Potlucks...like or no like? (hamburgers, fast food, frozen, paprika)

[NoMoreSnowForMe]

Love them. Unless you get the potluck nazi in the mix who tries to control and coordinate how many salads, who's bringing what, "Oh, no dear you can't bring another pasta dish..."

The alternative would be something prepared by someone else anyway, unless you cooked it all yourself.

And when you get your choice ahead of what you must choose to eat on some day in the future, I always ended up wishing I'd ordered the other dish ha ha. Dang, that salmon looks good, why did I order chicken again!"

EDIT: CSD610, we were posting at the same time LOL! I like the idea of a list, and then let people police themselves as to whether there are too many pasta dishes, etc. It's the control freak I could never stand.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by NoMoreSnowForMe

Love them. Unless you get the potluck nazi in the mix who tries to control and coordinate how many salads, who's bringing what, "Oh, no dear you can't bring another pasta dish..."

The alternative would be something prepared by someone else anyway, unless you cooked it all yourself.

And when you get your choice ahead of what you must choose to eat on some day in the future, I always ended up wishing I'd ordered the other dish ha ha. Dang, that salmon looks good, why did I order chicken again!"

EDIT: CSD610, we were posting at the same time LOL! I like the idea of a list, and then let people police themselves as to whether there are too many pasta dishes, etc. It's the control freak I could never stand.

I guess I've been lucky. All of the pot luck dinners I've participated in involved cash for the main course, grilled food or BBQ, and everyone contributing salads, side dishes and desserts. I think a bit of organization is necessary. You don't want everyone to show up with a salad or a dessert.

[CSD610]

Originally Posted by Gerania

I guess I've been lucky. All of the pot luck dinners I've participated in involved cash for the main course, grilled food or BBQ, and everyone contributing salads, side dishes and desserts. I think a bit of organization is necessary. You don't want everyone to show up with a salad or a dessert.

I always knew what I was going to bring though because someone would always put Pizza for me and it wasn't me doing it.
They all loved my homemade pizza and it was required at every potluck; it is a good thing I did not mind making and carrying that thing to work every other month.
I think it weighed 5 pounds.......LOL

[adventuregurl]

I don't like them, I'm allergic to gluten and other things so I just find it a big pain in the butt.

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by CSD610

I always knew what I was going to bring though because someone would always put Pizza for me and it wasn't me doing it.
They all loved my homemade pizza and it was required at every potluck; it is a good thing I did not mind making and carrying that thing to work every other month.
I think it weighed 5 pounds.......LOL

Oh, now I need some of your pizza. I know how good pizza tastes, and I just can't do it at home. I've tried.

[tijlover]

Being I work with so many Filipino's at a LTC/Rehab facility, we're bound to get lots of Filipino food at the pot lucks. Every night I'm there, they're always there to share their food with other workers, and, in general, I just don't care for their food! Some of it is just OK, some of it too foreign to my taste buds, and some of it tasty.

I've been a great cook for decades, and perhaps I'm just too fussy, but, overall, I'm not all that crazy about pot lucks!

[Bulldogdad]

Since I became a contractor and got out the office environment about 15 years ago it's one of the things I miss. However I do get invited to many of my suppliers and clients potlucks. Yum just show up with some liquor or soft drinks depending and CHOWTIME.

My wife is usually the brings the best dish to her office parties. She gets requests for certain dishes at certain times or the year alobondiga soup, pozole soup, fresh lasagne and tamales are the most requested this time of year. poeple just don't understand the time effort and money that goes into making them. It's not a casserole dearie.

Oh can your husband make one of his fresh berry or double fluffy pumpkin pies with the home made crusts?

[TexasHorseLady]

Originally Posted by adventuregurl

I don't like them, I'm allergic to gluten and other things so I just find it a big pain in the butt.

So bring something yourself that you CAN eat and that others will enjoy, too!

I used to be an extremely picky eater for about the first 20 years of my life (before my husband got me hooked on a couple of things and then took me to where they didn't exist, and I got over it gradually). Even then, back in the dark ages, I knew that I could join in the festivities by bringing something I liked for myself and others to enjoy. I didn't have to eat what others brought, if they were things I didn't enjoy, or bring attention to the fact that I didn't care for them, but I could still be social.

How do you deal with going to someone else's house for dinner? Or do you just not do that?

[nmnita]

I love them; the least of my worries is germs, heck, most of us come in contact with germs every hour of every day, even in our own homes whether we think so or not and I am not going to worry about who does and does not have a pet. This Sunday evening our small bible study class is having a pot luck, just appitizers but there will be a good selection I am sure. The host home is furnishing all the alcohol, we are doing the rest. I am taking cocktail cream puffs, 1/2 with seafood and 1/2 with chicken salad.

[sonetlumiere]

Originally Posted by apexgds

...."Christmas in the South" potluck (favorite southern US comfort foods)...

Chitterlings and possum. Bon appetit!