# "Corn On The 4th Of July": Turn A Title Into A Menu Item **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 14, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264 "2010-08-14T17:42:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/1 "2010-08-14T17:42:25Z")
Craig Ferguson did a great riff last night on how Planet Hollywood used titles of movies for menu items in the 80’s. I am sure we can come up with a great menu - but open it up to titles of movies, books, TV shows, songs…just add food! My menu entries: “Liver Let Die” “Lord Of The Onion Rings” “True Grits” “Silence Of The Lambs Chops” “The Secret Life Of Peas” ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/2 "2010-08-14T17:55:24Z")
Lord of the Fries Burger on the Orient Express The Malted Falcon Conan the Barbecue (Probably better for a restaurant than an item) Any Given Sundae ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/3 "2010-08-14T17:57:02Z")
**Casino Royale With Cheese**? Sorry, brain not working this morning. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/4 "2010-08-14T18:11:17Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Any Given Sundae Building on this, actually…that could be the name of the Sundae section of the menu…actual menu items could include… Sundae, Bloody Sundae (Strawberry sauce) Gloomy Sundae (Dark chocolate sauce) Never On a Sundae (Plain ice cream) Seven Days 'Till Sundae (EVERYTHING) ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/5 "2010-08-14T18:25:33Z")
Get Quiche or Die Tryin’ ---
**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:** [August 14, 2010, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/6 "2010-08-14T18:34:11Z")
Jurassic Pork Soy Story Gone with the Wine Top Gum The Color of Honey Salt ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/7 "2010-08-14T18:39:23Z")
**The Count of Monte Cristo Sandwich** **The First Wives’ Club Sandwich** **A Clockwork Orange Chicken** **Midnight Cowboy Chili** **To Grill a Mockingburger** **Casablancmange** **Buffalo Wings '66** **H_A_S\*H** **Catsup & Hot Dogs** **Reservoir Corn Dogs** **Chili Dog Millionaire** **Some Like it Hot Dog** (enough!) **My Big Fat Greek Salad** **Freaky Fried Egg** **Forest Gumbo** **The Seventh Veal** **There Will Be Blood Sausage** **Million Dollar Baby Back Ribs** **Mystic Liver** **2001: A Spiced Fricassee** **Planet of the Crepes** for the upscale breakfast bar **Diet Another Day** for the dessert menu ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/8 "2010-08-14T18:50:20Z")
**Spud Frankfurterstein The Brining Never on Sundae Good Falafellas Bleu Velveeta** ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/9 "2010-08-14T19:10:54Z")
**Fistful of Dollar Pancakes Dirty Rice Harry Airplane Food! Carrie Out I Know What You Fried Last Summer The Good, The Bad, and The Inedible** ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/10 "2010-08-14T20:08:45Z")
**Flan 9 from Outer Space Taco! Taco! Taco! Quiche Me Deadly Quiche Quiche Bake Bake Hash, Hash Sweet Charlotte** ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/11 "2010-08-14T20:09:34Z")
Blast from the Pasta Salad (Sean Penne, Albert Broccoli, Olives de Havilland, Sergeant Green Peppers and the Lonely Celery Hearts Club Band, Great Escapers, and Cheeses of Nazareth; tossed in My Name is Oil and Martin Balsamic Vinegar) ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/12 "2010-08-14T20:22:25Z")
In a Bar: The Color [Cough syrup is typically mixed with ingredients such as 7Up soft drink and pieces of Jolly Rancher candy. The purplish hue of purple drank comes from dyes in the cough syrup"]Purple Drank](Purple drank is a slang term for a recreational drug popular in the hip hop community in the southern United States. Its main ingredient is prescription-strength cough syrup containing codeine and promethazine.[1) Restaurant: Superfry Foxy Has Browns > [@Chefguy](#): > > **Flan 9 from Outer Space** Good one! ---
**Author:** ![multimediac17](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@multimediac17](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/multimediac17)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/13 "2010-08-14T20:23:56Z")
Veal Magnolias ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/14 "2010-08-14T20:30:56Z")
**To Syrup with Love Crispness in Vermont Birth of a Noshin’** ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/15 "2010-08-14T20:38:29Z")
Cocktails and bar drinks might be fun–good idea, **descamisado**. Let’s see… Steve Martini Woody Allen’s Manhattan Night of the Living Dead Zombie Men in Black Russian Margarita Simpson Sex on the Beaches ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/16 "2010-08-14T20:44:10Z")
Chicken Striptease V for Vanilla (ice cream) Huckleberry Flan You’ve Got Kale ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/17 "2010-08-14T20:49:37Z")
**3:10 to Yummy Quiet Burp All Quiet on the Western Bundt** ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/18 "2010-08-14T21:02:54Z")
The Gizzard of Oz Passion Fruit of the Christ Meatballs 😛 Beauty and the Roast Beast ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/19 "2010-08-14T21:08:09Z")
I thought the OP was looking for names that would result in a menu item being served to you. Beer Window The 39 Sips Ja-Mocha Inn The Potato Skin Game Stringbeans on a Train ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2010, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264/20 "2010-08-14T21:17:14Z")
When Harry Met Salad Splendor in the Lemon Grass Sgt Pepper’s Artichoke Hearts Club Band The Boysenberries in the Band [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corn-on-the-4th-of-july-turn-a-title-into-a-menu-item/550264.md?page=2)