# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/101 "2011-04-30T20:17:51Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > What is not awesome about calzones? They’re more variable than pizza, so maybe you just had a “meh” one. A great calzone is better than a great pizza, though. I’ve had a couple, never really got that into them. I’m in NYC, just like the Seinfeld gang, so if anyone can recommend some great Manhattan calzones, I’ll try them out. Have yet to find a calzone I like better than pizza! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/102 "2011-04-30T20:26:12Z")
I tried one of those gross challenges that they had on _Man V. Food._ Never again. ☹ ---
**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 30, 2011, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/103 "2011-04-30T23:44:24Z")
> [@zagloba](#): > > Don’t order that from a sheila bartmaid in Adelaide. At the risk of hearing something I don’t want to know, I have to ask why not? ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/104 "2011-05-01T00:58:02Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > At the risk of hearing something I don’t want to know, I have to ask why not? Well, “Fanny” in this part of the world (and the UK and NZ, incidentally) doesn’t generally refer to the buttocks like it does in the US; instead being applied to a certain area of the female anatomy… And “Banging” of course, being a common euphemism for, well, if you don’t know then you probably shouldn’t be on the internet. So, put the two together, and you get a drink with a name you really shouldn’t be ordering in pubs in some parts of the world. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/105 "2011-05-01T02:56:07Z")
> [@joebuck20](#): > > Also for a long time I was curious to try babka because of the episode where Jerry and Elaine are stuck in the bakery… > > Also I first wanted to try cannolis because of the Godfather and all the other Italian-themed movies and shows where they’re referenced. Lesser babka? I used that line with my son today. Godfather/cannolis reminded me I did try svogliatelle because of _The Sopranos_. I want to try that egg in the hole of the toast in the frying pan/griddle in _Moonstruck_. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/106 "2011-05-01T03:10:55Z")
> [@MacCat](#): > > I want to try that egg in the hole of the toast in the frying pan/griddle in _Moonstruck_. If you have a Cracker Barrel around, it’s on the menu there as “Egg in the Basket” ---
**Author:** ![bahia\_hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@bahia\_hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bahia_hombre)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/107 "2011-05-01T03:42:36Z")
The best wine I’ve had (and I don’t buy expensive stuff) was a Frey Vineyards organic merlot from Wild Oats circa 2003. However, since seeing the movie _Sideways_, I’m hesitant to buy/drink any merlot ☹ ---
**Author:** ![MacCat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maccat/32/216_2.png) [@MacCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacCat)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/108 "2011-05-01T03:45:21Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > If you have a Cracker Barrel around, it’s on the menu there as “Egg in the Basket” No Cracker Barrel in these parts, but googling Egg In The Basket found me this… [![](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F1vrceORD9w/TGQpOtjpq-I/AAAAAAAAAKo/wKyLAtRxuAg/s1600/One+Eyed+Jack.jpg) ](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_F1vrceORD9w/TGQpOtjpq-I/AAAAAAAAAKo/wKyLAtRxuAg/s1600/One+Eyed+Jack.jpg) Wish we had some left over Italian bread for Sunday breakfast tomorrow! ---
**Author:** ![Knorf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/58956e/32.png) [@Knorf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knorf)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/109 "2011-05-01T04:26:56Z")
> [@bahia\_hombre](#): > > The best wine I’ve had (and I don’t buy expensive stuff) was a Frey Vineyards organic merlot from Wild Oats circa 2003. However, since seeing the movie _Sideways_, I’m hesitant to buy/drink any merlot ☹ Keep in mind that the dislike of merlot was only expressive of the character’s very idiosyncratic tastes, and nothing more. There are plenty of excellent merlots in the world, at all price points. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/110 "2011-05-01T05:40:37Z")
Cannolis. They were featured on “Cake Boss”. I bought them at a local (in Anchorage when I still lived there) bakery but I didn’t care for them at all. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/111 "2011-05-01T06:28:30Z")
> [@CanvasShoes](#): > > Cannolis. They were featured on “Cake Boss”. I bought them at a local (in Anchorage when I still lived there) bakery but I didn’t care for them at all. Talia Shire must have been in town – normally they’re pretty good if you like sweets. Shire is well-known for putting her hands and mouth all over them whenever she’s in a town and ruining the experience for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/112 "2011-05-01T06:38:47Z")
[QUOTE=Alan Smithee] What is not awesome about calzones? They’re more variable than pizza, so maybe you just had a “meh” one. A great calzone is better than a great pizza, though. [/QUOTE] > [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I’ve had a couple, never really got that into them. I’m in NYC, just like the Seinfeld gang, so if anyone can recommend some great Manhattan calzones, I’ll try them out. Have yet to find a calzone I like better than pizza! Just out of curiosity, did the calzones you tried have the marinara sauce inside the calzone or outside the calzone as a dipping sauce? I believe there’s a dispute over which type is considered to be a “real” calzone. (For the record, I prefer the marinara sauce be inside the calzone.) ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/113 "2011-05-01T08:49:50Z")
Went out drinking tonight and had three brandy and ginger ales. The reason I got into them is when I read Chuck Klosterman’s “Fargo Rock City” he called them Witty Chucks. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2011, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/114 "2011-05-01T09:53:43Z")
[Brawndo](http://www.brawndo.com/) the Thirst Mutilator! ---
**Author:** ![coffinjumper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8baadc/32.png) [@coffinjumper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coffinjumper)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/115 "2011-05-02T04:03:35Z")
Do plays count? I loved the Rent as a teen (still do) and after learning one of the characters was named after the drink Tom Collins became one of my regular orders at bars once I became legal ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/116 "2011-05-03T02:24:35Z")
> [@ryan](#): > > I owe my long time on again/off again love affair with single malt Scotch whisky to trying Glenmorangie on a whim after seeing _Highlander_ when I was 19. That was mine! Though it turns out, I hate straight up whiskey. No matter how cool it may seem to imagine oneself wearing a badass trenchcoat with a katana hidden inside and ordering Glenmorangie in an ambiguous accent, I could barely finish a glass of the stuff. I suppose adding sour mix would have been cheating and/or sacrilege to Scotch drinkers. ETA: (And the barkeep didn’t even have the decency to reply correctly, “Glenmorangie, right.”) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/34f0e0/32.png) [@The\_Lovely\_Margo\_Lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Lovely_Margo_Lane)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/117 "2011-05-03T03:59:24Z")
Gimlets, after reading _The Long Goodbye_. Also supposedly they were Ed Wood’s favorite, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/118 "2011-05-03T05:05:49Z")
Piña colada. Frankly, I prefer getting caught in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![tumbleddown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@tumbleddown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tumbleddown)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/119 "2011-05-03T10:50:27Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > If books also count, I tried Rooibos (red bush tea) because of Alexander McCall Smith’s _Ladies #1 Detective_ series. As did I. It’s not one of my favorites, I’m with Mma Makutsi on that one, I prefer black teas. > [@ministryman](#): > > The Breakfast Club, perhaps? The sandwich in The Breakfast Club was one slice of white bread, one slice of brown, buttered, sugared with the contents of a pixie stick, piled high with Captain Crunch cereal, then mashed down. I may or may not have tried this once in my misguided youth. 🆒 I tried mee krob because of Sex And The City, it was pretty good but it’s not my go-to dish when I order Thai. I tried a black and white cookie because of Seinfeld. I’d had babkas and marble rye, but the B&W cookie remained a mystery. Final verdict is that it’s not worth the unbelievably high calorie/fat count. I’ve used McDonald’s fries and Coke as a remedy when I wake up with a headache (though not a hangover) like Stephanie Plum in Janet Evanovich’s novels. If the headache is from dehydration, it actually works pretty well. One of the times I made butter last year (I do that about four times a year) I tried coloring it by squeezing carrot shavings through cheesecloth, like the Ingalls girls did with Ma in “Little House in the Big Woods” but it didn’t work so well. A large number of my Italian recipes are derived from “Scarpetta’s Winter Table” which is a cookbook written of recipes “from” Patricia Cornwell’s Kay Scarpetta character. The bechamel lasagna is perfection. I’ve made a number of the recipes featured in Joann Fluke’s cookie murder mysteries, and Tamar Myers’s Penn-Dutch series. Both feature a lot of recipes from professional culinary sources, though, so it’s not exactly “from the source” there. Some successes, some notable failures (a cookie from a Fluke book that had corn flakes in it, ech). ---
**Author:** ![brocks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7feea3/32.png) [@brocks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brocks)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/120 "2011-05-03T11:43:16Z")
I don’t remember it, but I’m told that when I was a small boy, I demanded a big heap of spinach, so I could be like Popeye. I dug into it with great enthusiasm, but started spitting it out as soon as I tasted it. I haven’t eaten any since, and it’s been over 50 years. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125.md?page=7)