# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=859 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 860 --- ## [Carne adovada recipes, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carne-adovada-recipes-please/757370)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/carne-adovada-recipes-please/757370 "2016-07-03T18:55:42Z")
We just returned from a trip to the Southwest US, and had some good food while there. Adovada is one of my favorites, and I had it in two variations. One was chunks of braised pork in a thick, rich, spicy sauce, while th… --- ## [I'd like to talk about the ending to Independence Day, Resurgence. (Open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-talk-about-the-ending-to-independence-day-resurgence-open-spoilers/758735)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-like-to-talk-about-the-ending-to-independence-day-resurgence-open-spoilers/758735 "2016-07-03T17:34:43Z")
\[Did anyone else get the feeling they were setting us up for a TV series? I mean, the ending definitely left us with the impression that there is more to come. But with they way they set it up, I’m not sure how that wou… --- ## [Why not just pull the detonator?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-just-pull-the-detonator/758738)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-not-just-pull-the-detonator/758738 "2016-07-03T17:27:50Z")
You know the scene. The clock’s ticking down, and the bomb will go off. our sweaty hero has to decide whether to cut the red wire or the blue wire. Or is it the green wire? Close-up on the block of C4 with the detonat… --- ## [Game of Thrones: How Much Time Has Passed In The Show's Universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-how-much-time-has-passed-in-the-shows-universe/758870)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/game-of-thrones-how-much-time-has-passed-in-the-shows-universe/758870 "2016-07-03T16:27:55Z")
How much time do you reckon has passed since the events of the first episode of Season One until the final episode of Season Six? Disregarding the fact that some of the actors have aged considerably (the young lady who … --- ## [Back to the Future 1955 -\> 1925](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-1955-1925/758917)
**Author:** [@Gretchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchion)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/back-to-the-future-1955-1925/758917 "2016-07-03T14:51:00Z")
I’ve seen a lot of threads here and on other boards about how well Back to the Future would have worked out set in 2015, with a teenager travelling back to 1985. Usually it’s mentioned that from 1985 to 1955 was a huge … --- ## [Whom does God hate more: David Banner (TV's incredibe Hulk) or Rick Grimes (THE WALKING DEAD)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-does-god-hate-more-david-banner-tvs-incredibe-hulk-or-rick-grimes-the-walking-dead/758648)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whom-does-god-hate-more-david-banner-tvs-incredibe-hulk-or-rick-grimes-the-walking-dead/758648 "2016-07-03T04:53:34Z")
Usually when I say “God,” I mean “Athena,” but not today. If the Queen of Olympus, Mistress of War, Inventor of Inventing, and Castrator of Zeus felt one of these two was her enemy, she’d simply stomped on him with a be… --- ## [Identify This Mike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-mike/758911)
**Author:** [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/identify-this-mike/758911 "2016-07-03T03:55:18Z")
I am lazy. Senhieser? link It appears to be a central point in all recordings. I want one. Tune me in, I doubt I could afford it however. I am on a garage band budget. ETA: MODS … this should probably be moved to CS … --- ## [Oldest Movie you enjoyed](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oldest-movie-you-enjoyed/758240 "2016-07-02T17:26:41Z")
Silent Movie: The Thief of Bagdad (1924) Starring Douglas Fairbanks Sr.! Talking Movie: Coconauts (1929) The Marx Brothers naturally. BTW: A Trip to the Moon (1902) is a neat movie, but just too ridiculous. --- ## [Name this episode of ER](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-episode-of-er/758898)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-episode-of-er/758898 "2016-07-02T13:13:32Z")
The one where they show the flashback of what happen to Kovac and his family during the Bosnian war. It came on after I bailed out of the series but for some reason I caught that one episode. I don’t remember the season… --- ## [Early mainstream media portrayals of LGBT characters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-mainstream-media-portrayals-of-lgbt-characters/757771)
**Author:** [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Replies:** 110\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-mainstream-media-portrayals-of-lgbt-characters/757771 "2016-07-02T06:15:00Z")
Recently I found this oddity on YouTube, an episode of a suspense anthology from 1968. It’s about a man-hating woman who raises her son as a girl. It got me thinking about a couple of things: –This show has got to be … --- ## [GoT fans: you can own Daenerys's jewelry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-fans-you-can-own-daeneryss-jewelry/758900)
**Author:** [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2016, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-fans-you-can-own-daeneryss-jewelry/758900 "2016-07-02T01:13:21Z")
--- ## [Steak sacralidge: how to best prepare well-done meat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-sacralidge-how-to-best-prepare-well-done-meat/758532)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steak-sacralidge-how-to-best-prepare-well-done-meat/758532 "2016-07-01T22:32:20Z")
Mrs. Devil is undergoing a ravaging chemotherapy regime. She has a handful of good days on her ‘rest’ week, days when she can eat most of a meal. Because of the immunosuppressive side effects, any beef she eats must be w… --- ## [Song of Ice and Fire readers-- some advice and reviews, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-of-ice-and-fire-readers-some-advice-and-reviews-please/758834)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/song-of-ice-and-fire-readers-some-advice-and-reviews-please/758834 "2016-07-01T20:56:42Z")
For Father’s Day, I got my husband The Hedge Knight, which he is really enjoying. I’m thinking of shooting him over Dunk and Egg but not if the some of the stories repeat. Do t hey? Also, what other books in this univers… --- ## [Prometheus Question: The Engineer Attacking](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prometheus-question-the-engineer-attacking/757909)
**Author:** [@Ryan\_Liam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ryan_Liam)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prometheus-question-the-engineer-attacking/757909 "2016-07-01T20:34:50Z")
I have watched Prometheus about a dozen times and I still don’t know why the engineer was so immediately hostile to Weyland and his crew, David spoke to him in his own language, but that being said, why didn’t Weyland ju… --- ## [Questions about Purple Rain (the movie and the album)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-purple-rain-the-movie-and-the-album/758884)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-purple-rain-the-movie-and-the-album/758884 "2016-07-01T19:32:37Z")
The movie: What was the deal with the teary-eyed blond waitress who popped into Prince’s dressing room after he finished performing the title song? She was hanging out there with the whole group earlier in the movie, t… --- ## [The handcuffed briefcase trope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handcuffed-briefcase-trope/649856)
**Author:** [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-handcuffed-briefcase-trope/649856 "2016-07-01T16:34:01Z")
It used to be, that procedural / government agency / macguffin type shows would have a suit, whose sole purpose was to (for reasons of plot) Cary around an obvious bullet proof briefcase, handcuffed to his wrist. Is th… --- ## [Dante G's Pop Culture Musings](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dante-gs-pop-culture-musings/758868)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dante-gs-pop-culture-musings/758868 "2016-07-01T15:10:55Z")
I will try to come up with a few different entries for every week. To start off, I will go back to some stuff I wrote a few years back on another website. It’s basically re-imagining famous lines from film, by changing t… --- ## [Native Americans, J. K. Rowling, and the new American wizarding school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-americans-j-k-rowling-and-the-new-american-wizarding-school/758759)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-americans-j-k-rowling-and-the-new-american-wizarding-school/758759 "2016-07-01T13:38:11Z")
Apparently, there’s some unhappiness among Native Americans about the new information J. K. Rowling has been releasing about the American wizarding school, Ilvermorny. Here’s an article about it. I hadn’t heard about th… --- ## [Going to see Sting and Peter Gabriel tomorrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-sting-and-peter-gabriel-tomorrow/758748)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/going-to-see-sting-and-peter-gabriel-tomorrow/758748 "2016-07-01T13:16:30Z")
Bought tickets for my wife’s birthday. She’s a big Sting fan, and likes Peter Gabriel too. I’m not too much into Sting’s solo stuff, but I really liked Peter Gabriel back in the day. And never saw him in concert, so I’m … --- ## [New Disney Movie demigod obesity controversy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-disney-movie-demigod-obesity-controversy/758769)
**Author:** [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-disney-movie-demigod-obesity-controversy/758769 "2016-07-01T12:17:29Z")
BBC Link Apparently there’s a bit of an uproar that Maui (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) is represented as obese in Moana, the upcoming Polynesian-set Disney animation. Personally, I’m not seeing it - he look like a powerful… --- ## [Movie where couples go island drink drugs kind of die](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-couples-go-island-drink-drugs-kind-of-die/755780)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-where-couples-go-island-drink-drugs-kind-of-die/755780 "2016-07-01T08:24:29Z")
identify? --- ## [Roadies Season 1 Ep. 1](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadies-season-1-ep-1/758854)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roadies-season-1-ep-1/758854 "2016-07-01T06:12:07Z")
Lovin’ the new show. Cameron Crowe has great taste in music, not that I’m overly surprised based on where he comes from. (See Almost Famous if you don’t get that; it’s basically the story of his early life. He’s one o… --- ## [The West Wing - In God We Trust](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-in-god-we-trust/296034)
**Author:** [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-west-wing-in-god-we-trust/296034 "2016-07-01T03:09:22Z")
So we get to see Vinick in all his glory, fighting the good fight and locking in the nomination before the convention. Good for him. I think this is the most complex (and likable) politician that TWW has created since … --- ## [RIP Bud Spencer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bud-spencer/758831)
**Author:** [@TimToyGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimToyGeek)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-bud-spencer/758831 "2016-07-01T02:44:52Z")
I found out today that Carlo Pedersoli, also known as Bud Spencer, passed away on the 27th of June in Rome. To fans of Italian westerns, he was best known as ‘Bambino’ the huge, surly sidekick to Terence Hill’s characte… --- ## [Cadbury soon to merge with Hershey?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788)
**Author:** [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2016, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cadbury-soon-to-merge-with-hershey/758788 "2016-07-01T02:31:30Z")
Juging by this Wall Street Journal article, the last hurdle in the Mondelez takeover is the Hershey Trust. Does this mean better Hershey bars in the future? Or worse Cadbury Eggs? --- ## [why'd the film world take a long time to learn that lazily making sequels and remakes is sure money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whyd-the-film-world-take-a-long-time-to-learn-that-lazily-making-sequels-and-remakes-is-sure-money/757961)
**Author:** [@oara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oara)\ **Replies:** 95\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whyd-the-film-world-take-a-long-time-to-learn-that-lazily-making-sequels-and-remakes-is-sure-money/757961 "2016-06-30T16:03:55Z")
Well, I guess there were remakes going way back, although mostly for certain sorts of films? But, for sequels, I’ve seen comments over the years like “They didn’t make a Citizen Kane II.” (I’m also troubled that nearly… --- ## [Civil War II comic--I honestly don't understand the debate (spoilers abound)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-ii-comic-i-honestly-dont-understand-the-debate-spoilers-abound/756886)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-war-ii-comic-i-honestly-dont-understand-the-debate-spoilers-abound/756886 "2016-06-30T16:00:34Z")
Just in case, Mouseover spoiler space Mouseover spoiler space Mouseover spoiler space So–the premise of the new Civil War II series is as follows: We have a brand new Inhuman who can see the future and it almost a… --- ## [Help me identify this 80's old school teen comedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-80s-old-school-teen-comedy/758034)
**Author:** [@Dante\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante_G)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-this-80s-old-school-teen-comedy/758034 "2016-06-30T15:34:35Z")
OK, this particular scene keeps popping in my head. I know that it’s an older 1980’s comedy. It’s in a high school setting and there is a male student who is the protagonist. In this high school, there is a very pre… --- ## [Why did the craft brewing revolution in the US (and elsewhere) take so long to happen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-craft-brewing-revolution-in-the-us-and-elsewhere-take-so-long-to-happen/757588)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-craft-brewing-revolution-in-the-us-and-elsewhere-take-so-long-to-happen/757588 "2016-06-30T14:41:06Z")
It’s easy to see the technological component in so much of what’s going on in our world, but one can’t excuse the late arrival of craft brewing (i.e., the arrival of good beer in the US) based on a need to wait for techn… --- ## [Winter Is Coming: Is The Entirety of Westeros Covered Ass-Deep In Snow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming-is-the-entirety-of-westeros-covered-ass-deep-in-snow/758730)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2016, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/winter-is-coming-is-the-entirety-of-westeros-covered-ass-deep-in-snow/758730 "2016-06-30T12:55:25Z")
I know that in the Game of Thrones universe, winter lasts for years and is indescribably brutal, with the snow reaching a depth of several feet. But I’m not clear, from having read the books, if the entire continent of W… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=858) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=860)