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I'll Name the Food, You Name the Movie

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ludja

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Here is a clue for another movie:

Cuban food al fresco next to the railroad tracks

"Under the dusty almond trees, ... stalls were set up which sold banana liquor, rolls, blood puddings, chopped fried meat, meat pies, sausage, yucca breads, crullers, buns, corn breads, puff pastes, longanizas, tripes, coconut nougats, rum toddies, along with all sorts of trifles, gewgaws, trinkets, and knickknacks, and cockfights and lottery tickets."

-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1962 "Big Mama's Funeral"

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Here is a clue for another movie:

Cuban food al fresco next to the railroad tracks

The Station Agent, yes?

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."  -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Act 1

 

"Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged."  -Max Tegmark, physicist

 

Gene Weingarten, writing in the Washington Post about online news stories and the accompanying readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

 

"...in the mid-’90s when the internet was coming...there was a tendency to assume that when all the world’s knowledge comes online, everyone will flock to it. It turns out that if you give everyone access to the Library of Congress, what they do is watch videos on TikTok."  -Neil Stephenson, author, in The Atlantic

 

"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer

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From one of my favorite movies: A pint of chocolate ice cream, eaten directly from the container, and a bowl of Wheaties with milk. Neither got finished.

Edited by Alex (log)

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."  -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Act 1

 

"Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged."  -Max Tegmark, physicist

 

Gene Weingarten, writing in the Washington Post about online news stories and the accompanying readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

 

"...in the mid-’90s when the internet was coming...there was a tendency to assume that when all the world’s knowledge comes online, everyone will flock to it. It turns out that if you give everyone access to the Library of Congress, what they do is watch videos on TikTok."  -Neil Stephenson, author, in The Atlantic

 

"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer

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Bacon, lettuce (only the soft parts), and tomato with mayonnaise on pumpernickel toast (with the crusts cut off).

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."  -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Act 1

 

"Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged."  -Max Tegmark, physicist

 

Gene Weingarten, writing in the Washington Post about online news stories and the accompanying readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

 

"...in the mid-’90s when the internet was coming...there was a tendency to assume that when all the world’s knowledge comes online, everyone will flock to it. It turns out that if you give everyone access to the Library of Congress, what they do is watch videos on TikTok."  -Neil Stephenson, author, in The Atlantic

 

"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer

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This looks like a fun thread. What movie is this line from?

"Do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk, ice cream?"

Dr. Strangelove.

How about this one:

"Creme de la creme, a la Edgar"

"There is nothing like a good tomato sandwich now and then."

-Harriet M. Welsch

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This looks like a fun thread. What movie is this line from?

"Do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk, ice cream?"

Dr. Strangelove.

How about this one:

"Creme de la creme, a la Edgar"

That didn't last long. OK, what's the name of the movie that featured, among a variety of food items, bread and butter.

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I went back over the pages of this discussion and found the list was longer than I had posted.

This should be the current unsolved movies:

1. Peanut butter and ground beef.

Clues: Now, I already mentioned it might be cheating since was only in the movie due to the movie's subject matter...but if you do not hurry, you will not be able to eat this at the location in the film. You will have to use the "recipe" someone posted long ago in eGullet (!!) [Marlene's burger with PB]

2. a ritz cracker and chopped liver

3. French fries and gravy.

4. Eggs, oysters, whipped cream

5. Egg yolk, a turkey drumstick, and birthday cake?

6. "I'll sleep with you for a meatball."

7. a spaghetti-proof bib, two pork chops and a few slaps round the chops........

8. "Say was that a Big Kahuna Burger? That's one tasty MF'er."

9. At the beginning of the film: milk & crackers.

Towards the end of the film: "No milk & crackers."

(Inbetween the two there was gelato, champagne & cold coffee)

10. a bowl of oatmeal on a toddler's head and chewing each bite of food a specific number of times to aid digestion

11. The buttering of a baguette as Sartori.

12. how about a disgusting bony,lethal chinese meal??

13. ".......and a microwave that browns!.......melted cheese, ummmmm I don't

think I EVER tasted melted cheese before."

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14. A large ham    CLUE: about the size of a little girl

#10 is Sitting Pretty with Clifton Webb.

The poodle pot pie was in Theater of Blood with Vincent Price and Diana Rigg.

Similar to No. 10 would be

A half a grapefruit shoved in the face.

"A fool", he said, "would have swallowed it". Samuel Johnson

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I can't believe this game is still ongoing and that you're coming up with so many examples, especially from movies I've seen but just don't recall in terms of foods mentioned.

For me the challenge is coming up with more weird combinations (twinkies & mustard) or examples from movies not made in Hollywood, color or English. Drawing a blank.

I'm deleting a few items from the quoted list of ten created at 8:11 PM on Feb 9 since they were solved.

1. a ritz cracker and chopped liver

?2. Egg yolk, a turkey drumstick, and birthday cake?--Petit Tete guessed Tampopo, too. Right?

3. a spaghetti-proof bib, two pork chops and a few slaps round the chops........

4. "Say was that a Big Kahuna Burger? That's one tasty MF'er."

5. At the beginning of the film: milk & crackers.

Towards the end of the film: "No milk & crackers."

(In between the two there was gelato, champagne & cold coffee)

6. The buttering of a baguette as Sartori.

7. how about a disgusting bony,lethal chinese meal??

8. ".......and a microwave that browns!.......melted cheese, ummmmm I don't

think I EVER tasted melted cheese before."

9. A large ham    CLUE: about the size of a little girl

10. A half a grapefruit shoved in the face.

11. Bread and butter as a repeating motif.

12. "Amazing…an amontillado! And the finest amontillado I have ever tasted! ... This is quite definitely real turtle soup! … And what a turtle soup! … But that’s ‘Blinis Demidoff!… And this most certainly is Veuve Cliquot 1860!" (Welcome New Member, Craig Reeves!)

In between washing dishes, etc., I will look through the thread and see if any of these have been solved. I'll also add new ones in revising the post.

A big Congratulations to a Little Head of Cabbage for FINALLY solving the ground beef & PB clue! To Maddogs, too, for posing such a stumper.

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The potatoes hiss." --Sylvia Plath

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For me the challenge is coming up with more weird combinations (twinkies & mustard) or examples from movies not made in Hollywood, color or English.  Drawing a blank.

Then try this one. The featured food item is "Explosive Pissing Beef Balls".

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3. egg yolk, a turkey drumstick, and birthday cake 

Tampopo?

Sorry, I missed this reply yesterday. But I wasn't thinking of Tampopo. Further clues to this movie: A cook making horrible pancakes and fried eggs while the dancing dishwasher flings plates at him; and eating popcorn while watching the movie Dumbo.

April (I guess my tastes are too lowbrow!)

One cantaloupe is ripe and lush/Another's green, another's mush/I'd buy a lot more cantaloupe/ If I possessed a fluoroscope. Ogden Nash

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10 = The Public Enemy

12 = Babette's Feast

I thought #4 was solved (Pulp Fiction). No?

I can't believe this game is still ongoing and that you're coming up with so many examples, especially from movies I've seen but just don't recall in terms of foods mentioned.

For me the challenge is coming up with more weird combinations (twinkies & mustard) or examples from movies not made in Hollywood, color or English.  Drawing a blank.

I'm deleting a few items from the quoted list of ten created at 8:11 PM on Feb 9 since they were solved.

1. a ritz cracker and chopped liver

?2. Egg yolk, a turkey drumstick, and birthday cake?--Petit Tete guessed Tampopo, too. Right?

3. a spaghetti-proof bib, two pork chops and a few slaps round the chops........

4. "Say was that a Big Kahuna Burger? That's one tasty MF'er."

5. At the beginning of the film: milk & crackers.

Towards the end of the film: "No milk & crackers."

(In between the two there was gelato, champagne & cold coffee)

6. The buttering of a baguette as Sartori.

7. how about a disgusting bony,lethal chinese meal??

8. ".......and a microwave that browns!.......melted cheese, ummmmm I don't

think I EVER tasted melted cheese before."

9. A large ham    CLUE: about the size of a little girl

10. A half a grapefruit shoved in the face.

11.  Bread and butter as a repeating motif.

12. "Amazing…an amontillado! And the finest amontillado I have ever tasted! ... This is quite definitely real turtle soup! … And what a turtle soup! … But that’s ‘Blinis Demidoff!… And this most certainly is Veuve Cliquot 1860!"  (Welcome New Member, Craig Reeves!)

In between washing dishes, etc., I will look through the thread and see if any of these have been solved.  I'll also add new ones in revising the post.

A big Congratulations to a Little Head of Cabbage for FINALLY solving the ground beef & PB clue!  To Maddogs, too, for posing such a stumper.

"There is no sincerer love than the love of food."  -George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman, Act 1

 

"Imagine all the food you have eaten in your life and consider that you are simply some of that food, rearranged."  -Max Tegmark, physicist

 

Gene Weingarten, writing in the Washington Post about online news stories and the accompanying readers' comments: "I basically like 'comments,' though they can seem a little jarring: spit-flecked rants that are appended to a product that at least tries for a measure of objectivity and dignity. It's as though when you order a sirloin steak, it comes with a side of maggots."

 

"...in the mid-’90s when the internet was coming...there was a tendency to assume that when all the world’s knowledge comes online, everyone will flock to it. It turns out that if you give everyone access to the Library of Congress, what they do is watch videos on TikTok."  -Neil Stephenson, author, in The Atlantic

 

"In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual." -Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer

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Here is a clue for another movie:

Cuban food al fresco next to the railroad tracks

The Station Agent, yes?

Yup! I just watched it last night... interesting movie.

"Under the dusty almond trees, ... stalls were set up which sold banana liquor, rolls, blood puddings, chopped fried meat, meat pies, sausage, yucca breads, crullers, buns, corn breads, puff pastes, longanizas, tripes, coconut nougats, rum toddies, along with all sorts of trifles, gewgaws, trinkets, and knickknacks, and cockfights and lottery tickets."

-- Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1962 "Big Mama's Funeral"

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6. The buttering of a baguette as Sartori.

"Diva"?

1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix

Bravo... one of my favorite films and Serge slicing and buttering the baguette, describing it as his ultimate please "for which the French are envied the world over" is a beautiful scene.

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6. The buttering of a baguette as Sartori.

"Diva"?

1981 film directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix

Or that Truffot film, I can't think of the name, with the kid from The 400 Blows semi-grown up.

Edit: not Fellini, Truffot (sp)

Sorry, JohnnyD got it.

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Wow, what a fun game! You guys are blowing me away. I thought I was a movie geek, but am out of my league. I've got to go digging around in my netflix now - sigh.

The tasty MF'r (Big Kahuna Burger) is from Pulp Fiction, and that is my favorite scene in the movie, that and the Royale with cheese, because they have the metric system in Europe.

Let's see - there is:

1. Lemonade, with lots and lots and lots of powdered sugar

2. Cocoa after the manicure

3. Breakfast that froze on the way over here from the damn restaurant

Three movies, one very exceptional leading lady for all three.

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Wow, what a fun game! You guys are blowing me away. I thought I was a movie geek, but am out of my league. I've got to go digging around in my netflix now - sigh.

The tasty MF'r (Big Kahuna Burger) is from Pulp Fiction, and that is my favorite scene in the movie, that and the Royale with cheese, because they have the metric system in Europe.

Let's see - there is:

1. Lemonade, with lots and lots and lots of powdered sugar

2. Cocoa after the manicure

3. Breakfast that froze on the way over here from the damn restaurant

Three movies, one very exceptional leading lady for all three.

#3 is Coal Miner's Daughter?

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It's the weekend, isn't it? What else is there to do but play this game?

Here's one:

*Elderberry wine.*

Here's another one:

*Scotch coffee, Canadian coffee, sour-mash coffee.*

(I'm putting asterisks * in to help the dedicated people who are keeping lists of live entries. Pontormo, does that help?)

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