# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2022, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380 "2022-09-28T11:33:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 116
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2302 "2023-02-28T12:57:21Z")
In New York City, Italian ice is a non-dairy ice& syrup treat. > **[Italian ice](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_ice)** > > Italian ice is a frozen or semi-frozen sweetened treat made with fruit (often from concentrates, juices, or purées) or other natural or artificial food flavorings. > Italian ice is similar to sorbet and snow cones, but differs from American-style sherbet in that it does not contain dairy or egg ingredients. It was introduced to the United States by Italian immigrants and is derived from the Sicilian granita, a similar and related Italian dessert. Common flavors include lemon, cherry, ma Finely gran... (The pictures in that article aren’t great.) Ice cream needs to include milk/cream to be real. (Similar vegan desserts aren’t allowed to be called ice cream by the FDA.) To me, gelato is a style of ice cream popular in Italy. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2303 "2023-02-28T13:13:32Z")
My GP about 10 years ago looked at me curiously once when I was in his office for a routine checkup. He promptly said, “Your left leg is half an inch shorter than your right.” This explained my occasional bouts of back pain that I had had off and on throughout my entire adult life. I quickly got a lift for the left shoe, and that helped immensely. Note it affected my golf game back when I played, led to a reverse weight shift and thus a chronic slice. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2304 "2023-02-28T17:19:20Z")
I only just found out I have one leg shorter than the other, and I should have figured it out before. I know whenever I’d walk anywhere with my siblings who are all at least 4 inches taller than me\*, if I tried to keep up at their pace, I’d get a really sore hip. Makes sense! - Not so weird: I have two cousins who are sisters, and one is 6’ and the other is 5’3". ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2305 "2023-02-28T17:56:23Z")
If we did away with the electoral college, all the other issues would come to pass. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2306 "2023-02-28T22:31:21Z")
My thinking as well; then again, we’d still have jacked-up state governments and a gerrymandered and unbalanced legislative branch, so maybe not. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2307 "2023-02-28T22:57:54Z")
I voted for near-universal gun control. Save a lot of lives right now. I recently learned that I have eight spleens. Weird! ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2308 "2023-03-01T00:54:30Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I recently learned that I have eight spleens. Weird! Oooh! Now that’s special! May they never give you trouble. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2309 "2023-03-01T11:17:47Z")
> [@PookahMacPhellimey](#): > > As a resident of Italy, the ice-cream poll genuinely confused me. > > “Gelato” is the word for ice cream. > “Ice cream” is, well, ice cream. > “Italian ice” is, umm, ice cream from Italy? > > They all seem the same thing to me. 🤷 As I mentioned upthread Italian Ice is a slightly Americanized version of Sicilian granita. It’s not ice cream. Gelato in Italy can be a generic term for ice cream. In the US it’s a specific type of ice cream based on an Italian style. It has less butterfat and has much less air than regular ice cream which gives it a much different texture. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2310 "2023-03-01T11:22:11Z")
I consider myself a good parent and I feel like I’m a lesser parent than I wanted to be. Those are not mutually exclusive but you can only pick one. For the political poll I believe that healthcare is the one issue that would have both the greatest immediate and also long term benefit for the largest amount of people. Looks like a lot of people agree. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2311 "2023-03-01T13:54:47Z")
Yeah. That’s not even my first choice for universal coverage, but it would be SOOOO much better than what we have. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2312 "2023-03-01T16:53:39Z")
This. There are several items on that list I would consider but right now universal coverage is an issue near and dear to my heart. Regarding Masgouf, I voted never. Why? Because of Saddam? Well no, because of fish phobia. On a very rare occasion, I will eat fish, but I have to convince myself it isn’t what I think. But Masgouf looks like a dead fish on a plate. Not for me. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2313 "2023-03-01T16:56:59Z")
The Masgouf poll needed a “I’ll give it a try, and if I like it, I’ll get it again,” option ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2314 "2023-03-01T16:59:40Z")
I don’t eat fresh-water fish in any form, so the masgouf is a hard pass. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2315 "2023-03-01T17:02:21Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > The Masgouf poll needed a “I’ll give it a try, and if I like it, I’ll get it again,” option Agreed. That’s how I felt. I voted “eat it more than once” because I assume I’ll like it ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2316 "2023-03-01T17:09:47Z")
I read all about Masgouf and now I’m craving it. I love fish in general and for a fish dish to become a countries’ national dish, I assume it is assume. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2317 "2023-03-01T17:17:02Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > > [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > > > The Masgouf poll needed a “I’ll give it a try, and if I like it, I’ll get it again,” option > > Agreed. That’s how I felt. I voted “eat it more than once” because I assume I’ll like it Ditto. I’d certainly try it. Food isn’t ruined just because someone i don’t like enjoys it. But whether i sought it out again would depend on how much i liked it the first time. But it sounds delicious. So probably I’d like it. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2318 "2023-03-01T17:28:42Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Food isn’t ruined just because someone i don’t like enjoys it. I certainly agree. But that type of presentation for a fish dish is simply not appetizing to me. So I’m probably not trying it. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2319 "2023-03-01T17:30:09Z")
If they’re going to charge me $40 for a portion, I can’t afford it, so I’m not going to try it. If they’re handing out free samples, or I can get a sample for a couple of bucks, I’ll definitely try it. The description sounds delicious. Whether I’ll eat it again will depend on whether I liked it the first time; and also on whether I can afford it. Whether Saddam liked it has nothing to do with it. Hitler, reportedly, liked dogs. That’s not going to stop me from having a dog. – if the stall’s being run by people trying to re-instate a Saddam-type regime, that would put me off, though. If it’s raising money to attempt do so by selling the fish, then I’m definitely not getting any, even a couple of dollar’s worth. – I couldn’t make up my mind in the political wish list poll, so didn’t vote. I need at least three of those choices, and preferably more. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2320 "2023-03-01T17:36:54Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > If they’re going to charge me $40 for a portion, I can’t afford it, so I’m not going to try it. It’s $40 for a fish that feeds 4-6. If you have some friends and family, it’s not that bad per portion. I agree about "if it’s a fund raiser ", but i tend to assume that things not included in the question aren’t to be assumed. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2321 "2023-03-01T18:28:00Z")
I’d try masgouf once and be open to having it again, if I liked it. Sorry to see how the fish are treated while still alive, though. Although a carnivore, I don’t want the animals I eventually eat to suffer any more than is necessary. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=115) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=117)