# A movie/TV/book food game I thought up.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-tv-book-food-game-i-thought-up/635006>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [September 17, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-tv-book-food-game-i-thought-up/635006 "2012-09-17T21:01:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![smaje1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@smaje1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaje1)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-tv-book-food-game-i-thought-up/635006/21 "2012-09-19T16:22:14Z")

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> [@smaje1](#):
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> I don’t have any guesses for the meals listed above, but here’s my own:
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> Shark’s fin soup and monkey brains.

Clue

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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-tv-book-food-game-i-thought-up/635006/22 "2012-11-01T19:58:06Z")

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> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#):
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> Here are some more:
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> Pork chops and applesauce.

The Brady Bunch (+1 to tdn)

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> A can of Canned Squid.

The Odd Couple - it was from an episode where they appeared on _Let’s Make a Deal_.

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> Snails and brains.

The Andy Griffin Show - Andy and Barney were in a French restaurant, and Barney tried ordering off the French menu without knowing what things were.

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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-tv-book-food-game-i-thought-up/635006/23 "2012-11-01T20:03:47Z")

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Forgot one from an earlier post:

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> Two chicken a la reine with sauce provencale, a scampi desiree, and a boeuf bourguignone with a green salad.

Monty Python’s Flying Circus - it was a sketch about African explorers who come across a restaurant in the middle of the jungle.

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**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-tv-book-food-game-i-thought-up/635006/24 "2012-11-01T20:17:53Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> Apparently you’ve stumped the panel, so I’ll try to keep the thread from dying by offering an alternative:
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> Trifle with a layer of meat

> [@Hogfather65](#):
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> Friends?

Yes – as this clip shows. [Rachel screwed up the recipe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avE0ozYmTDA) when two pages of a cookbook stuck together.

Here’s another one: Moo goo gai pan

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**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-movie-tv-book-food-game-i-thought-up/635006/25 "2012-11-01T20:55:50Z")

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> [@Sternvogel](#):
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> Here’s another one: Moo goo gai pan

_The Bob Newhart Show_. They were all drunk “more goo to go!”

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