# Ever try a food because of a movie/show/song? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2011, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125 "2011-04-29T04:32:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/21 "2011-04-29T12:18:15Z")
Back in high school, some of the kids tried Fruit Striped Gum because of the line on Pauls Boutique (“I got more flavor than fruit striped gum!”) ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/22 "2011-04-29T12:21:15Z")
I started drinking Snapple in the '90s because of Seinfeld. I haven’t had it in years though. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/23 "2011-04-29T12:29:54Z")
> [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](#): > > Turkish delight, because of _The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe._. That was mine too. Disgusting! The Queen must have had some kick-ass powers to make anyone want to eat more of it. I prefer to think of Turkish delight the way I imagined it as a kid; definitely something chocolatey. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/24 "2011-04-29T12:33:23Z")
I adapted a tuna salad recipe from an Ellery Queen novel, leaving out the poison. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/25 "2011-04-29T12:37:19Z")
Commander Taggart’s favorite meal. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/26 "2011-04-29T13:04:38Z")
I had to invent a Tequila Fannybanger after reading about it in Bloom County. It turned out to be a not too bad summer drink and really did get me hammered that one weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/27 "2011-04-29T13:09:41Z")
A few years ago I came across a website (no longer in existence) that had a lot of old TV commercial jingles. One was for Lowenbrau beer, which I hadn’t heard of in years. It still exists, so I bought a six-pack or two. The jingle was some hokey song about two friends who met for the first time in a while: “Here’s to good friends, tonight is kind of special…” ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/28 "2011-04-29T13:11:40Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I adapted a tuna salad recipe from an Ellery Queen novel, leaving out the poison. Yeah, I hate mayonnaise too. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/29 "2011-04-29T13:13:09Z")
Yep, fried green tomatoes. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/30 "2011-04-29T13:23:25Z")
Cornish pasties. I read about them in Neil Gaiman’s _American Gods_ and they sounded good so I found a recipe online. They’re one of my favorite foods now. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/31 "2011-04-29T13:28:54Z")
Caucasian - The Big Lebowski Milk and Pepsi - Laverne and Shirley - Loved it! Also, I would like to drink everything mentioned in Hemingway’s Garden of Eden. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/32 "2011-04-29T13:32:23Z")
I once leafed through the Nero Wolfe cookbook, - a genre called ‘continental cooking’ - but as I don’t have a chef on call 24/7 or access to a brace of pheasants, I can only dream on. However! I have had GREAT success with Sticky Toffee Pudding (or something similar) mentioned in some Harry Potter book, made with dates and brown sugar. Even better with Whiskey Sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/33 "2011-04-29T13:34:28Z")
I love culinary mysteries and have tried a lot of recipes from some of the authors. Diane Mott Davidson and Joanne Fluke come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/34 "2011-04-29T13:35:33Z")
Well, I woke up this morning and I got myself a beer… ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/35 "2011-04-29T13:36:23Z")
Tupelo Honey is not all Van Morrison says it is, it has an aftertaste I don’t care for. ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/36 "2011-04-29T13:48:29Z")
When Jimmy Stewart arrives in San Diego in _Spirit of St. Louis_, his hosts (at the company which will manufacture the title airplane) offer him sand dabs heated with a welder’s torch. They’re bad. So when I saw sand dabs at a California restaurant–we don’t have them here in the Midwest–I had to order them. They weren’t heated with a welder’s torch, though, and damn, they were good. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/37 "2011-04-29T13:48:45Z")
“I like that black fucking darjeeling,” got me interested in teas. It only took Al Swearengen’s recommenation. ---
**Author:** ![ministryman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@ministryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ministryman)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/38 "2011-04-29T14:04:16Z")
Vodka Martinis - shaken AND stirred. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/39 "2011-04-29T14:06:32Z")
The Fountains of Wayne song _Red Dragon Tattoo_ inspired me to try Basil Hayden’s bourbon. Tasty stuff! ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/40 "2011-04-29T14:40:51Z")
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