# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=573 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 574 --- ## [Know a good slow cooker soup recipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-a-good-slow-cooker-soup-recipe/823441)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/know-a-good-slow-cooker-soup-recipe/823441 "2018-10-29T22:38:21Z")
Please provide a link. I am looking for a soup to make in the slow cooker that will be my dinner every night next week. I am open to anything, but I prefer that your suggestions be recipes you have actually made and en… --- ## [Wine questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-questions/823380)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-questions/823380 "2018-10-29T19:47:00Z")
My wife and I rarely drink wine except when at our relatives when we are there for dinner. We have visited some vineyards and done the wine testing and bought a few bottles that way. My question though is what wine is g… --- ## [Rocketeer finishes a bison model](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-bison-model/744585)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-bison-model/744585 "2018-10-29T19:40:04Z")
Back in September, I posted a few pictures of my latest model project, Thomas Edison Jr’s Giant Steam Bison of the Plains. The Giant Steam Bison started when my eye fell on a half-finished Atlantis-brand American Bison … --- ## [Carpool Karaoke with Michael Buble](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpool-karaoke-with-michael-buble/823656)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carpool-karaoke-with-michael-buble/823656 "2018-10-29T01:41:50Z")
I’ve been looking forward to seeing this one. Buble did it to raise awareness for cancer and support cancer research. James does a nice job singing with Buble. I can’t imagine how long it takes to learn all the songs fo… --- ## [Caramel Apple Hostess cupcakes?!? Why was I not informed??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caramel-apple-hostess-cupcakes-why-was-i-not-informed/823461)
**Author:** [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/caramel-apple-hostess-cupcakes-why-was-i-not-informed/823461 "2018-10-29T01:38:02Z")
In my mis-spent youth back in the 60’s, I had a thing for Hostess Cupcakes. Not the devil’s food ones, but rather the orange ones. They were the snack of choice for my brown bag lunches! I can’t say I got them a lot, … --- ## [Trying to find an apple pie recipe with cooked syrup??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-an-apple-pie-recipe-with-cooked-syrup/823482)
**Author:** [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2018, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-an-apple-pie-recipe-with-cooked-syrup/823482 "2018-10-28T23:22:02Z")
Hey all, So I used to have this great apple pie recipe. It had a feature I’ve never seen anywhere else: the sugar and butter were cooked to make a syrup and then poured over the apples. It was just a whole new pie flavo… --- ## [Rocketeer finishes a model: Spaceliner "Aventine"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeer-finishes-a-model-spaceliner-aventine/786366 "2018-10-28T06:08:51Z")
I thought I’d post some pictures of my latest model completion. This started out when I bought a clear electrical crackle thingie intended for use with models of giant robots, and I thought it’d make a nice exhaust “fla… --- ## [PBS Passport](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-passport/823612)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pbs-passport/823612 "2018-10-28T00:41:10Z")
does anyone donate to a different station than the one where they live, in order to get different videos via passport? --- ## [RIP Dorcas Reilly (a true American, nay! A WORLD WIDE hero)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dorcas-reilly-a-true-american-nay-a-world-wide-hero/823431)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2018, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-dorcas-reilly-a-true-american-nay-a-world-wide-hero/823431 "2018-10-28T00:15:05Z")
Today it was announced that Dorcas Reilly, a true hero, passed away at 92 from Alzheimer’s disease. Many may not know her name, but they should. For what Dorcas gave to humanity is so great, so wonderful that surely it… --- ## [Who remembers 1970s style Cadburys chocolate spread?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-1970s-style-cadburys-chocolate-spread/204987)
**Author:** [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-remembers-1970s-style-cadburys-chocolate-spread/204987 "2018-10-27T23:14:04Z")
There are many chocolate spreads available now, and they’re all OK. However none comes near in deliciousness to the only type I remember being able to get when I was a kid; Cadburys’. It came in a flattish plastic tub an… --- ## [Rocketeer's last six months of model-building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-last-six-months-of-model-building/730036)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rocketeers-last-six-months-of-model-building/730036 "2018-10-27T18:01:56Z")
I was looking over some old posts, and realized that it had been a while since I had posted pictures of my models, which I used to enjoy doing, and which you guys seemed to enjoy seeing. So without any further ado, here… --- ## [George Clooney's potential death toll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-clooneys-potential-death-toll/618848)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2012, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-clooneys-potential-death-toll/618848 "2012-04-17T15:43:19Z")
Say George Clooney were to announce a live, globally broadcast press conference. During it he unbuttons his shirt and plucks out two of his chest hairs. He says that he will post them to the first viewer to turn around a… --- ## [American Horror Story - CULT (season 7)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-horror-story-cult-season-7/795579)
**Author:** [@SykoSkotty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SykoSkotty)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-horror-story-cult-season-7/795579 "2018-09-25T08:17:11Z")
Returns tonight - I’m sure I’m not in the majority here but I love this series and I’m really looking forward to a new season starting tonight. Looks like a few new faces (Billie Lourd), and a few old ones too (Evan Pet… --- ## [What came first? Talkies or subtitles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-came-first-talkies-or-subtitles/823386)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-came-first-talkies-or-subtitles/823386 "2018-10-27T09:14:19Z")
Every film I’ve ever seen from the silent film era had full screen title cards for dialogue. Nowadays, that same dialogue would be displayed via subtitles so that viewers could both see the action and read the dialogue. … --- ## [What's your favorite TYPE of Star Trek episode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-type-of-star-trek-episode/821349)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-type-of-star-trek-episode/821349 "2018-10-27T06:20:39Z")
The categories: 1.)Spacial Anomaly (hole is space, Dyson’s spear, etc…) 2.) Character development (Data gets a girlfriend, Picard’s various GFs, Barclay and his phobias, etc…) 3.) Q (self explanatory) 4.) Klingons 5… --- ## [Land of Cheese.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-of-cheese/821853)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/land-of-cheese/821853 "2018-10-27T05:34:30Z")
I don’t reside in Wisconsin though I did as a wee lad way back then. Sometimes if I climb a tree tall enough I can see the shoreline over yonder. All against the advice of my doctors, who have lost lthe joy of climbing… --- ## [Animated Star Trek Comedy coming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-star-trek-comedy-coming/823502)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animated-star-trek-comedy-coming/823502 "2018-10-27T03:07:17Z")
Star Trek Lower Decks is coming to CBS all Access from the head writer of Rick & Morty Mike McMahan. I can see this be good if it it’s handled well but…wow can it really be a piece of garbage if not. I’m not sure there… --- ## [Star Trek laziest makeups](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-laziest-makeups/823529)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-laziest-makeups/823529 "2018-10-27T03:06:08Z")
Who are the alien species on Star Trek, across all series, that were obviously created on days where the makeup department completely just phoned it in? I was just watching an episode of Deep Space Nine featuring the Ya… --- ## [Peugeot Commiercial--Wacky Races](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peugeot-commiercial-wacky-races/823571)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 27, 2018, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peugeot-commiercial-wacky-races/823571 "2018-10-27T00:20:53Z")
OK, I love this, and it is insane. --- ## [Which slasher movie villain would you rank as 4th best?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-slasher-movie-villain-would-you-rank-as-4th-best/823152)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-slasher-movie-villain-would-you-rank-as-4th-best/823152 "2018-10-26T23:04:06Z")
The upcoming release of Halloween 2018 has me thinking about slasher movies. I think most fans of slasher movies would rank Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, and Freddy Krueger as the top three slashers. Which villain would… --- ## [Series where each subsequent installment is better than the one before it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-where-each-subsequent-installment-is-better-than-the-one-before-it/823449)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-where-each-subsequent-installment-is-better-than-the-one-before-it/823449 "2018-10-26T21:27:56Z")
The inspiration for this thread is a book series, but why limit it there? Can you think of a series where each subsequent installment is better than the one before it? TV shows tend to have a net positive by series end,… --- ## [Modern Family: Oh, so they knocked off . . . (SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-oh-so-they-knocked-off-spoilers/823493)
**Author:** [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-family-oh-so-they-knocked-off-spoilers/823493 "2018-10-26T17:23:28Z")
Again, this will contain open spoilers do don’t read if you want to be surprised Deedee. I had considered her but was thrown off by the claim that it’s a “major” character, which I don’t consider her to be. I didn’t ge… --- ## [The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 5 (October 18, 2018) -- "The Planetarium Collision"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-5-october-18-2018-the-planetarium-collision/823139)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-5-october-18-2018-the-planetarium-collision/823139 "2018-10-26T14:43:18Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. --- ## [FOMO writ large](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fomo-writ-large/823465)
**Author:** [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fomo-writ-large/823465 "2018-10-26T14:10:49Z")
(FOMO = Fear of Missing Out) I think I’m gettin old. And this may be just another symptom of that. But in High School, I prided myself in knowing about the ‘underground’ music scene…The Depeche Modes, Erasures, Smashi… --- ## [Can you help me identify the music in this trailer for a novela?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-the-music-in-this-trailer-for-a-novela/823531)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-help-me-identify-the-music-in-this-trailer-for-a-novela/823531 "2018-10-26T13:33:13Z")
There is a novela that will be starting soon on Univision called Amar a Muerte. The trailer has some music that seems familiar but I can’t quite place it. I think it’s something by Chopin, but again I can’t identify th… --- ## [David Letterman: did he say this about Roger Ebert, ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-letterman-did-he-say-this-about-roger-ebert-ever/823471)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/david-letterman-did-he-say-this-about-roger-ebert-ever/823471 "2018-10-26T13:28:21Z")
Some of you older Dopers, can you ever remember David Letterman ragging on Roger Ebert (when he was alive) about ‘eating Boy Scouts’ or ‘Little Leaguers’ (his being so fat and all, har har.) . I know Roger Ebert was on D… --- ## [Recommendations for MP3 player with built-in speaker for Audible audiobooks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-mp3-player-with-built-in-speaker-for-audible-audiobooks/823528)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommendations-for-mp3-player-with-built-in-speaker-for-audible-audiobooks/823528 "2018-10-26T05:31:55Z")
Basically work has decided to start implementing all sorts of rules recently all at once. My office has officially banned all usage of cell phones while at your desk, and has banned all headphones or wireless headsets wh… --- ## [Background object in The Haunting of Hill House.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-object-in-the-haunting-of-hill-house/822923)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/background-object-in-the-haunting-of-hill-house/822923 "2018-10-26T02:52:59Z")
Noticed this thing in episode 5. When standing in the entrance way inside the house and looking at the front door. To the left of the front door, a little ways inside, is a black iron thing about 4 to 5 foot tall and a… --- ## [Most didactic episode of Star Trek TNG](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-didactic-episode-of-star-trek-tng/823381)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2018, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-didactic-episode-of-star-trek-tng/823381 "2018-10-26T02:47:52Z")
Which do you think was the episode that struck the most heavy-handed moral tone during Star Trek TNG’s seven seasons? --- ## [Painting made by AI sells for $432k](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-made-by-ai-sells-for-432k/823517)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2018, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/painting-made-by-ai-sells-for-432k/823517 "2018-10-25T23:24:13Z")
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