** [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-are-good-if-you-dont-confuse-them-with-good-food/825635 "2018-12-08T00:01:13Z")
There are certain foods that, in my opinion are really good as long as you treat them as a different food instead of a derivative of a better food. For example, Velveeta is good in mac and cheese and cheese dip (won’t … --- ## [Why does Matt Murdock always need a shave (Netflix Daredevil)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-matt-murdock-always-need-a-shave-netflix-daredevil/825683)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-matt-murdock-always-need-a-shave-netflix-daredevil/825683 "2018-12-07T20:20:00Z")
Matt always has three-to-four days’ growth of beard. He is never clean-shaven but never has a full beard either. So he must shave sometimes. But when? --- ## [Inside Jokes on TV Shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-on-tv-shows/650498)
**Author:** [@Flying\_Saucer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flying_Saucer)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-jokes-on-tv-shows/650498 "2018-12-07T19:09:17Z")
Tony Hale recently guest-starred on an episode of Up All Night. When he met Will Arnett’s character, he said, “What’s up, my brother?” – a reference to the fact that the two men played brothers on Arrested Development. S… --- ## [Golden globe nominations out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-globe-nominations-out/825669)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/golden-globe-nominations-out/825669 "2018-12-07T15:17:50Z")
This link is still being updated but it is almost complete. I think a lot of these were expected at least for movies. --- ## [What do you expect to find in your can of tuna?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-expect-to-find-in-your-can-of-tuna/825708)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-expect-to-find-in-your-can-of-tuna/825708 "2018-12-07T14:32:53Z")
And no, I don’t care if you don’t eat tuna or buy it fresh from the market-good for you. I picked up a can of Bumblebee wild caught Albacore tuna, packed in sea salt water. Now, the sea salt water wasn’t on the ingredi… --- ## [Breakfast meats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-meats/825496)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-meats/825496 "2018-12-07T07:55:20Z")
I didn’t grow up with scrapple or pork roll (also known as Taylor Ham), but encountered them once I moved to DC and traveled in the mid-Atlantic region in general. I’ve since become a big fan of scrapple, but so far por… --- ## [Moffat and Gatiss's next television series](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moffat-and-gatisss-next-television-series/825714)
**Author:** [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/moffat-and-gatisss-next-television-series/825714 "2018-12-07T02:09:41Z")
Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss are teaming up to write a new BBC1 series: Dracula Let’s see, who’ll play the lead? A Danish actor by the name of Claes Bang. Anybody know much about him? He looks appropriately dark an… --- ## [Lack of NY accents in Spider-Man Homecoming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-ny-accents-in-spider-man-homecoming/825030)
**Author:** [@TGWATY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGWATY)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lack-of-ny-accents-in-spider-man-homecoming/825030 "2018-12-07T00:40:25Z")
I realize it is just a movie but I was wondering: is the lack of NY accents that we hear in Spider-Man Homecoming an accurate depiction of teenagers in Queens today? I ask because not long ago I visited my relations in … --- ## [Elevation (latest Stephen King book)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elevation-latest-stephen-king-book/825615)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2018, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elevation-latest-stephen-king-book/825615 "2018-12-07T00:11:28Z")
I know there are some big fans of SK here; any of you read / reading this one? I won’t spoil it for anyone who plans to read it but if you’re undecided I will say that it’s . . .pleasant. It’s \* not\* horror, though it ha… --- ## [Ken Berry (of F-Troop) Dead at 85](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-berry-of-f-troop-dead-at-85/825455)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-berry-of-f-troop-dead-at-85/825455 "2018-12-06T22:48:31Z")
Died in Burbank on December 1. Wrangler Jane was waiting for him. --- ## [Pickling your own Jalapeños](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickling-your-own-jalapenos/825679)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pickling-your-own-jalapenos/825679 "2018-12-06T22:17:49Z")
I tried a recipe last week that called for pickled Jalapeños with a side instruction on how to pickle your own. I gave it a whirl and was astonished in a) how easy it is and b) how much better they taste than the superm… --- ## [Never Tastes the Same](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-tastes-the-same/825617)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/never-tastes-the-same/825617 "2018-12-06T22:04:07Z")
I thought of this while posting about my grandma’s meatballs in another thread. Is there a dish or food that your mom or grandma (or anyone) made that you have repeatedly tried to recreate but it never tastes like their… --- ## [En Vogue's "Free Your Mind" video: who is on the black-and-white portrait?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/en-vogues-free-your-mind-video-who-is-on-the-black-and-white-portrait/825702)
**Author:** [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/en-vogues-free-your-mind-video-who-is-on-the-black-and-white-portrait/825702 "2018-12-06T20:25:37Z")
In the video for “Free Your Mind,” they repeatedly show a large black-and-white photo or painting on a wall of a man shouting. It can first be seen at about five seconds into the video. Does anyone know if this is pict… --- ## [Cheeses of eastern Europe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheeses-of-eastern-europe/825684)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cheeses-of-eastern-europe/825684 "2018-12-06T17:46:10Z")
I was perusing the cheese stand at my local grocery store and found some Bergland “Transylvanian Romanian Cave Cheese” which was cured in a salt mine. I couldn’t resist. It is quite nice and is similar to a well aged che… --- ## [Lethal Weapon (series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lethal-weapon-series/822392)
**Author:** [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lethal-weapon-series/822392 "2018-12-06T16:16:44Z")
Anyone watching Lethal Weapon? I couldn’t stand it with Clayne Crawford as Martin Riggs. After his meltdown, they replaced him with Seann William Scott as Wesley Cole. IMHO the show improved 100%. I had given up hope… --- ## [The Ultimate MST3K Thread, Part 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread-part-2/786404)
**Author:** [@CandidGamera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CandidGamera)\ **Replies:** 94\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ultimate-mst3k-thread-part-2/786404 "2018-12-06T14:36:40Z")
I don’t want to overtax the hamsters, so I will not be appending the original- started in 2005, most recently updated in 2011. MST3K came back, and I will be reviewing the new Netflix episodes for you. More general discu… --- ## [My Mead Failure.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mead-failure/825605)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mead-failure/825605 "2018-12-06T13:38:29Z")
As I already said, about 20 years ago, I was into making home brews. If it had sugar in it, I would often add yeast to ferment. My successes, as I said, were rather hit and miss. Anyways, I had this really old manuscrip… --- ## [Another display of network TV originality - NYPD Blue reboot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-display-of-network-tv-originality-nypd-blue-reboot/825406)
**Author:** [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-display-of-network-tv-originality-nypd-blue-reboot/825406 "2018-12-06T03:52:57Z")
Demonstrating once again that network TV executives seem bereft of new ideas, ABC had apparently greenlighted a reboot (of sorts) of its 1990s/2000s hit NYPD Blue. I say a reboot of sorts, because they’re not starting o… --- ## [Help finding a necklace (from the show "I'm Sorry") for my wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-necklace-from-the-show-im-sorry-for-my-wife/825616)
**Author:** [@phungi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phungi)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-finding-a-necklace-from-the-show-im-sorry-for-my-wife/825616 "2018-12-06T01:57:03Z")
My wife has been looking for a necklace worn by Andrea Savage, in the show “I’m Sorry”. I am trying to find it to surprise her. It is the longer one in the photo linked below, the one with the round “charm”. Any ideas… --- ## [How common are "natural" (not falsetto) sopranos?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-natural-not-falsetto-sopranos/327353)
**Author:** [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 23, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-natural-not-falsetto-sopranos/327353 "2005-10-23T16:42:19Z")
I’ve sung my whole life. In choirs, in the car, in the shower, at family holiday gatherings, in friends’ living rooms, at my high school graduation, and occasionally on stage and at open mics. I’ve got a tenor to 1st … --- ## [How well known is the title "Also sprach Zarathustra" to the general population?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-is-the-title-also-sprach-zarathustra-to-the-general-population/825454)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-well-known-is-the-title-also-sprach-zarathustra-to-the-general-population/825454 "2018-12-05T20:43:06Z")
I’m writing a story in which a character says he hums this at one point. Do you think it’s likely most readers would recognize that I meant the tune “Dun…dun…dun…DUN DUN” that’s most famously used in \*2001: A Space Odyss… --- ## [The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monsters-are-due-on-maple-street/825564)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-monsters-are-due-on-maple-street/825564 "2018-12-05T19:15:11Z")
One of the best The Twilight Zone episodes is The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street. I am absolutely positive I read The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street as a short story, and I kind of think it was written by Ray Bradbu… --- ## [For once, my spaghetti and meatballs came out excellently!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-once-my-spaghetti-and-meatballs-came-out-excellently/825583)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-once-my-spaghetti-and-meatballs-came-out-excellently/825583 "2018-12-05T18:00:57Z")
My son, bless him, is a wonderful guy and it makes me happy to do things that make him happy; but he hardly ever asks for anything special. He asked for spaghetti with meatballs once before, and sadly I screwed up by ov… --- ## [Buster Scruggs Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buster-scruggs-question/825580)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buster-scruggs-question/825580 "2018-12-05T17:16:55Z")
Anyone know why this Cohen brothers film wasn’t in the theaters? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=561) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=563)