# Cafe Society **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=958 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 959 --- ## [Potato leek soup - Share your recipe please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-leek-soup-share-your-recipe-please/737522)
**Author:** [@Hey\_Hey\_Paula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_Hey_Paula)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-leek-soup-share-your-recipe-please/737522 "2015-11-15T15:16:36Z")
In my CSA box that arrived this morning, I found, among other things, a pair of leeks! I’ve never made potato leek soup before, but these leeks are just begging to be made into delicious soup. So please, if you have a f… --- ## [Anyone know Russian Folk Songs? Need a song about a grandfather.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-russian-folk-songs-need-a-song-about-a-grandfather/737500)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-russian-folk-songs-need-a-song-about-a-grandfather/737500 "2015-11-15T11:52:53Z")
I need to find a Russian folk song about a grandfather. As long as it’s not about a mean grandfather or about a dead grandfather. It should be a happy song about a grandfather who is very much not dead. Anybody here kno… --- ## [Continuing Peanuts is unjust to new cartoonists](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-peanuts-is-unjust-to-new-cartoonists/737370)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/continuing-peanuts-is-unjust-to-new-cartoonists/737370 "2015-11-15T06:15:47Z")
I don’t intend to knock Charles Schultz or his legacy in any way. Peanuts was probably the most influential comic strip ever created and subsequent generations of cartoonists owe Schultz a debt of gratitude. My beef is … --- ## [It's bean soup weather](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-bean-soup-weather/736361)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-bean-soup-weather/736361 "2015-11-15T03:28:43Z")
A follow-on to the stew thread. Today, I’m making beans and hamhocks, using canellini beans instead of my usual great northern or navy beans, a nice meaty hamhock (not one of those nothing-but-fat things you get at the s… --- ## [The Walking Dead; 6.05 "Now" (open spoilers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-05-now-open-spoilers/737064)
**Author:** [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Replies:** 108\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2015, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-walking-dead-6-05-now-open-spoilers/737064 "2015-11-15T02:36:32Z")
\[QUOTE=AMC\] Following a number of setbacks, the mood in Alexandria grows grim for the sheltered citizens. \[/QUOTE\] Norman Reedus is warning us to play close attention to what’s happening on screen. Alexandra Breckenr… --- ## [What military tactics would've been wiser in Starship Troopers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-tactics-wouldve-been-wiser-in-starship-troopers/735926)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 72\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-military-tactics-wouldve-been-wiser-in-starship-troopers/735926 "2015-11-14T23:09:49Z")
Just watched this cult film recently. The whole movie I was noticing how shitty the military tactics are. A bunch of guys armed with guns that you need to hit each bug dozens of times to kill them or disable them? And ha… --- ## [Changing Hair Color on Actresses/Celebrities - Your Personal Preference(s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-hair-color-on-actresses-celebrities-your-personal-preference-s/737462)
**Author:** [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-hair-color-on-actresses-celebrities-your-personal-preference-s/737462 "2015-11-14T18:47:57Z")
Admittedly, in my younger days, I was was a “gentleman” who preferred blondes - all or almost all of my boyhood crushes were flaxen-haired. Luckily that changed as I matured; my wife is a brunette who would look ridiculo… --- ## [Go RVing TV commercial -- where is this filmed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-rving-tv-commercial-where-is-this-filmed/632346)
**Author:** [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/go-rving-tv-commercial-where-is-this-filmed/632346 "2015-11-14T16:30:50Z")
My wife and I just saw an ad for “Go RVing” (which is an industry association for RV manufacturers and campgrounds), which was shot in a really beautiful location. The ad is here: http://gorving.com/discover-away/tv-co… --- ## [Most flavorful hot sauces](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-flavorful-hot-sauces/737463)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-flavorful-hot-sauces/737463 "2015-11-14T14:00:40Z")
Because you’ve developed telepathy, the government has kidnapped you and taken you to a secret location deep within the earth’s mantle so as to better study your burgeoning powers. It’s expensive to get fresh ingredients… --- ## [Can anybody tell me what this New Zealander is talking about?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-tell-me-what-this-new-zealander-is-talking-about/737368)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-tell-me-what-this-new-zealander-is-talking-about/737368 "2015-11-14T09:04:50Z")
In re: Sicilian pizza, just after 33.00. Be advised: This is a link to a video-hosting website. I have never had any trouble with it, but you may not want to click on it. NB: The show is the NZ series \*\*\* DNA Detecti… --- ## [Follow that cat! (Sweet TV advert)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-that-cat-sweet-tv-advert/737452)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/follow-that-cat-sweet-tv-advert/737452 "2015-11-14T07:45:19Z")
Some may remember Mog the cat - after my day, alas - but this Christmas TV advert involving him is very sweet. --- ## [Anyone watching 'Gigi Does It' ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-gigi-does-it/737334)
**Author:** [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-watching-gigi-does-it/737334 "2015-11-14T06:57:23Z")
It’s on IFC. It is one of the oddest premises/acting combinations I’ve seen. It’s about a old Jewish woman in her 70’s whose cheapskate husband dies and it turns out she has four million dollars and she gets to live it … --- ## [RIP Phil Taylor (drummer for Motörhead)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409)
**Author:** [@bunyupp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunyupp)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-phil-taylor-drummer-for-motorhead/737409 "2015-11-14T05:59:26Z")
link to story. --- ## [Spoil Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin / The Blasters for me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-dave-alvin-and-phil-alvin-the-blasters-for-me/737278)
**Author:** [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoil-dave-alvin-and-phil-alvin-the-blasters-for-me/737278 "2015-11-14T03:00:36Z")
Gonna see Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin perform tomorrow night. I’m going to the show because friends of mine are the opening act but I’m not familiar with Dave and Phil Alvin. What am I in for? I only know about The Blast… --- ## [Missy Elliott's new video: WTF (Where They From)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missy-elliotts-new-video-wtf-where-they-from/737386)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2015, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missy-elliotts-new-video-wtf-where-they-from/737386 "2015-11-14T02:23:31Z")
All bow down - Missy is just amazing. The video is visually her at her best, great dancing, eccentric looks and cool tricks (watch for her to spin like she has two faces), with a bridge featuring Team Amer… --- ## [Please identify Kiefer Sutherland photo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-kiefer-sutherland-photo/737483)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-kiefer-sutherland-photo/737483 "2015-11-13T22:42:15Z")
I would like to know if this photo of Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland is from a movie or a TV show he starred in and if so, which one: http://s16.postimg.org/f0paz43ud/sutherland.jpg Sutherland does wear this style of… --- ## [Friday night meatballs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-meatballs/737022)
**Author:** [@araminty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/araminty)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friday-night-meatballs/737022 "2015-11-13T21:10:50Z")
I read this article a while back and just came across it again, (Friday Night Meatballs: How to Change Your Life With Pasta) and was inspired. Similarly, Pableaux Johnson, a food writer in New Orleans, does Monday night … --- ## [The Netflix pre-summary summaries are fucking TERRIBLE](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-netflix-pre-summary-summaries-are-fucking-terrible/737438)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-netflix-pre-summary-summaries-are-fucking-terrible/737438 "2015-11-13T20:15:52Z")
Has anyone else noticed this? Is it just a PS4 thing? Netflix shows have two different “preview summaries.” There’s the legitimate one when you select a show, and then there’s the shitty one when you’re just scrolling t… --- ## [Origin of "... get medieval on your ass"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-get-medieval-on-your-ass/419107)
**Author:** [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-get-medieval-on-your-ass/419107 "2015-11-13T19:39:28Z")
What is the origin of the phrase “get medieval on your ass”? I know it appeared in “Pulp Fiction” and also later in “The Black Knight”. Where did this expression originally come from? Thanks, J. --- ## [What's the last movie you saw more than once in a movie theater?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-movie-you-saw-more-than-once-in-a-movie-theater/736856)
**Author:** [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Replies:** 103\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-last-movie-you-saw-more-than-once-in-a-movie-theater/736856 "2015-11-13T19:29:02Z")
For me, it was The Avengers. --- ## [George Will calls Bill O'Reilly's book about Reagan a lazy, incompetent pack of lies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-will-calls-bill-oreillys-book-about-reagan-a-lazy-incompetent-pack-of-lies/736853)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-will-calls-bill-oreillys-book-about-reagan-a-lazy-incompetent-pack-of-lies/736853 "2015-11-13T19:15:54Z")
Uh Oh! Mommy and Daddy are fighting. O’Reilly castigated by… wait for it… conservative columnist George Will for being a huge BS artist and very bad, not so good, wannabe historian. Bill O’Reilly slanders Ronald Reagan … --- ## [Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D S03E07: Chaos Theory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s03e07-chaos-theory/737245)
**Author:** [@pricciar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pricciar)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agents-of-s-h-i-e-l-d-s03e07-chaos-theory/737245 "2015-11-13T18:52:30Z")
“Chaos Theory" Directed by David Solomon Written by Lauren LeFranc I finished watching the last episode 5 minutes ago, so I haven’t even had a chance to even read through everyone’s thoughts. This season has been jam … --- ## [Is Three Floyds Brewing Company vastly overrated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-three-floyds-brewing-company-vastly-overrated/737373)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-three-floyds-brewing-company-vastly-overrated/737373 "2015-11-13T16:38:44Z")
There were no good specials yesterday at my usual after work bar so I decided to try Three Floyds Gumballhead. My reaction: Meh. Better than a Budweiser but I can’t understand the cult like adoration of this craft brewer… --- ## [LOTR (book) -- "the dreaded poetry"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-book-the-dreaded-poetry/736336)
**Author:** [@Sangahyando](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sangahyando)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-book-the-dreaded-poetry/736336 "2015-11-13T14:32:43Z")
Yet another thing on a Tolkien subject: this prompted by my having been doing some browsing through threads from the past decade or so, about said author. Apologies, if someone else has already raised on SDMB, the wonder… --- ## [Pop song homonyms: same title, different songs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427)
**Author:** [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pop-song-homonyms-same-title-different-songs/416427 "2015-11-13T13:19:27Z")
There are a lot of songs called “I Want You” out there. The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, The Troggs, Savage Garden, Marvin Gaye, Janet Jackson, Roxette, LL Cool J, Paris Hilton, Jody Watley, Cabaret Voltaire, Thir… --- ## [Very healthy celebrity relationships in real life](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-healthy-celebrity-relationships-in-real-life/737193)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-healthy-celebrity-relationships-in-real-life/737193 "2015-11-12T23:22:59Z")
Inspired by a similar thread. LTR’s are difficult for us almost normal folk. I imagine it must be really difficult for celebrities. Of course, all we see is the media’s version. But Harrison Ford and Calista Flockha… --- ## [Physicists: new book "Spooky Action at a Distance" - deeper level of the Universe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physicists-new-book-spooky-action-at-a-distance-deeper-level-of-the-universe/737281)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physicists-new-book-spooky-action-at-a-distance-deeper-level-of-the-universe/737281 "2015-11-12T23:07:06Z")
Here is a summary on Gizmodo of at least a portion of the model laid out in the book: It puts forward the idea that because quantum entanglement exists, it suggests that both particles reflect the influence of some de… --- ## [Finn in The Force Awakens](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finn-in-the-force-awakens/737330)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finn-in-the-force-awakens/737330 "2015-11-12T22:25:11Z")
So is Finn a Jedi or not? Looks like he served in the Stormtroopers, but is then seen with a light sabre. If he’s a Jedi, could he be the love child of Leia and Lando? --- ## [Organic vs non-organic meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organic-vs-non-organic-meat/737251)
**Author:** [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/organic-vs-non-organic-meat/737251 "2015-11-12T21:28:02Z")
For years I thought “organic” was nothing more than a marketing gimmick (in the US, at least) – just a label that some producers could slap on with some superficial difference in production, but no substantial difference… --- ## [Chili's restaurant- how spicy hot would you rate their Mexican dishes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilis-restaurant-how-spicy-hot-would-you-rate-their-mexican-dishes/737347)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chilis-restaurant-how-spicy-hot-would-you-rate-their-mexican-dishes/737347 "2015-11-12T20:37:51Z")
Ate at Chili’s restaurant for the first time this evening. Had their Ribeye with mashed potatoes and broccoli. Quite a good meal and I was pleased with the tenderness of the steak. The Ziosk kept us amused while we wai… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=957) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15.md?page=959)