# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=643 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 644 --- ## [Looking for a Particular Salt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-salt/809575)
**Author:** [@molten](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/molten)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 27, 2018, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-particular-salt/809575 "2018-02-27T00:41:37Z")
Where can I get the type of salt they put with sunflower seeds? I have tried various different brands of salt but none taste anything like it. I also like the salt they use at McDonalds for the fries, and I could not fi… --- ## [NBC's Olympic coverage - where was Bob Costas?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-olympic-coverage-where-was-bob-costas/809601)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nbcs-olympic-coverage-where-was-bob-costas/809601 "2018-02-26T19:15:45Z")
Putting this in CS because it’s about the TV broadcast not anything to do with the sports. My wife and I were wondering what happened to Bob Costas? Usually he’s hosting the primetime coverage, but for this Olympics they… --- ## [The Amazing Race 30](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-30/805785)
**Author:** [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Replies:** 133\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-30/805785 "2018-02-26T18:23:00Z")
The 30th season of The Amazing Race begins Wednesday, Jan 3, in the timeslot vacated by Survivor. There are apparently going to be some double episodes in the latter half of the season. The teams this season: \[ul\] \[l… --- ## [The air fryer thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-air-fryer-thread/809063)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-air-fryer-thread/809063 "2018-02-26T17:51:20Z")
I recently received a 3.7 quart air fryer. Still haven’t used it. One problem I have is that many of the recipes call for you to use the baking dish accessory. The only ones I’ve found are 7inches. It’s barely large enou… --- ## [Id this Danny Kaye 'bee' movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-danny-kaye-bee-movie/809607)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-danny-kaye-bee-movie/809607 "2018-02-26T17:37:54Z")
I asked this question a looong time ago, and still have not been able to identify it. Basically, there was a stage production of men in bee outfits, and the song began with the group making buzzing sounds. I’ve seen th… --- ## [Scenes cut from Fargo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-cut-from-fargo/809560)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scenes-cut-from-fargo/809560 "2018-02-26T09:34:59Z")
Norm Gunderson, awaking. Heavy Minnesota accent: “Heey, Hon. Prowler needs a jump.” Marge: “Get that thing out of my face.” --- ## [The butler did it!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-butler-did-it/809482)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-butler-did-it/809482 "2018-02-26T04:16:46Z")
What the origin of this trope? Charlie Chan maybe? Suggestions… --- ## [Saturday Night Supper - What's on?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-supper-whats-on/809511)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-supper-whats-on/809511 "2018-02-26T03:12:13Z")
Gentle snow falling outside. Mrs. Piper said, “You’ve not made your really good chicken curry for a long time. It’s perfect for a night like this.” So, busy working on chicken curry, coupled with a rice pilaf. Will use… --- ## [I wanted Chinese, dammit!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-chinese-dammit/808980)
**Author:** [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wanted-chinese-dammit/808980 "2018-02-26T01:16:44Z")
Ever have one of those days? We’ve been jonesing for delivery Chinese for the last week or so, and tonight was going to be the night. We live in a relatively small town, with ONE Chinese place that delivers (luckily, it… --- ## [Really Bad Encyclopedia Brown Solutions (or Other Kid Lit. Items That Ticked You Off)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-encyclopedia-brown-solutions-or-other-kid-lit-items-that-ticked-you-off/322400)
**Author:** [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2018, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/really-bad-encyclopedia-brown-solutions-or-other-kid-lit-items-that-ticked-you-off/322400 "2018-02-26T00:23:37Z")
I am not the type to hold a grudge. I am pretty forgiving and like to live and let live. But there was an Encyclopedia Brown mystery that still ticks me off 20 years later. I always liked the series but every now and … --- ## [Defrosting bread without a microwave?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defrosting-bread-without-a-microwave/809164)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/defrosting-bread-without-a-microwave/809164 "2018-02-25T16:28:40Z")
My microwave is out of commission, and every attempt so far to defrost bread I keep in the freezer (otherwise it goes stale before I can use it) results in the bread either being frozen or rock-hard stale. What do you s… --- ## [Batman: Gotham by Gaslight](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-gotham-by-gaslight/809307)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batman-gotham-by-gaslight/809307 "2018-02-25T15:56:21Z")
A new DC Animated movie and true to form it is really good. The Animation style is Batman TAS which I liked. The voices are all spot on and the look of turn of the 20th Century Gotham is great. Based on one of the Elsew… --- ## [Married with Children, Bud's rapper -did you catch the inside joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-with-children-buds-rapper-did-you-catch-the-inside-joke/809524)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/married-with-children-buds-rapper-did-you-catch-the-inside-joke/809524 "2018-02-25T14:05:25Z")
Can’t believe it took twenty plus years to catch this joke. \*Grandmaster B \* Remove Grand. D’oh! :eek: Never occurred to me. A friend and I were discussing the show earlier today. Bud’s blow up doll was a pretty bold… --- ## [Game of Thrones: what is dreamwine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-what-is-dreamwine/654318)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-what-is-dreamwine/654318 "2018-02-25T10:27:17Z")
Re-reading the books now after having watched season 2. Milk of the Poppy is pretty straightforward. But what is Dreamwine supposed to be? The Westeros version of NyQuil? What is the active ingredient (other than alcoho… --- ## [Nanette Fabray RIP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanette-fabray-rip/809443)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nanette-fabray-rip/809443 "2018-02-25T08:04:54Z")
Dead at 97. She was everywhere on TV when I was growing up and later, but I remember her best as Lily Marton in The Band Wagon. She and Oscar Levant nearly stole the show from Fred and Cyd. --- ## [Numero Group (Ambient sounds releases 'Environments' now an app!)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numero-group-ambient-sounds-releases-environments-now-an-app/809170)
**Author:** [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numero-group-ambient-sounds-releases-environments-now-an-app/809170 "2018-02-25T07:18:32Z")
Older folks might remember a series of albums released in 1969 and throughout the 1970’s called Environments. They were ambient nature sounds (gentle rain, lapping waves, crickets) that surprisingly became wildly popular… --- ## [Would somebody please tell David Duchovny he can't sing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-somebody-please-tell-david-duchovny-he-cant-sing/809517)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-somebody-please-tell-david-duchovny-he-cant-sing/809517 "2018-02-25T06:44:46Z")
I suspect that his life is full of people who just won’t tell him. Also, I think that guitar player is having a seizure from the knees down. Somebody should help him too. Or maybe just lower the microphone? … --- ## [A Sad Tale of Woe: Lisa Marie Presley from $100 Million down to $14,000](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-tale-of-woe-lisa-marie-presley-from-100-million-down-to-14-000/809491)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-sad-tale-of-woe-lisa-marie-presley-from-100-million-down-to-14-000/809491 "2018-02-25T06:03:55Z")
Doesn’t this just tug at your heart strings? --- ## [In which Fergie (Black-Eyed Peas) attempts to sing \*her\* amazing National Anthem - and misses.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-fergie-black-eyed-peas-attempts-to-sing-her-amazing-national-anthem-and-misses/809116)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-which-fergie-black-eyed-peas-attempts-to-sing-her-amazing-national-anthem-and-misses/809116 "2018-02-25T05:50:20Z")
A link to her performance of the US National Anthem at this year’s NBA All Star Game: Words Cannot Begin To Describe The Horror Of Fergie's All-Star Game National Anthem The history of “definitive and artistic” version… --- ## [The Beatles 1970 Album](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-beatles-1970-album/809490 "2018-02-25T04:23:00Z")
In an alternate universe, Yoko Ono was never born. So the Beatles in late August of 1970 went back to the recording studio to lay down tracks for their 1970 album. How about if you give it a name and pick 14 or so trac… --- ## [Beer Pumps: do they exist outside the UK?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-pumps-do-they-exist-outside-the-uk/809154)
**Author:** [@Yorkshire\_Pudding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorkshire_Pudding)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 25, 2018, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beer-pumps-do-they-exist-outside-the-uk/809154 "2018-02-25T02:37:44Z")
So, here in the UK, we have hand-pulled ale. We have taps too, of course, but by hand-pulled, I mean using an actual pump. A long lever is pulled, lifted back upright then pulled again, manually drawing beer from an unpr… --- ## [Write da feem toon, sing da feem toon: Movie edition!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-da-feem-toon-sing-da-feem-toon-movie-edition/809479)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-da-feem-toon-sing-da-feem-toon-movie-edition/809479 "2018-02-24T23:15:57Z")
In television series, it’s not unknown for members of the main cast to sing the show’s theme song. Examples include Frasier (sung by Kelsey Grammer), Family Guy (sung by the entire main cast), and All in the Family (sun… --- ## [Weird snacking options](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-snacking-options/808967)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-snacking-options/808967 "2018-02-24T22:28:30Z")
I usually eat a pretty consistent diet, with a little variation from time to time: toast and butter in the morning with a couple of poached eggs, dinner when I get home from work is usually a NuWave-cooked chicken quarte… --- ## [Kalua pig vs. pulled pork](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kalua-pig-vs-pulled-pork/809347)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kalua-pig-vs-pulled-pork/809347 "2018-02-24T21:58:41Z")
Believe it or not, I’ve never had kalua pig. Or if I have, I don’t remember it. So I looked up a recipe. Pork butt, salt, liquid smoke, low heat, and time. When I make pork at home I use a rub with I-don’t-know-what-… --- ## [The Alienist miniseries on TNT thread - open spoilers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alienist-miniseries-on-tnt-thread-open-spoilers/807271)
**Author:** [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alienist-miniseries-on-tnt-thread-open-spoilers/807271 "2018-02-24T21:32:31Z")
So the miniseries based on Caleb Carr’s bestselling novel from 1994 premiered on TNT tonight. A previous thread anticipating the series didn’t last very long. I would have thought there would have been more interest he… --- ## [Saturday Night Live - striking sets in two minutes flat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-striking-sets-in-two-minutes-flat/809101)
**Author:** [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/saturday-night-live-striking-sets-in-two-minutes-flat/809101 "2018-02-24T15:49:55Z")
Here’s a fun video of what happens in Studio 8H during the theme song, between the cold open and the monologue. --- ## [Things in songs, movies,etc.. that shocked you others missed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-songs-movies-etc-that-shocked-you-others-missed/808699)
**Author:** [@Tread](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tread)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-in-songs-movies-etc-that-shocked-you-others-missed/808699 "2018-02-24T15:41:56Z")
INspired by the thread of obvious things that you noticed after a million times What are some things in songs, movies, books, TV Shows, that you thought were painfully obvious, but so many others seemed to miss. For me… --- ## [Young Sheldon gets a second season](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-sheldon-gets-a-second-season/806139)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/young-sheldon-gets-a-second-season/806139 "2018-02-24T15:16:28Z")
It’s been renewed While the show isn’t as good as its sequel, it is definitely coming together and is now very watchable. I mostly wonder how long they can keep young Sheldon “young.” --- ## [Bands with just three members.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-just-three-members/808028)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bands-with-just-three-members/808028 "2018-02-24T10:58:12Z")
In This thread, Post # 301 by nearwildheaven presented this statement in talking about the band The Police. Got me thinking. How many notable bands had three main members? That is to say, those named in the band name a… --- ## [Harmontown fans - Question about Spencer and Twitch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmontown-fans-question-about-spencer-and-twitch/809453)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2018, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harmontown-fans-question-about-spencer-and-twitch/809453 "2018-02-24T06:08:40Z")
I have been binge-listening to Harmontown on youtube for days now, so all these vast amounts of things I’ve heard are all kind of running together in a semi-hallucinogenic riot of insanity. But I’m pretty sure I heard Sp… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=642) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=644)