# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Number](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/number/32/242_2.png) [@Number](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Number)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/121 "2011-05-03T12:54:13Z")
Oh yes, I also tried a twinkie weiner sandwich, à la _UHF_. I used a vegetarian hot dog, just like Al does these days. Those are actually pretty tasty. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/122 "2011-05-03T15:19:47Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > 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. Do you add the carrot juice to the cream before you churn, or try to color it after you separate out the butter? You have to add it before you churn, so it tints the butterfat. If you try to add it afterwards it doesn’t take. You also have to add way more than you think. The cream needs to be pretty much orange. Same if you are making cheese, you need to add it to the milk before you add the rennet. Actually cheesemaking is fun, you can add herbs and other stuff to the milk to steep, to flavor it to have flavored cheese without flecks of stuff in it. [you steep it then strain out the flavoring stuff] Now I am getting an urge to find a farmer who will sell me a few gallons of raw milk to make some cheese… ---
**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, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/123 "2011-05-03T17:50:32Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Do you add the carrot juice to the cream before you churn, or try to color it after you separate out the butter? I did it before I churned. I added enough to change the color, the trouble was getting the juice out of the carrots. It took far more physical effort than it was really worth, but like I said, I like my butter to be its pale yellow natural shade. > [@](#): > > Actually cheesemaking is fun, you can add herbs and other stuff to the milk to steep, to flavor it to have flavored cheese without flecks of stuff in it. [you steep it then strain out the flavoring stuff] Do you have any cheesemaking resources you can share? I make mozzarella but I’d love to branch out. I have a source of raw goat milk to make chevre… ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/124 "2011-05-03T18:31:33Z")
Slightly off-topic, but there’s a scene in **Wargames** where the father butters a slice of bread, then wraps it around his corn-on-the-cob and twists the corn around it to butter it. Ever since then that’s the way I’ve buttered my corn-on-the-cob, using the end piece of the bread which I otherwise would throw away. ---
**Author:** ![Feyrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/fbc32d/32.png) [@Feyrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feyrat)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/125 "2011-05-03T18:55:53Z")
Put me down as another one of those who tried and hated Turkish Delight because of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe… And while it’s not exactly trying something new, I always want a stir fry or some sushi while I watch anime… I dunno, I think it’s the chopsticks, lol ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/126 "2011-05-03T19:26:27Z")
I had a [Lucky Dog](http://neworleans.metblogs.com/2006/01/29/the-triumphant-return-of-lucky-dogs/) in New Orleans because of _Confederacy of Dunces_. I’d probably have had one anyway because I love street food and hot dogs anyhow, but I loved the book and made sure I had one when I got to NOLA. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/127 "2011-05-03T21:34:52Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > I did it before I churned. I added enough to change the color, the trouble was getting the juice out of the carrots. It took far more physical effort than it was really worth, but like I said, I like my butter to be its pale yellow natural shade. > > Do you have any cheesemaking resources you can share? I make mozzarella but I’d love to branch out. I have a source of raw goat milk to make chevre… Ah, I just used the really fine grater, and grated it directly into the cream, soaked while the cream aged overnight, strained it all out then churned. Frankly, I just dont care what color my butter is ) I pretty much only make cheddar, I got the recipe from American Cheesemaker years ago. I make it mainly for the curds, I like the way they squeek. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/128 "2011-05-03T21:46:20Z")
On Babylon 5 Michael Garibaldi, the head of station security, made an Italian hot oil dip called bagna cauda, which literally means “hot bath” Equal amounts of butter and olive oil are warmed gently together, then a load of finely minced fresh garlic is tossed in to steep, and flavor the mix. Just before serving anchovies are added and blended until they break up. Then you dip chunks of fresh bread or crisp veggies in the oil and enjoy. As Dr. Franklin said, while eyeing it warily, “I can feel my arteries hardening just being in the same room with it.” But tried it and loved it. If you let it cool it firms up a little, and can be spread on French or Italian bread and grilled or broiled. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/129 "2011-05-03T22:02:44Z")
I too tried vegemite thanks to the “Men at Work” reference. And I fell in love with it. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/130 "2011-05-04T14:30:37Z")
I tried madeira, a fortified wine that to my unsophisticated palate tasted a lot like sherry, after reading in a biography that it was George Washington’s favorite drink. It was OK but not really my thing. Haven’t had it since. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/131 "2011-05-04T15:29:53Z")
Surely I can’t be the only child of the 80’s who didn’t ever try Reese’s Pieces until they began the Official Lure of E.T.?! ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/132 "2011-05-04T16:00:34Z")
> [@Alan\_Smithee](#): > > …Pocari Sweat (which I saw for the first time in Hawaii) after reading a thriller set in Japan called “Tokyo Zero.” I really liked it, and wish they had it around here! Aren’t you at all concerned about the cruel process used to wring the sweat out of all those poor little pocaris? I keep wondering when PETA will start a campaign against the drink. I love calzones (we get them from Dewey’s Pizza, here in NE Ohio), but don’t remember the _Seinfeld_ reference. Anyone know which episode? I always assumed a Fruity Oaty Bar was just a garden-variety granola bar with a fruit filling. I can find those at any supermarket. I liked merlot long before _Sideways_, and Earl Grey tea long before _Star Trek: The Next Generation_, and still do. Did creme brulee have an uptick in popularity after it was mentioned in _Amelie_? Good stuff. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/133 "2011-05-04T16:43:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Earl Grey tea Forgot about that one. ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/134 "2011-05-04T17:50:38Z")
Wensleydale cheese, from _Wallace and Grommit_. And Number One Nephew insisted on a Harry Potter menu for his last birthday, so “butterbeer” and “cauldroncakes” (… creame soda with whipped cream, and sweet pancakes). ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/135 "2011-05-04T20:07:26Z")
> [@Lightray](#): > > Wensleydale cheese, from _Wallace and Grommit_… Ooo, yes! I got some Stinking Bishop cheese after the most recent W&G movie. It was stinky, but not _that_ stinky, and tasted OK, but isn’t something I need to have again. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/136 "2011-05-04T20:28:17Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I love calzones (we get them from Dewey’s Pizza, here in NE Ohio), but don’t remember the _Seinfeld_ reference. Anyone know which episode? It’s been awhile since I’ve seen the episode. But IIRC, George brings one into work one day, his boss sees it, has a bite and starts raving about it. Soon, he starts asking George to bring them in all the time. But at the shop where George buys them, the cashier fails to see him putting money into the tip jar and gives him a dirty look. So the next time he makes a calzone run, George tries to make a big show of putting a few bucks in the jar, but the cashier bends down to get something from under the counter and again fails to see him put the money in. George gets frustrated, reaches into the jar, while the cashier’s back is turned, to try to retrieve the money so he can put it in again. But the cashier happens to turn around just as George is putting his hand into the jar and banishes him from the store. There’s also a side plot about Kramer heating his clothes in the shop’s pizza oven. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/137 "2011-05-04T21:00:43Z")
Thanks. I’ll do a little Googling and see if I can find the episode and season. ---
**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 5, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125/138 "2011-05-05T01:09:03Z")
Some of the Calzone Episode… [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1kqkGvutGw) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ever-try-a-food-because-of-a-movie-show-song/580125.md?page=6)