# 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:** 364
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7264 "2023-10-07T20:15:35Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > A few years ago there was the infamous red-and-green NFL game, which was a nightmare for color-blind folks like me. Huh, you’d think it would be a nightmare for color-blind _players_. Strange that the league okayed that. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7265 "2023-10-07T20:35:07Z")
Hot dogs: Miller’s. They’re seriously great. [![](https://images.albertsons-media.com/is/image/ABS/188570114-ECOM?$ng-ecom-pdp-desktop$&defaultImage=Not_Available) ](https://images.albertsons-media.com/is/image/ABS/188570114-ECOM?$ng-ecom-pdp-desktop$&defaultImage=Not_Available) Though I also like Casper’s. [![](https://www.seriouseats.com/thmb/pBNfi5k5P4AK3LcyiRyqM80wwaA=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/ __opt__ aboutcom __coeus__ resources __content_migration__ serious_eats __seriouseats.com__ images __2014__ 10__20141001-hot-dog-taste-test-california-1-1a9aae1a043f4eb9a0eebb09c7ca5989.jpg) ](https://www.seriouseats.com/thmb/pBNfi5k5P4AK3LcyiRyqM80wwaA=/750x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc():format(webp)/__opt __aboutcom__ coeus __resources__ content_migration __serious_eats__ seriouseats.com __images__ 2014 __10__ 20141001-hot-dog-taste-test-california-1-1a9aae1a043f4eb9a0eebb09c7ca5989.jpg) I used to eat Nathan’s until I found out they’re serious Trumpists. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7266 "2023-10-07T20:39:57Z")
Comiskey Park used to have a Best’s Kosher stand out behind the center-field bleachers. No matter where I was sitting I would make the trek out there whenever I was at a game. Best dog I’ve ever had, and even better topped with some caramelized onion. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7267 "2023-10-07T20:48:20Z")
> [@thorny\_locust](#): > > Ah. I thought they did that with different colors. White uniform/jersey vs. not-white is, in most cases, going to be a contrast that not only the fans, but more importantly the _players_ (and the game officials/referees) can instantly identify. That’s important in many sports, such as football, where you don’t want a player to be accidentally passing to (or tackling) someone from the other team. In the NFL, for example, the home team gets to choose which of their jerseys (white or dark) that they will wear for a particular game, and the visiting team is required to wear the opposite. Most teams opt for wearing their dark jerseys at home, but a few (most notably the Dallas Cowboys) opt for white at home. (However, there’ve been a few games, like the stupid NFL “Color Rush” uniforms, as shown in that red-green nightmare photo, where both teams were wearing dark.) In MLB, home teams traditionally wear white, and visiting teams dark, but that, too, has evolved in recent years, with teams often having several different alternate uniforms. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7268 "2023-10-07T21:27:25Z")
In the NHL, it used to be that the home team wore light and the visitors dark. A few years ago they switched and now the home team wears dark. I have no idea why they did this. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7269 "2023-10-07T22:02:36Z")
Yeah, that confused me! However, I preferred the dark jerseys and was sad they made the change to dark for home happened after I no longer had season tickets. My favorite hot dog brand is Farmer John, but I don’t think they’re national (“Easternmost in quality. Westernmost in flavor” said in Vin Scully’s voice). Also, it was a Farmer John’s plant where the pig’s blood came from in _Carrie._ ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7270 "2023-10-07T22:39:40Z")
Apologies for the usage of the vague term “fish,” but I just needed a word to differentiate from what I’m pretty sure we all automatically think of when we see the word “fish” and other more specific types of seafood. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2023, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7271 "2023-10-07T22:50:10Z")
I don’t really have any hot dog brand loyalty. I’ll usually just buy whichever bun-length one is on sale. I’ve yet to encounter one that’s impressed me enough to remember what it was. Most lasagna is made in a manner that I do not like (I hate ricotta or any of its substitutes), so I’m going with the taco. I’ll pretty much only eat lasagna if I made it. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7272 "2023-10-07T23:26:26Z")
Ball Park Franks are you-all’s favorite. Oy. We’re going to hell in a handbasket for sure. Those are terrible hot dogs. The local favorite amongst my fellow foodies is [Ambassador](https://www.wimmersmeats.com/brands/ambassador/). And I agree with them. Like @DCnDC I went with the taco grande. Can’t ever go wrong with a taco, in my experience, but I’ve had some questionable lasagnas. I love a good lasagna, but not a mediocre one. ---
**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:** [October 7, 2023, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7273 "2023-10-07T23:29:56Z")
> [@suranyi](#): > > In the NHL, it used to be that the home team wore light and the visitors dark. A few years ago they switched and now the home team wears dark. My understanding (and it may be urban legend) is that both NHL and MLB teams traditionally wore dark jerseys on the road, as their “road trips” frequently involved multiple stops in multiple cities, and they may not have had easy access to laundry facilities during those trips – and that it was more obvious that white uniforms were unlaundered than dark ones were. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7274 "2023-10-08T01:09:39Z")
“Meats” poll going pretty much exactly as I’d expect it. No real big surprises there. Personally of the “exotic” meats I’ve had, I probably liked frog the best. It wasn’t quite “chickeny fish” or “fishy chicken” as I’ve heard most amphibian meat described before, I mean yes it was approximately the same size and texture of a chicken wing, but the flavor was very unique and it resembled neither chicken nor fish. That said, the supermarket I go to clearly fries their wings in the same oil as the fish, so most of the time the fried chicken wings have a distinctly fishy tinge to them. It’s actually not bad, it definitely kind of grew on me eating through that first batch, and I’ve gone back and bought them again, it’s just a bit shocking the first time you taste it. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7275 "2023-10-08T02:09:18Z")
I generally prefer the color uniforms over the whites but my favorite sport is baseball and my favorite team is the Yankees. You can’t beat the iconic white pinstriped uniform. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2023, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7276 "2023-10-08T02:28:57Z")
If you want to see how a color blind person saw that football game, the following should show it > **[Colorblind Web Page Filter Testing Tool & Simulator | Toptal®](https://www.toptal.com/designers/colorfilter?orig_uri=https:%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2F195486993@N02%2F53241256986&process_type=protan)** > > Online color filter tool to aid colorblind anomalies. Simply enter a URL and pick a filter. Start now! ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7277 "2023-10-08T02:56:35Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > You can’t beat the iconic white pinstriped uniform. Based on the Yankees record this year, EVERYBODY can beat the “iconic white pinstriped uniform.” 😛 ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7278 "2023-10-08T03:02:26Z")
It didn’t include antelope. 😉 I’ve had all but four of those: bear, other rodent (which is a key big category), snake, and camel. I thought the bird and fish categories were awfully broad, though. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7279 "2023-10-08T03:04:00Z")
…ghost? ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7280 "2023-10-08T03:09:31Z")
I didn’t answer the “why don’t you eat pork” poll, because I’ve had pork, and even had a little today. But I’ve cut way back on pork and rarely eat it for two reasons not listed: - Pigs are awfully intelligent to eat - Commercially reared pork is often raised in inhumane “factories”, where the pigs can’t socialize or root or do other normal piggy things. (I don’t eat US veal, either, although i gather things are getting better for veal calves.) ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7281 "2023-10-08T03:25:20Z")
I haven’t had the newest meat substitutes. I voted based on some that have been around for a decade or two, and which tasted mostly like salt to 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:** [October 8, 2023, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7282 "2023-10-08T03:45:13Z")
I haven’t had the newest meat substitutes, either. But I’ve had all the meat alternatives mentioned here > **[7 Nutritious Vegan Ingredients to Replace Meat (And None Are Plant-Based Meat...](https://vegnews.com/vegan-health-wellness/meaty-vegan-swaps)** > > A comprehensive list of healthy and delicious vegan substitutes that will help satisfy your every meat craving. And i like most of them, at least in the right preparation. Tempeh Jackfruit Tofu Beans Seitan Mushrooms Cauliflower Well, i really didn’t like jackfruit the one time i had it. But I’ve enjoyed all the others. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2023, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380/7283 "2023-10-08T03:55:37Z")
I like mushrooms, cauliflower, and beans just fine. But as themselves, not as meat substitutes. The seitan and tempeh I think are the ones that tasted mostly like salt to me. They certainly didn’t taste like meat. I’ve had things I liked that were made with tofu, but it wasn’t the tofu that I liked; tofu to me is just sort of there. If it’s soaked with something that tastes good then it can taste good. It’s not remotely like meat. I don’t think I’ve ever had jackfruit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=363) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-1/972380.md?page=365)