# 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:** 144
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2862 "2023-03-22T00:10:42Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > That being said, i have no use for half a can of tomato paste. We usually either use a can or use a tablespoon. I usually buy the kind that comes in a tube for that purpose. I can use a tablespoon at a time, and it seems to keep forever in the fridge after being opened. That said, the last time I needed a tablespoon of tomato paste I didn’t have the kind in a tube on hand (I thought I did, but apparently I used it up and forgot to replenish it). So I opened a can, used a tablespoon, and put the rest in a jar in the freezer. The next time I need a can of tomato paste, I’ll use the stuff in the freezer. As I said before, cooking isn’t engineering; using slightly less tomato paste won’t make a huge difference. But I suppose I could make up the difference with some from a tube now that I have more of that on hand. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2863 "2023-03-22T00:16:23Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > I’ve never heard the term “cuties” for clemtimes. It is a brand name of clementines. I included it because I once overheard a woman at the farmers market say to her kid “Should we get some Cuties?”, referring to the mandarin oranges the vender was selling. > [@Procrustus](#): > > And, although I’ve heard the term “Kraft dinner,” I’ve never used it or heard it IRL. Maybe it’s a regional thing. I’ve always understood it to be a Canadian thing. ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2864 "2023-03-22T01:05:55Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > > [@puzzlegal](#): > > > > That being said, i have no use for half a can of tomato paste. We usually either use a can or use a tablespoon. > > I usually buy the kind that comes in a tube for that purpose. I can use a tablespoon at a time, and it seems to keep forever in the fridge after being opened. Yes, we usually have a can in the cupboard and most of a tube in the fridge, and those serve us well. I really like the tubes for small portions of tomato paste. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2865 "2023-03-22T01:17:22Z")
What friends who quote Monty Python routines? The last time that happened, I was in college. Maybe 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2866 "2023-03-22T01:23:46Z")
@kenobi_65 Is there a story behind Obiwan-ka-feline pic? Is that your own cat dressed up (and how did you get the cat to put up with that?) ? I voted for the kitty. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2867 "2023-03-22T01:46:57Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > @kenobi_65 Is there a story behind Obiwan-ka-feline pic? Is that your own cat dressed up (and how did you get the cat to put up with that?) ? Not my cat, alas (though he’s a gorgeous boy) – my two orange tabby boys would never put up with costumes. There was a thread a few months ago about cat avatars, and I did a Google image search for “Jedi Cat,” and found that picture. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2868 "2023-03-22T01:47:58Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > What friends who quote Monty Python routines? The last time that happened, I was in college. Maybe 30 years ago. My group of friends and role-playing gamers still use Python quotes regularly – especially lately, as we’ve been playing a campaign of Pendragon (a RPG in which the players are playing Arthurian knights). ---
**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 22, 2023, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2869 "2023-03-22T01:53:25Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > > [@DesertDog](#): > > > > Except baking. > > True that. Cooking is an art. Baking is a science. Meh. I mess around with bread ingredients all the time; and never do more than rough measurements. For some cakes, soufflés, etc. precision does matter. But not for all baked goods. > [@mbh](#): > > Alright, **Elendil\_s\_Heir** , you may be clever enough to spoof a URL, > but you’re not getting me to click on Goatse! The link gives, among other things, the ingredients list. It’s pretty in the picture; but I don’t think I’d like it. I usually prefer “chocolatey” things that actually have chocolate in them. > [@suranyi](#): > > What friends who quote Monty Python routines? For me, it’s only the ones on these boards. And I don’t have a significant opinion about it one way or another. – the Obi-wan kitty doesn’t look happy about being costumed to me. So I voted for the human, who volunteered (and was paid) for the role. If you want to use the cat uncostumed, though, I’d probably vote for the cat. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2870 "2023-03-22T01:55:14Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > So I voted for the human, who volunteered (and was paid) for the role. Though, apparently, Sir Alec wasn’t too happy about it, either. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2871 "2023-03-22T02:02:22Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Obi-wan kitty doesn’t look happy about being costumed to me I think that cat looks strangely serene about it. I love that pic. Kenobi, I’d flip the image to face right - avatars should face their post. Undoubtedly just me 🙂 ---
**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 22, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2872 "2023-03-22T04:13:58Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > > [@WildaBeast](#): > > > > True that. Cooking is an art. Baking is a science. > > Meh. I mess around with bread ingredients all the time; and never do more than rough measurements. > > For some cakes, soufflés, etc. precision does matter. But not for all baked goods. For that matter, you can mess with cake, souffle, etc. recipes, too. Yes, you will get a different result. But in generally predictable ways. I routinely bake by looking up about 3 recipes for the thing I want to make, and interpolating. ---
**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 22, 2023, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2873 "2023-03-22T05:00:34Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > What friends who quote Monty Python routines? My family, even my mother could quote it despite never having sat through the entire movie. My nieces and their boyfriends, too. It all started because my father was the first in the neighborhood to get a VHS recorder/player and the first thing we recorded was that movie because it was the last time it was being played on PBS. And, boom, we became very popular kids with all our high school friends coming over to watch it at least weekly. My dentist and I do dueling quotes on it, or we switch to _Blazing Saddles_ or _Young Frankenstein_. Hey, we are of an age. The much younger assistants are clueless about our conversations. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2874 "2023-03-22T05:02:44Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > My dentist and I do dueling quotes on it, or we switch to _Blazing Saddles_ or _Young Frankenstein_. Hey, we are of an age. In my group of friends and gaming folks, it’s those three movies, plus _The Princess Bride_, _Stripes_, and a bunch of _Star Wars_ and _Star Trek_ quotes. We, too, are of an age. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2875 "2023-03-22T19:48:37Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > Viennetta? Yes please. Hubby gets an urge for one about every 6 months. We recently got individual ones - sort of like an ice cream bar, but a mini Vienetta. Works well. > [@kenobi\_65](#): > > Most of those recipes use convenience/pre-packaged foods, and specify types and amounts which were clearly common decades ago, but which can either be hard to find today, or at least packaged in a different size/quantity. Same problem moving to another country. Evaporated milk and sweetened condensed milk come in different quantities, and they are used in many recipes. > [@DesertDog](#): > > Except baking. And candy making, especially old-fashioned fudge. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > That being said, i have no use for half a can of tomato paste. We usually either use a can or use a tablespoon. I also buy tomato paste in a tube. Best thing ever. And it’s so common, I can even get different brands or tomato paste with basil. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2876 "2023-03-22T20:05:27Z")
In the “I’ll click on this link to see what a Viennetta is:” … 43% of 47 voters clicked “Sure”, but the link has only 11 clicks. So why didn’t you ? ---
**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 22, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2877 "2023-03-22T21:02:23Z")
“Blücher!” ---
**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:** [March 22, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2878 "2023-03-22T21:04:52Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Kenobi, I’d flip the image to face right - avatars should face their post. Undoubtedly just me 🙂 Ha, I agree with you. Not-Just-You. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2879 "2023-03-22T21:10:26Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > So why didn’t you ? Because I’d already researched it independently before reaching the poll but voted anyway. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2880 "2023-03-22T21:11:52Z")
"He…vas…my…_boyfriend!_ ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/2881 "2023-03-22T21:13:51Z")
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