# What’s For Drinks Tonight: Episode 2025 - The Empire Strikes Back

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** beer, food-cooking, liquor-alcohol, wine\
**Created:** [March 15, 2025, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-for-drinks-tonight-episode-2025-the-empire-strikes-back/1015630 "2025-03-15T22:06:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2025, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-for-drinks-tonight-episode-2025-the-empire-strikes-back/1015630/10 "2025-03-16T06:00:34Z")

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Ah, but you _were_ the primary inspiration as mentioned in the parent thread, which is a great honor indeed!

> [@What's For Dinner Tonight: Episode 2021 – A New Hope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/3930):
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> > [@What's For Dinner Tonight: Episode 2021 – A New Hope](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-for-dinner-tonight-episode-2021-a-new-hope/931015/3929):
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> > Dinner tonight should be simple, involving no more than simmering the marinara with added meatballs while I consume either rum or Caesars (or both, why not), cooking the spaghettini, and nuking the prepared mushrooms.
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> Okay, at this rate, we’ll need a spin-off thread?
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> “What’s For Drink’s Tonight: Episode 2025 - The Empire Strikes Back”
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> 😜

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