# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=649 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 650 --- ## [Recommend Me a Book....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-a-book/808163 "2018-02-09T01:18:59Z")
My wife provides “support” to special-needs people. One of her clients is a profoundly autistic lady. She likes to be read to and go on drives. My wife has been reading to her from Alice in Wonderland. The client seems … --- ## [Star Trek Discovery episode 14 "The War Without, The War Within"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episode-14-the-war-without-the-war-within/808207)
**Author:** [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-discovery-episode-14-the-war-without-the-war-within/808207 "2018-02-09T00:19:06Z")
This is certainly not your granddaddy’s Federation. I thought this was a good episode, the TyVoq thing remains stupid but putting Empress Georgiou back in the captains chair and siccing her on Qo’nos is rather nice, bri… --- ## [Question about musical rhythm used in Hollywood pictures about Native Americans.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-musical-rhythm-used-in-hollywood-pictures-about-native-americans/808257)
**Author:** [@fritzkep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fritzkep)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-musical-rhythm-used-in-hollywood-pictures-about-native-americans/808257 "2018-02-08T19:50:00Z")
When I wrote this question to cecil@straightdope.com, the webmaster suggested that I post it here to same time. I have a long-standing one about where a particular musical style comes from, namely the rhythm of Native Am… --- ## [What's Wrong with this Rhyme?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-this-rhyme/808433)
**Author:** [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-wrong-with-this-rhyme/808433 "2018-02-08T19:12:52Z")
I’m reading The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs, and in it he quotes a little rhyme about the Jewish Sabbath: A Shabbos well spent brings a week of content. He then says he agrees with the sentiment, if not t… --- ## [What's the last food to once again become appealing when you're recovering from an illness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-food-to-once-again-become-appealing-when-youre-recovering-from-an-illness/808406)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-food-to-once-again-become-appealing-when-youre-recovering-from-an-illness/808406 "2018-02-08T19:00:02Z")
This is a spinoff of the “Eating When Ill” thread. For me, it’s anything with tomatoes. No, I never got sick from them AFAIK, but if I’m feeling sick in ANY way, I have no desire to eat anything with tomato content, no… --- ## [Sourdough questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sourdough-questions/808374)
**Author:** [@DrCube](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrCube)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sourdough-questions/808374 "2018-02-08T16:33:51Z")
I’ve been recently trying to make a sourdough starter at home and I’ve got a couple of factual questions about sourdough bread: I got the impression from Michael Pollan’s Cooked on Netflix that prior to the mid-19th ce… --- ## [Songs that contain the name of the band - except...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-contain-the-name-of-the-band-except/808150)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2018, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-contain-the-name-of-the-band-except/808150 "2018-02-08T14:11:00Z")
They are not the ones doing the song. Close is good enough. Electric Light Orchestra - “Electric Avenue” Radiohead - “Radio Free Europe” The Zombies - “Zombie” Dennis --- ## [Electric Dreams (Amazon's answer to Black Mirror) is pretty darn good.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-dreams-amazons-answer-to-black-mirror-is-pretty-darn-good/806495)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electric-dreams-amazons-answer-to-black-mirror-is-pretty-darn-good/806495 "2018-02-08T03:50:35Z")
I’m only two episodes in, but I’m enjoying it so far. I enjoyed the 1st episode more than the 2nd. Anybody else watching? For those not familiar, it’s an anthology series that parallels BM (at least from what I’ve seen… --- ## [Need a HD version of "The Eternal City"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hd-version-of-the-eternal-city/808371)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-a-hd-version-of-the-eternal-city/808371 "2018-02-07T20:58:30Z")
1937 Painting by Peter Blume. My Google-foo is weak today, and probably ill-placed as I have no reason to suspect such a thing even exists. But there’s all sorts of stuff out there in the nets so … maybe. I just have … --- ## [Come Geek Out with me on Dark Shadows (the Original Series)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-geek-out-with-me-on-dark-shadows-the-original-series/803917)
**Author:** [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/come-geek-out-with-me-on-dark-shadows-the-original-series/803917 "2018-02-07T20:37:49Z")
I have quite a backstory with Dark Shadows because my mother watched it during the original run, and I was petrified of it. My 6 year-old self would hear the opening music and bolt for the nearest door and stand out on … --- ## [Help me use one quart of cocktail onions in a recipe](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339)
**Author:** [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-use-one-quart-of-cocktail-onions-in-a-recipe/808339 "2018-02-07T16:45:10Z")
there’re not working in my black and tan. :frowning: --- ## [Jughead cap in real life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughead-cap-in-real-life/808316)
**Author:** [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jughead-cap-in-real-life/808316 "2018-02-07T16:28:09Z")
I’m putting this in Cafe because it deals in “fashion.” DesertRoomie has started going through The Andy Griffith Show on Netflix and is at the point where Gomer has left for the Marines and Goober has taken his place. … --- ## [Best free streaming apps for movies and TV shows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-streaming-apps-for-movies-and-tv-shows/808365)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-free-streaming-apps-for-movies-and-tv-shows/808365 "2018-02-07T15:29:58Z")
I have several paid apps for watching movies and TV. Netflix, Hulu Plus and Amazon prime. However what free ones are there that are also good that can go on a Roku box? I am willing to sit through commericals to watch a… --- ## [Standing the Test of Time: Your mentions of Musical hits from the '50s through the '80s of any genre](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standing-the-test-of-time-your-mentions-of-musical-hits-from-the-50s-through-the-80s-of-any-genre/808312)
**Author:** [@Euphrosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphrosyne)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/standing-the-test-of-time-your-mentions-of-musical-hits-from-the-50s-through-the-80s-of-any-genre/808312 "2018-02-07T10:56:37Z")
Which examples of music that made the charts do you think have Stood the Test of Time going back approximately 25 years (± 5-10), and beyond . . . Jazz, R&B / Soul, Folk, Punk, Funk, Progressive Rock, Country Rock, Hard… --- ## [A pint of double cream](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pint-of-double-cream/808220)
**Author:** [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 10:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-pint-of-double-cream/808220 "2018-02-07T10:04:13Z")
So, I made some millionaire shortbread over the weekend, and when shopping for ingredients for it, I bought a pint of double cream. It was only when I got home and checked that I realised that I actually needed condensed… --- ## [What do I do with thin-sliced beef round?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-thin-sliced-beef-round/808327)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-i-do-with-thin-sliced-beef-round/808327 "2018-02-07T03:50:09Z")
I apparently bought the wrong thing and have some thin slices of beef round, about 1/4" thick. I’m not sure what to do with it! It’s kind of thick for shaved-steak Philly cheesesteak sandwiches, what if I bet the hell … --- ## [Mark Salling (Puck from Glee) arrested for having child porn. EDIT: Found dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2018, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mark-salling-puck-from-glee-arrested-for-having-child-porn-edit-found-dead/741684 "2018-02-07T02:05:46Z")
First Jared Fogle and now Mark Salling. Since these things seem to come in threes, who will be the third “Wow, I didn’t see that one coming” celebrity child pornography collector, I wonder. --- ## [Desert island - water or diet soda?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desert-island-water-or-diet-soda/808317)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/desert-island-water-or-diet-soda/808317 "2018-02-06T20:03:54Z")
It’s a typical contrived scenario. Your ship has foundered and as you struggle to the beach you come across a pallet of bottled water and one of diet soda (your choice of brand). They are heavy and you can only steer on… --- ## [Puppy Bowl and Dog Bowl](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-bowl-and-dog-bowl/808071)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/puppy-bowl-and-dog-bowl/808071 "2018-02-06T20:03:27Z")
Animal planet is adding a one hour special. Puppy Bowl Presents: The Dog Bowl. The Dog Bowl features older dogs from 2-15 years of age and, as with the Puppy Bowl, the dogs are all shelter animals. The purpose is to en… --- ## ["Riders on the storm"-Profound poetry or dreck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riders-on-the-storm-profound-poetry-or-dreck/485720)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/riders-on-the-storm-profound-poetry-or-dreck/485720 "2018-02-06T19:30:08Z")
I am of two minds about Jm Morrison-he was a very talented guy, who wrecked himself with booze and drugs. His song “Riders on the storm” is supposed to be profound-so what the heck does this rambling mean:“there’s a kile… --- ## [Top 40 songs from your kidhood that are still evocative](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985)
**Author:** [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/top-40-songs-from-your-kidhood-that-are-still-evocative/807985 "2018-02-06T16:52:33Z")
What songs from your kidhood era remain evocative today (no matter how objectively glurgey they may be)? Can you describe why? Close to You (Carpenters) - parents had the 8-track, is first song I can remember (I was 5yo… --- ## [The Greatest Classical Pianists of the 20th Century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-classical-pianists-of-the-20th-century/807865)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-greatest-classical-pianists-of-the-20th-century/807865 "2018-02-06T14:47:21Z")
So, another of my Classical Music polls but a bit different. This time, we’re not going to rank works but musicians. A couple of preliminary remarks as usual: The list only includes pianists who were recorded extensiv… --- ## [Any Don Martin fans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-don-martin-fans/590099)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-don-martin-fans/590099 "2018-02-06T14:45:52Z")
At Barnes & Noble today I saw a huge 2 volume slipcased Don Martin collection for $25, marked down from $150! --- ## [Why Good vs. Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-good-vs-evil/808088)
**Author:** [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-good-vs-evil/808088 "2018-02-06T14:44:47Z")
Fascinating article here: The Invention of Moral Narrative. The argument is that in our culture, the most popular stories have two things in common. First, they pit a band a good guys against a band of bad guys. We ar… --- ## [Penn & Teller: Fool Us](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-fool-us/804502)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/penn-teller-fool-us/804502 "2018-02-06T14:34:36Z")
I’ve never seen this on TV or entire episodes - I’ve recently been watching YouTube clips of some appearances - so it’s possible that I’m just not aware of some well-known facts about the way it works. But as it is, a co… --- ## [Looking for name of '60s stock car driver: Herbert \_\_\_kes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-name-of-60s-stock-car-driver-herbert-___kes/808202)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-name-of-60s-stock-car-driver-herbert-___kes/808202 "2018-02-06T14:28:47Z")
I think his last name has six letters and the last are definitely ‘kes’. The first three might be ‘Zab’ ‘Jae’, or something completely different. That’s all the info I have. TIA. --- ## [Write the Tarantino Star Trek.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-tarantino-star-trek/803908)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 65\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-the-tarantino-star-trek/803908 "2018-02-06T14:04:47Z")
So Quentin Tarantino is making a Star Trek movie. Let’s write it for him! Is the Vulcan hand sign thingy a remnant of the five point palm exploding heart technique? --- ## [Has Bizarro Superman ever turned up in a movie?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-bizarro-superman-ever-turned-up-in-a-movie/807616)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-bizarro-superman-ever-turned-up-in-a-movie/807616 "2018-02-06T13:54:05Z")
Bizarro Superman was one of my favorite character as a comics fan in the 50s. I’d love to see him featured on the big screen. Me want see Bizarro Planet too! Maybe it’s because I’m an old fart but when did the comics and… --- ## [Does Anyone Else NOT Like Thanksgiving Food?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-like-thanksgiving-food/801835)
**Author:** [@golffan1963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/golffan1963)\ **Replies:** 81\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2017, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-else-not-like-thanksgiving-food/801835 "2017-12-02T02:54:06Z")
Don’t get me wrong…I enjoy Thanksgiving…I like the Macy’s Parade, the football games, and gathering with family. That said, I cannot stand Thanksgiving dinner. A couple of things are OK, I guess…but turkey? Blah. The tri… --- ## [My grand experiment with sourdough](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-experiment-with-sourdough/808230)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-grand-experiment-with-sourdough/808230 "2018-02-06T02:10:55Z")
My mother had a jug of sourdough starter that probably dated back to the Alaska gold rush of 1898. She made pancakes and bread from it, which was lovely. After leaving home, the only sourdough I had was purchased from a … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=648) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=650)