# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=637 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 638 --- ## [Hominy! Tell me about it, plz.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hominy-tell-me-about-it-plz/810640)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hominy-tell-me-about-it-plz/810640 "2018-03-17T21:09:05Z")
Have you ever made it? Any tips or pointers? I’m not sure I’ve ever even had it - other than crunchified into Corn Nuts - but my person asked about it and now I’m intrigued. Also, I bought a can, so I gotta figure somet… --- ## [Help me find a picture/illustration/painting of old man carrying twigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-picture-illustration-painting-of-old-man-carrying-twigs/810705)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-picture-illustration-painting-of-old-man-carrying-twigs/810705 "2018-03-17T19:54:39Z")
I saw the picture in a book ages ago. Don’t know if it’s a painting or if it was an illustration for a story in the book. The image is an old peasant man, dress warmly, completely bent over, carrying a huge load of twig… --- ## [Pure cranberry juice-how the hell does anyone drink this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-cranberry-juice-how-the-hell-does-anyone-drink-this/810682)
**Author:** [@DummyGladHands](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DummyGladHands)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pure-cranberry-juice-how-the-hell-does-anyone-drink-this/810682 "2018-03-17T14:57:17Z")
Maybe enough vodka not to mind? Stuff is nasty. But after my second UTI in 5 mos. it’s what they recommended I try. PURE cranberry, nothing else in it and it was hard to find and cost $8 a small bottle. I am putting some… --- ## [Artists you like -- but not for what other people like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519)
**Author:** [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/artists-you-like-but-not-for-what-other-people-like/810519 "2018-03-17T13:34:59Z")
I’ve been a big fan of Roald Dahl since college, when I picked up a collection of his short stories. Dahl’s stuff for adults is nothing like the kid’s books he’s famous for, and I’ve never read any of those (I’ve seen s… --- ## [Why is Prince considered to be a genius?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prince-considered-to-be-a-genius/752896)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 360\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-prince-considered-to-be-a-genius/752896 "2018-03-17T12:44:56Z")
I’m not looking for debate or paens to a favorite icon. I’m looking for a technical or factual musical answer. Aside from his gender bending persona, what is it in his music that leads people to consider him such a gre… --- ## [Guitar Folk: Flywheel Picking. What Eddie Van Halen does. You?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-folk-flywheel-picking-what-eddie-van-halen-does-you/810686)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-folk-flywheel-picking-what-eddie-van-halen-does-you/810686 "2018-03-17T10:14:22Z")
So, check out this video of Eddie Van Halen stretching out on a solo at a concert in LA: Eddie Van Halen Guitar Solo at Hollywood Bowl 10/2/2015 - YouTube Look at how he starts his solo, and what he uses as his through… --- ## [I just finished taking the Jeopardy! test](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-taking-the-jeopardy-test/810162)
**Author:** [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-finished-taking-the-jeopardy-test/810162 "2018-03-17T08:43:45Z")
If I have to guess, I’d say I got about 2/3 right. I’d also guess that’s not good enough to be selected. :slight\_smile: There were at least a couple that I thought of the correct answer too late. The Bible is probably… --- ## [Why is Marvel being so coy about Avengers IV?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-marvel-being-so-coy-about-avengers-iv/810485)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-marvel-being-so-coy-about-avengers-iv/810485 "2018-03-17T03:10:47Z")
OK, the obvious reason is spoilers. But what’s driving it? Filming is completed - so I hear - and they have to have been working on the marketing for a while now. We’re six weeks or so from the release for Avengers: I… --- ## [Annihilation (movie) -- anyone see it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annihilation-movie-anyone-see-it/809518)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/annihilation-movie-anyone-see-it/809518 "2018-03-17T01:23:46Z")
Saw it this weekend and liked it a lot. I’ll save the spoilers for later posts, but the concept and visuals were very interesting, and the performances were solid. A very good sci-fi movie, if not a particularly happy … --- ## [How do some new youtube music videos get so many views](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-some-new-youtube-music-videos-get-so-many-views/810697)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-some-new-youtube-music-videos-get-so-many-views/810697 "2018-03-17T00:01:55Z")
I watched a few newer rap music videos (lil Xan and lil Pump). One video has about 140 million views, the other has almost 600 million views. Both music videos are less than a year old and both are by new artists that a… --- ## [Black Mirror: Season 4 General Discussion (spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-4-general-discussion-spoilers/805501)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 189\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/black-mirror-season-4-general-discussion-spoilers/805501 "2018-03-16T22:20:44Z")
I wasn’t even aware that they’d set a release date, but lo and behold I’ve just been notified that the season has just dropped on Netflix. I’m just now watching the beginning of the first episode, “USS Callister”, which… --- ## [In a Valley of Violence](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-valley-of-violence/810685)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-valley-of-violence/810685 "2018-03-16T18:56:46Z")
Don’t ask me why but I didn’t turn this off after the first fifteen minutes and watched the whole thing. This has to be one of the worst westerns, or any movie, that I have ever seen. Was it supposed to be a black comed… --- ## [Short story about grocer, illiterate teamster, wood alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-story-about-grocer-illiterate-teamster-wood-alcohol/810589)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Downtown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Downtown)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/short-story-about-grocer-illiterate-teamster-wood-alcohol/810589 "2018-03-16T18:34:56Z")
This was in my 8th grade Literature textbook; it may be a William Saroyan story. A meek frontier grocer is annoyed that the teamster who delivers his goods not only teases him, but also taps into any barrels of alcohol … --- ## [Help ID this cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-cheese/788480)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-id-this-cheese/788480 "2018-03-16T16:33:00Z")
I received a gift from one of my business associates today. I can’t quite figure out which cheese it is though. Here are the clues; -Wheel of cheese came wrapped in a thin butcher paper Appearance is very similar to … --- ## [How normal are pot lucks/carry-ins to you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-normal-are-pot-lucks-carry-ins-to-you/810397)
**Author:** [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-normal-are-pot-lucks-carry-ins-to-you/810397 "2018-03-16T15:07:01Z")
There’s a whole group of us who go out to a pizza place together after Sunday evening services, which meet 2-3 times a month. Today, some friends invited us to their place for BBQ after church this evening. I asked if I… --- ## [Beside Bowie: The Mick Ronson Story, on Amazon Prime - really good documentary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beside-bowie-the-mick-ronson-story-on-amazon-prime-really-good-documentary/809466)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2018, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beside-bowie-the-mick-ronson-story-on-amazon-prime-really-good-documentary/809466 "2018-03-16T08:58:13Z")
If you are in this thread, you likely know that Mick Ronson - “Ronno” - was David Bowie’s guitarist during a pivotal 18 months/2 years in Bowie’s evolution as an artist. Coming out of Hunky Dory and rocking into Ziggy … --- ## [ID this movie please! \[Black man kills white man to avoid him burning to death\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-please-black-man-kills-white-man-to-avoid-him-burning-to-death/810573)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-movie-please-black-man-kills-white-man-to-avoid-him-burning-to-death/810573 "2018-03-15T19:17:04Z")
There was a movie I watched back in high school, in which a white man got trapped in a fire and couldn’t get out-- but somehow, he was still able to call out to people. He asks his son to shoot him so that he doesn’t hav… --- ## [On your feet: Gloria Estefan musical](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-your-feet-gloria-estefan-musical/810591)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-your-feet-gloria-estefan-musical/810591 "2018-03-15T17:34:47Z")
I honestly thought this was a joke the first time I heard of it. I’m not sure it’s worth giving it a chance even with $20 ticket prices. But, I’ll let the more educated theatre Dopers check in. Maybe there’s something… --- ## [Help me find this animated cartoon, please...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-animated-cartoon-please/810577)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-animated-cartoon-please/810577 "2018-03-15T17:03:19Z")
I cannot remember the title (assuming I ever noticed it). It is from the era that gave us Little Audrey, Caspar the Friendly Ghost, Gerald McBoingBoing, and Baby Huey; and I saw it a few times when I was a child (probabl… --- ## [Is "A Brief History of Time" readable for a layman?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-brief-history-of-time-readable-for-a-layman/810562)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-brief-history-of-time-readable-for-a-layman/810562 "2018-03-15T13:47:33Z")
I’d like to read Hawking’s book, but there are conflicting reviews about its readability. Does one need a working knowledge of astrophysics or even basic physics to understand it? --- ## [Chicken cordon bleu - ever made it yourself? Got tips?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-cordon-bleu-ever-made-it-yourself-got-tips/809915)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicken-cordon-bleu-ever-made-it-yourself-got-tips/809915 "2018-03-15T13:37:28Z")
Has anyone here made old-skool chicken cordon bleu from scratch? At home, in culinary school, at a job inside a professional kitchen … ? Watched grandma make it? Links to fave YouTube maybe? I’ve grasped that a chicken … --- ## [This Is Us - Season 2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-2/797467)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-us-season-2/797467 "2018-03-15T12:32:01Z")
I haven’t seen a thread yet for Season 2 yet so I thought I’d get one rolling. So, I guess we learned how Jack died, and it wasn’t a drunk driving accident. --- ## [Billboard Hot 100: Songs with 'Wednesday' or 'Thursday' in title?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/billboard-hot-100-songs-with-wednesday-or-thursday-in-title/810513 "2018-03-15T12:27:35Z")
I heard a rerun of Casey Kasem’s AT 40 this weekend, and he answered a listener question, which was pretty much "Have all seven days of the week been mentioned in a Top 40 title? At the time (1979), Wednesday and Thursd… --- ## [Putting peanuts in your Coke. Have you heard of such a practice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-peanuts-in-your-coke-have-you-heard-of-such-a-practice/602652)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 79\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/putting-peanuts-in-your-coke-have-you-heard-of-such-a-practice/602652 "2018-03-15T10:48:56Z")
Someone earlier suggested to me that I put peanuts in my Coca-Cola. Uh…what? --- ## [Rum drinkers, I have found the answer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rum-drinkers-i-have-found-the-answer/810526)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2018, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rum-drinkers-i-have-found-the-answer/810526 "2018-03-15T05:26:24Z")
Zacapa, Sistema 23. A Guatemalan rum. Drink it in a wide mouth glass. The aroma is incredible! And the taste, superb! Not cheap. Costs as much as my monthly rent. 900 pesos MXN. When you want a special treat. Give it … --- ## [Actors who always retained top billing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-retained-top-billing/810563)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-who-always-retained-top-billing/810563 "2018-03-14T22:21:38Z")
That is from the very first film in which they got top billing to the last one they starred in. And I’m specifying stars with long careers. Not easy to pull off, many of even the greatest stars wouldn’t qualify, having h… --- ## [The NME stops paper editions, goes online only (UK Music Paper)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nme-stops-paper-editions-goes-online-only-uk-music-paper/810280)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nme-stops-paper-editions-goes-online-only-uk-music-paper/810280 "2018-03-14T21:32:00Z")
Article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/arts/music/nme-print-mary-anne-hobbs.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=mini-moth®ion=top-stories-below&WT.nav=top-stories-below I… --- ## ["Lost" flashback moment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-flashback-moment/810523)
**Author:** [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-flashback-moment/810523 "2018-03-14T21:26:49Z")
Driving home from the dentist today, saw this on a car. Probably bigger https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOST-Dharma-Initiative-Logo-Decal-Window-Bumper-Sticker-Car-Decor-Free-Shipping-/172854171723 Had one of those moments? … --- ## [Patriotic Playlist - Need Answers Fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-playlist-need-answers-fast/810525)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/patriotic-playlist-need-answers-fast/810525 "2018-03-14T21:05:50Z")
Tomorrow morning, my boss is being sworn in as an American citizen. :slight\_smile: So we’re throwing a surprise over-the-top 4th of July-type celebration for him with decorations, cake, and red, white, and blue mardi gr… --- ## [Parodies/patisches that go over your head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parodies-patisches-that-go-over-your-head/810303)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parodies-patisches-that-go-over-your-head/810303 "2018-03-14T19:20:35Z")
Today I’ve started seeing (3 or 4 times now) a new commercial with a familiar beat to it, and recognized it from a catchy song from My Little Pony. Judging that the commercial was unlikely to be based on that, I googled … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=636) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=638)