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Let's be a good old-fashioned Pot Luck dinner after Sunday Church Service!

What did you bring?

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by Anonymousreply 193April 18, 2021 4:18 AM

DEVILED EGGS!

by Anonymousreply 1April 12, 2021 10:58 PM

My Momma always brought Swedish rice pudding and Meatballs. Once my daddy got drunk and brought a bottle of Gloog to the men's group for rumatiz medicine. Never ever bring lutefish, Anywhere!

by Anonymousreply 2April 12, 2021 10:58 PM

Broccoli casserole, with rice and cheese. Yum.

by Anonymousreply 3April 12, 2021 10:58 PM

Memphis Corn Pudding!

by Anonymousreply 4April 12, 2021 10:59 PM

I'm COVID 19!

by Anonymousreply 5April 12, 2021 10:59 PM

Rhodesia salad

by Anonymousreply 6April 12, 2021 10:59 PM

Covid!

by Anonymousreply 7April 12, 2021 11:00 PM

I brought the bucket of KFC. I'm lazy.

by Anonymousreply 8April 12, 2021 11:01 PM

I'm the meatballs simmered in Pepsi..cloyingly sweet and hard as a rock...people rave about them

by Anonymousreply 9April 12, 2021 11:02 PM

I guess it depends on the demonizations of the faith. White trash southern churches still eat KFC, Mac and Cheese, sandwiches, anything on BOGO from the local Publix and sweet tea. I don't know what anyone else eats..

by Anonymousreply 10April 12, 2021 11:02 PM

A fine big-dicked black man.

by Anonymousreply 11April 12, 2021 11:04 PM

I brought a big Southern helpin of my hubby’s famous sausage. Everybody in the neighborhood just loves to wrap their mouth around his meat. It’s so hot and satisfyin.

by Anonymousreply 12April 12, 2021 11:05 PM

I brought four crockpots full of stuff for those pagan poofters, and everything was gone, including the crock pots! I was in church channeling God. Please Lord, strike them down with loose bowels.

by Anonymousreply 13April 12, 2021 11:06 PM

I brought salmonella, bitches!

by Anonymousreply 14April 12, 2021 11:07 PM

a knife and a fork because I'M HUNGRY.

by Anonymousreply 15April 12, 2021 11:07 PM

I'm naturally bringing one of my many Jello salads!

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by Anonymousreply 16April 12, 2021 11:08 PM

Wedding Potatoes with an extra special ingredient - a long strand of black hair at the bottom of the casserole dish, where no one notices it until most of the potatoes are served.

by Anonymousreply 17April 12, 2021 11:08 PM

Funeral Potatoes

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by Anonymousreply 18April 12, 2021 11:08 PM

I’ll bring my son, Billy Ray.

by Anonymousreply 19April 12, 2021 11:14 PM

I'm the baked ziti.

by Anonymousreply 20April 12, 2021 11:21 PM

Overly cooked Methodist in a covered dish.

by Anonymousreply 21April 12, 2021 11:23 PM

My potato salad is THE BEST!

by Anonymousreply 22April 12, 2021 11:25 PM

I grew up in a Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. Pot luck suppers were a regular thing. This was back in the 60's and all the food was home made and delicious. Lots of hot dishes, baked beans, Jello, potato salad, cookies and cakes.

by Anonymousreply 23April 12, 2021 11:40 PM

My jello/pretzel salad is to die for!!! Everyone always begs me to make it.

by Anonymousreply 24April 12, 2021 11:45 PM

I'm the ambrosia!

by Anonymousreply 25April 12, 2021 11:45 PM

green bean casserole

by Anonymousreply 26April 12, 2021 11:46 PM

Rice crispie treats. They always showed up to my utter distaste.

by Anonymousreply 27April 12, 2021 11:48 PM

Some travel size pooh wipes and a pair of spare panties.

by Anonymousreply 28April 12, 2021 11:49 PM

it's not "pot luck"; it's "dinner on the grounds".

and the moment of walking into the church dining hall and smelling a bunch of homemade food cooked southern-style is one of life's great pleasures.

and it has to end with banana pudding or, if there's any left, lemon poundcake with the best lemon icing anyone ever had.

by Anonymousreply 29April 12, 2021 11:49 PM

I second r2.

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by Anonymousreply 30April 12, 2021 11:51 PM

I am also funeral potatoes because fuck Eloise she knows funeral potatoes are my signature, that god damn bitch.

by Anonymousreply 31April 12, 2021 11:55 PM

My mom was a dessert gurl, so she usually made chocolate brownies with walnuts (and fudge icing, of course). They were the first thing gone every time. But she always made an extra batch for us.

by Anonymousreply 32April 12, 2021 11:59 PM

I assigned to bring cups and plastic dinnerware, because I can't cook.

by Anonymousreply 33April 13, 2021 12:03 AM

Cheese and crackers!

by Anonymousreply 34April 13, 2021 12:03 AM

I'm the glazed ham that sat on the counter overnight. Yeah, the cats rubbed against me, but only a few times.

by Anonymousreply 35April 13, 2021 12:08 AM

I'm having a 'Schweaty' flashback, [R12]

by Anonymousreply 36April 13, 2021 12:14 AM

Butter Bean Whip

by Anonymousreply 37April 13, 2021 12:18 AM

As a born and bred New Yorker, these insights into culture of working class Flyoverstan are fascinating.

I realize I am more aware of the culinary habits of the rural French than of rural Flyoverstanis.

What is the purpose of the Pot Luck dinner? Is it to celebrate a holiday? Someone's special event (wedding, marriage), or just a way for the congregants to socialize?

Do different denominations have different types of Pot Luck dinner customs?

Thanks.

by Anonymousreply 38April 13, 2021 12:19 AM

Marie!

by Anonymousreply 39April 13, 2021 12:20 AM

OMG, R32, I forgot how much I used to love those exact brownies. Always thought it was strange that people liked their brownies without nuts.

Oh, and I'm icebox cake with graham crackers.

by Anonymousreply 40April 13, 2021 12:21 AM

Something like this, R38.

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by Anonymousreply 41April 13, 2021 12:25 AM

I’m the bag of potato chips and tub of helluva good dip because I can’t follow a recipe.

by Anonymousreply 42April 13, 2021 12:26 AM

At my church, [R38], it was a cheaper version of a Sunday social: no outdoor games or dancing required plus everyone is already dressed up and needs no childcare. On occasion, there was "'casserole snobbery,"' as my mom's friends called it: "'You know sos-and-so's a working mom--bought her main dish at the grocer, then left the price tag still on!" "Who had the nerve to bring box-mix brownies here?!"

by Anonymousreply 43April 13, 2021 12:28 AM

I'll be bringing my 7-Up cake, a favorite with the whole congregation.

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by Anonymousreply 44April 13, 2021 12:32 AM

As a confirmed bachelor with limited cooking talents, I just brought a can of Crisco and will rely on the kindness of our new unmarried youth pastor to help me bake some cookies.

by Anonymousreply 45April 13, 2021 12:32 AM

Surely in the era of Covid, both church services and food prepared in a domestic kitchen, carry the risk of transmitting Covid?

I'd be giving any church service a miss for the moment.

by Anonymousreply 46April 13, 2021 12:32 AM

R46 did you not get the message about surface transmission?

by Anonymousreply 47April 13, 2021 12:36 AM

Thank you for that R43

What is "a Sunday social" ?

[Not trying to be snarky, we just didn't have those at Stephen Wise Synagogue]

by Anonymousreply 48April 13, 2021 12:39 AM

I'll bring the corn on the cob and the cornbread!!

by Anonymousreply 49April 13, 2021 12:44 AM

I'm with you R45

by Anonymousreply 50April 13, 2021 12:47 AM

[R48], old-fashioned Sunday Socials involved families eating their own food on an all-Church picnic, outdoor games like tug-of-war or potato sack races, and box lunches auctioned off as a church fundraiser by unmarried women in hopes of getting dates (never worked far as I know).

by Anonymousreply 51April 13, 2021 12:52 AM

My World-Famous Baked Beans

[Actually just four large cans of Van Camp's baked beans, doctored up with a cup of brown sugar, crispy bacon crumbles, onion powder, three generous squirts of French's yellow mustard, and, in case they weren't sweet enough, a cup of honey).]

The crock pot I brought them in has my name in permanent marker in three places. Now don't try to make off with my favorite wooden spoon, hon.

by Anonymousreply 52April 13, 2021 1:02 AM

Macaroni Salad

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by Anonymousreply 53April 13, 2021 1:06 AM

R48, it’s a potluck Oneg Shabbat.

by Anonymousreply 54April 13, 2021 1:15 AM

Tuna noodle is the only casarole for pot luck!

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by Anonymousreply 55April 13, 2021 1:35 AM

I never ate at those things because my Mom and Gran scared me with tales of other people’s dirty kitchens. It’s a hangup that I’ve never gotten over.

by Anonymousreply 56April 13, 2021 1:38 AM

My Best-Ever Tater Tot Casserole brings all the Christians to the yard!

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by Anonymousreply 57April 13, 2021 1:41 AM

[quote] What is "a Sunday social" ? [Not trying to be snarky, we just didn't have those at Stephen Wise Synagogue]

R45 Back in the '60's, families were big and poor. Bringing a single dish to the church dinner would give the whole family a big feed. I remember, sometimes that is the only time we ate pork or fish, or had dessert. It was the treat and highlight of the weekend, especially when the kids went out and played games after while the elders talked about church bills.

by Anonymousreply 58April 13, 2021 2:08 AM

^^^^^ Actually, things haven't changed much...

by Anonymousreply 59April 13, 2021 2:12 AM

Aspic. Various foods suspended in aspic. Any fucking thing in my refrigerator that I could find to shove and serve inside stuff!!

by Anonymousreply 60April 13, 2021 2:12 AM

I bring plates and napkins, and I have piece of lazyass R8’s KFC, because I don’t trust food cooked in other people’s houses.

by Anonymousreply 61April 13, 2021 2:36 AM

I entered the thread intending to bring Mormon Funeral Potatoes, but there's already a couple of posters here tussling over that.

I reckon I'll bring Cornbread Dressing, since I assume somebody will bring fried chicken and gravy to accompany it.

(mixture of proprietary cornbread, various cubed breads like sourdough, wheat, and pumpernickel; diced onions and celery; dried craisins; a handful of rubbed sage and poultry seasoning; a few dashes of black pepper; dried parsley flakes; margarine/butter; and chicken stock)

by Anonymousreply 62April 13, 2021 3:27 AM

And the cholesterol meter that is off the charts.

by Anonymousreply 63April 13, 2021 3:55 AM

I’ll treat my fellow parishioners to Tessies Rice Pudding Recipe from the Dom DeLuise Cookbook “Eat This It Will Make You Feel Good”.

It’s a killer.

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by Anonymousreply 64April 13, 2021 4:04 AM

Ambrosia Salad.

by Anonymousreply 65April 13, 2021 4:06 AM

I make good deviled eggs but that's already taken. I like to bring plates and cutlery because they're lightweight, but that's already taken.

Therefore, I will go with the heavy option. Eight 2 litter bottles of soda. (I hope my husband will help me carry all these!) I'll go for what's on sale, but try to add some variety. Cola, Diet Cola, maybe some grape or orange soda, ginger ale, etc.

Is the plate person bringing cups? Crap, I'm not sure. I guess I'll get a bag or two of those too.

by Anonymousreply 66April 13, 2021 4:21 AM

I’ll bring something made with 90% ground laxatives because I care about my fellow parishioners digestive health

by Anonymousreply 67April 13, 2021 4:29 AM

I'll bring the Waldorf Salad. My mother used to make it, YUM.

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by Anonymousreply 68April 13, 2021 4:40 AM

I'll bring my fabulous hat,

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by Anonymousreply 69April 13, 2021 4:41 AM

I'll bring your favorite chocolate pie.

by Anonymousreply 70April 13, 2021 6:00 AM

I'm bringin' a big bowl o' bigotry! Die homos!

by Anonymousreply 71April 13, 2021 6:16 AM

Calico beans - a mixture of four different beans, cooked ground beef, bacon, ketchup, mustard brown sugar cooked in the crock. People love this dish.

by Anonymousreply 72April 13, 2021 6:19 AM

Hamburger Helper. I'm lazy.

by Anonymousreply 73April 13, 2021 6:30 AM

i'm the strawberry cake. still in the pan, with strawberry frosting on top

by Anonymousreply 74April 13, 2021 7:07 AM

Thank you R58

So would people who could afford it bring the pork and dessert? Or would the church buy it for everyone?

by Anonymousreply 75April 13, 2021 10:10 AM

[quote]I never ate at those things because my Mom and Gran scared me with tales of other people’s dirty kitchens.

Wise. I'm one of those people for whom the words "Home made" and "Home cooked" generate a great many questions beat not voiced.

Between that and avoiding any casserole sort of glutenous, stodgy glop, I'm happy to have had very limited exposure to this world.

by Anonymousreply 76April 13, 2021 10:12 AM

Peas and peanuts dressed in Miracle Whip.

by Anonymousreply 77April 13, 2021 10:39 AM

When I was growing up in western Ohio in the early 90s, a family in our church owned a chicken business. They had giant, portable outdoor grills they would set up in the parking lot, and they would grill chicken quarters with a fabulous dry rub. Church funds would pay for that main dish, and everyone else would bring casseroles, sides, salads, and desserts. Before our church sanctuary was air conditioned, the stained-glass windows (with German inscriptions) would be open, and that incredible smell would drive you mad with impatience for church to end and lunch to start.

I will bring either a Toll House Cookie Pie with from-scratch butter-flavor Crisco crust or “broccoli Polynesian” casserole — layered frozen broccoli cuts, canned mushrooms, cream of mushroom soup, sliced water chestnuts, lots of black pepper, and shredded cheddar cheese, baked until bubbly with buttered and crumbled Club crackers on top.

by Anonymousreply 78April 13, 2021 10:40 AM

I'm the deviled eggs I've been left out in the room a bit too long. Everyone ate them there is a waiting line at the restrooms.

by Anonymousreply 79April 13, 2021 10:40 AM

R44 I haven’t had 7 Up cake in years. That actually sounds good!

by Anonymousreply 80April 13, 2021 11:01 AM

In the rural south if it's held outside it's called "dinner on the ground".

by Anonymousreply 81April 13, 2021 11:03 AM

That crap at these potlucks always ends up giving people the shits. Stay away.

by Anonymousreply 82April 13, 2021 11:05 AM

[quote] As a born and bred New Yorker, these insights into culture of working class Flyoverstan are fascinating.

Maybe you should try looking in your own back yard. One of the biggest pot luck dinners I've ever been to was in Queens. And if you think no churches in Manhattan ever have pot luck dinners you'd be very wrong.

But then we all recognize a poser when we see one. We deem you lacking, and tacky.

by Anonymousreply 83April 13, 2021 11:29 AM

Love this thread. And what r76 said.

Pre-Covid 19 my fellow employees still would organize a Pot-Luck on the last work-day before a Holiday off.

Luckily (pun intended) the local casino has a restaurant with good food and sells carry-out buckets of fried chicken. I'd order up two 12ers, plunk it on the serving table, and then eat only the store-bought, pre-packaged cookies and sweets that were brought.

Still, there's a lot to what r58 and r78 write, especially

[quote] and that incredible smell would drive you mad with impatience for church to end and lunch to start.

As a kid, I remember eating many, many pot luck meals and nothing bad ever happened to me. As an adult, if I'm absolutely am obligated to attend a pot-luck, I'll choose my foods carefully and, still, nothing bad has ever happened.

I'd prefer, however, no Pot-lucks at all.

by Anonymousreply 84April 13, 2021 11:31 AM

[quote]I'm one of those people for whom the words "Home made" and "Home cooked" generate a great many questions beat not voiced.

And yet "restaurant made" fills you with warm feelings of confidence and security?

by Anonymousreply 85April 13, 2021 11:34 AM

Two Crave Cases from White Castle with a touch of ptomaine poisoning as a result of applauding the closeted homophobic priest on his rant against “the gays.’ Not enough to kill anyone though. Action/result.

by Anonymousreply 86April 13, 2021 11:46 AM

Churchy Flyoverstanis are always the most judgemental

by Anonymousreply 87April 13, 2021 1:49 PM

No, "restaurant made" doesn't in itself inspire confidence, R85, but restaurant food does undergo some level of inspection, and some restaurants obviously put a great deal of stock in sanitation, preparation, and quality of ingredients and freshness. It's an imperfect system involving some discovery (and a lot of trust in either case), but the idea that "home cooking" is naturally superior to restaurant fare turns on a lot of specific details and a great deal of faith in magic.

Too many people insist that their mother's or their aunt's or their grandmother's Spaghetti Squash Casserole Bake was the best thing ever made. It wasn't.

Sometimes you find someone with a relative who is/was an extraordinary cook, but the fact that someone made Taco Salad Casserole in their very own kitchen doesn't inspire excitement for me (and would less if some restaurant decided that such a thing was for for paying customers.)

by Anonymousreply 88April 13, 2021 3:39 PM

I’m the Imam from the mosque in the “bad” part of town who gets arrested by the FBI for practicing what R71 preaches.

by Anonymousreply 89April 13, 2021 3:45 PM

Thank you, R83 it needed to be said. The “native New Yorkers” who feign ignorance over things that are happening ALL over the USA are the worst of the pretentious bores/boors.

by Anonymousreply 90April 13, 2021 3:57 PM

In the '70s and '80s, I worked at an ad agency where people made stuff and brought it in to share nearly every day. I always brought in some baked good or other for the creative department traffic meeting on Monday mornings. I never got sick once, nor did anyone else from eating anything I'd made. At least, not that I ever heard of.

Later I became a chef and got the training on food sanitation, which I apply to cooking at home. Nevertheless, I'm fairly fearless about eating most things people would bring to a potluck (not that I have gone to any in many years).

The only times I've gotten food poisoning worth mentioning were from a picalilli relish a friend made at home and spaghetti carbonara from a local restaurant. Each time, I wanted to die rather than experience what I was going through any longer.

Twice in an entire elder lifetime? Not bad odds, I'd say.

by Anonymousreply 91April 13, 2021 4:32 PM

What happened to those people too poor to make anything?

We're they turned away?

by Anonymousreply 92April 13, 2021 5:00 PM

My world famous Caesar Salad!

by Anonymousreply 93April 13, 2021 5:12 PM

[quote]Calico beans - a mixture of four different beans

I hope you posted a warning about open flames near anyone who ate this.

by Anonymousreply 94April 13, 2021 5:14 PM

R31 is an obvious impostor. A real LDS lady of a certain age would have a name like Veldoris, DeVyrle, Earldonna, or LaJeene.

by Anonymousreply 95April 13, 2021 5:24 PM

Church cookbooks composed of members’ recipe contributions are an excellent resource to consult should you ever be asked to bring a dish to any kind of potluck. The recipes are usually all tried and true crowd pleasers that are easy to make and easy to transport.

by Anonymousreply 96April 13, 2021 5:26 PM

I'm the ptomaine poisoning

by Anonymousreply 97April 13, 2021 5:35 PM

I got the runs after our last potluck.

by Anonymousreply 98April 13, 2021 7:28 PM

I'm pecan pie - the easiest pie to make, but doesn't seem like it to those who don't know how

by Anonymousreply 99April 13, 2021 7:41 PM

Office potlucks?!

Wouldn't touch the stuff in most places. But there are exceptions: I worked in architecture firms where people brought in things for the coffee room and it was all rather a polite competition of sorta, out Martha Stewarting Martha Stewart. The standards were so high and I knew the people and had been in most of their homes...there wasn't any mystery to how they lived.

by Anonymousreply 100April 13, 2021 7:42 PM

I have a stomach of steel, knock on wood, even though I'm getting older.

I'm more concerned about something simply not tasting good. My strategy at potlucks and buffets (at restaurants) is to *not* "try a little bit of everything." Some people are just not good cooks & then they're pressured into bringing a potluck dish.

I'm extra-picky about potluck desserts. Most of it is just not worth eating.

by Anonymousreply 101April 13, 2021 7:50 PM

I’m 68% vegetable oil spread, formerly known as margarine. I am in EVERY dish that calls for butter or margarine in the recipe and in a large number that don’t. My cousin, non-dairy whipped topping, is almost as ubiquitous as I am.

by Anonymousreply 102April 13, 2021 8:00 PM

I'm the classic church toilet that gets blocked up if you put a sparrow's turd in it, let alone the mountain of shit that flows after a potluck dinner.

Good luck to Mr. Velasquez, our church janitor.

by Anonymousreply 103April 13, 2021 8:06 PM

I'm going to make those calico beans . I'll make the sausage variation since I don't like bacon that much. I have four types of beans in the house (dried), white soup beans, black beans, pintos and baby limas so it should work out well.

by Anonymousreply 104April 13, 2021 8:37 PM

I’m the lazy pierogi that gives everyone the farts all afternoon.

by Anonymousreply 105April 13, 2021 8:37 PM

Is the pasta drained?

by Anonymousreply 106April 13, 2021 8:51 PM

Of course the pasta is drained. Otherwise, it would still be floating in a pot of water.

by Anonymousreply 107April 13, 2021 9:15 PM

Texans tend to do smoked brisket at these events along with the fried chicken.

by Anonymousreply 108April 13, 2021 9:18 PM

Oh that sounds lovely!

by Anonymousreply 109April 13, 2021 9:31 PM

Carry extra beano when you go to these things.

by Anonymousreply 110April 13, 2021 9:36 PM

I’m something beige in a floral melamine tureen.

by Anonymousreply 111April 13, 2021 9:58 PM

I'm a can of Campbell's cream of mushroom soup. I'm the base for a lot of the dishes you see here on the table.

by Anonymousreply 112April 13, 2021 10:06 PM

Calvin is the one who was painting everybody in apple butter! I was just an innocent on-licker!

by Anonymousreply 113April 13, 2021 10:11 PM

Canned mushroom soup is also known as "Lutheran Glue", R112.

by Anonymousreply 114April 13, 2021 10:37 PM

R75. I have never heard of the church paying for anything in my life. Any church.

by Anonymousreply 115April 13, 2021 10:53 PM

I cut silent but deadly farts around the bitch who made me bring plates and napkins.

by Anonymousreply 116April 13, 2021 10:56 PM

Cruelty-free, Vegan, no palm oil, no GMO, no nuts, chiffon delite squares.

by Anonymousreply 117April 13, 2021 10:59 PM

Now what are the incidences of accidentally and deliberate food poisoning at these events?

by Anonymousreply 118April 13, 2021 11:00 PM

Summer Salad.

by Anonymousreply 119April 13, 2021 11:03 PM

Spaghetti Salad.

(Changed my mind)

by Anonymousreply 120April 13, 2021 11:04 PM

I'm type-two diabetes, slowly setting in and going for the right leg of Loretta Greenley, the AME Zion church's lead soprano, as she chows down on a third helping of Velveeta shells and cheese with bacon bits. I'm also the belch she lets out during rehearsal during "How Great Thou Art."

by Anonymousreply 121April 13, 2021 11:08 PM

[quote] What happened to those people too poor to make anything? We're they turned away?

R92 Yes, Rose. They had to wait until the end of the night when leftovers were thrown in the dumpster. Hence, the expression 'dumpster diving'.

by Anonymousreply 122April 13, 2021 11:11 PM

I'm Karen and I'm making sure there are NO dishes with deadly peanuts in them!

by Anonymousreply 123April 13, 2021 11:17 PM

I'm lime jello and shredded carrots, with or without marshmallows.

by Anonymousreply 124April 13, 2021 11:22 PM

I'm bringing Georgia Cracker Salad, aka Georgia-cracker salad.

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by Anonymousreply 125April 13, 2021 11:23 PM

And "Best Aunt in the World" Karen (R123), you're the one with a sort of Jane Fonda 'Klute' haircut and eye makeup, but a sweater decorated in sequins with the face of a cat -- rub it in the opposite direction and the tabby stripes change color?

by Anonymousreply 126April 13, 2021 11:24 PM

[quote] Carry extra beano when you go to these things.

Beano will help you stop your FARTS!

by Anonymousreply 127April 13, 2021 11:27 PM

People bring food from home, or make it there, you don't know if they washed their hands after taking a shit, or stuck their finger in it to taste it, or sampled a few spoonfuls, or left it out on the counter all night. There are no regulations, like restaurants. The town in Maine where I used to go on vacation had a few different ones and somebody was always getting sick.

by Anonymousreply 128April 13, 2021 11:28 PM

I’m the nut loaf made from the recipe I obtained at MichFest before the lord saved me. It’s the one thing I hold on to from my past wicked ways. It will go uneaten here.

by Anonymousreply 129April 13, 2021 11:33 PM

Cream Of Mushroom soup is the mother sauce of every pot luck dinner ever held.

by Anonymousreply 130April 13, 2021 11:35 PM

I'm R129's transition from a lesbian named Chynna to a heterosexual man named Charles.

by Anonymousreply 131April 13, 2021 11:47 PM

[quote] Cruelty-free, Vegan, no palm oil, no GMO, no nuts, chiffon delite squares.

R117 attends the Unitarian Church in Northampton, Massachusetts.

by Anonymousreply 132April 13, 2021 11:54 PM

I'm the gay boy who will grow up to convert to Judaism for my husband and get free wine every Friday night at the oneg. I made brownies in my Easy Bake Oven!

by Anonymousreply 133April 13, 2021 11:58 PM

I am the Pepto-Bismol. Because All that delicious food has been left out for hours.

by Anonymousreply 134April 13, 2021 11:59 PM

Anyone want some rhubarb crumble for dessert?

by Anonymousreply 135April 14, 2021 12:04 AM

I'm black pepper. I'm the spiciest flavor on this table. Don't you dare try serving up any new-fangled ingredients like jalapeño peppers. The congregation will not touch the dish and you will be the talk of the town (negative talk) for even trying to expand people's palates.

by Anonymousreply 136April 14, 2021 12:12 AM

I'm the impossibly handsome drifter who's gonna set a FIRE!

by Anonymousreply 137April 14, 2021 12:12 AM

R137 I got it

by Anonymousreply 138April 14, 2021 12:21 AM

I remember at one church pot luck a newer member whom all the old ladies decided was a Hippie because she wore pants and had long straight hair fried some chicken coated in shredded wheat as opposed to good old flour . You'd have thought she took a shit in the punch bowl. Those old bitches talked about it long after she had gone. Not one person tried it,but I ate 3 pieces because I hated all those old bags. Some of the best food you will ever eat (in the south at any rate) is a sunday pot luck .

by Anonymousreply 139April 14, 2021 12:31 AM

Rhubarb leaves are R135's secret ingredient.

by Anonymousreply 140April 14, 2021 12:34 AM

R83 - I'm not the guy you responded to, but I did grow up in outer-borough NYC in the 70s and church potlucks were not a thing in my world. My area was predominately Catholic and Jewish, with few Protestants. Our RC Church would hold Vegas Nights, and there was a yearly Italian Festival in the parking lot with rides, games, and sausage and pepper / zeppolie stands, but never a church wide pot-luck. Perhaps the Alter Society or the Ushers would do one of those a year, but my patents weren't very active in the church. I went to the midwest for college - it was the first time I ever met an Evangelical and the first time I ever had green bean casserole.

by Anonymousreply 141April 14, 2021 1:02 AM

r105: i think you mean frozen pieriogis because from scratch pieriogis are a massive pain in the ass to make.

r104 the recipe below is pretty close to the one that i got from MIL. and i use whatever beans i have on hand, however, the pork & beans/baked beans is kind of non-negotiable because you don't drain them and use the sweet sauce for the recipe. Enjoy!

r38 i lived in New York for 10 years, and there are a TON of these church potlucks during the summer in upstate and western NY. i also include a "lawn fete" in this category which is kind of the same but the public is invited.

by Anonymousreply 142April 14, 2021 1:16 AM

R142 - Upstate working class culture is very different than NYC working class culture, my sister moved to Albany and it's much more like the midwest. I just looked up my old parish - the church holds 700 and there are still 6 masses on Sunday. When I was a kid they would often have an overflow mass in the separate chapel (the old church) at the same times. There would be no practical way to have a weekly potluck with literally thousands of parishioners.

by Anonymousreply 143April 14, 2021 1:27 AM

The Devil

by Anonymousreply 144April 14, 2021 1:28 AM

I'm the Snickers Salad.

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by Anonymousreply 145April 14, 2021 1:28 AM

I'm a 68 year old Georgian and I have never heard of that vile concoction Sara made called 'Georgia Cracker Salad'. And I'm disappointed in Sara that she would use that nasty powdered salt & pepper rather than grinding her own. She always seems to try to be up on all the proper methods in the kitchen. Sara hon, you let us down on this disgusting dish.

by Anonymousreply 146April 14, 2021 1:29 AM

I'm the chalky undertaste.

by Anonymousreply 147April 14, 2021 1:34 AM

r143 i'm aware of how different the city is vs. upstate/WNY, having lived in NY for 10 years and visited NYC several times. however, there are neighborhoods/boroughs down in the city in which many of the residents are church-goers, and their churches have potlucks. i guarantee it.

by Anonymousreply 148April 14, 2021 1:35 AM

I've never heard of any of these so-called "pot luck" dinners at church. At my place of worship, there's a catered affair after our service with cloth napkins and silverware. I cannot imagine what everybody is describing. I think you're all making up stories here.

by Anonymousreply 149April 14, 2021 1:39 AM

I'm the bathroom on Monday morning. Heaven help whoever has to clean it up.

by Anonymousreply 150April 14, 2021 1:40 AM

5 packs of Mistys and a 12 pack of Colt 45 tallboys.

by Anonymousreply 151April 14, 2021 1:42 AM

R148 - I grew up in one of those neighborhoods, and the are not a major thing in neighborhoods that are predominately Catholic - those churches were more like factories that processed souls -- not quaint small town services where everyone knows everybody and there is one main service on a Sunday. Some of the smaller protestant congregation may well have had them, but they weren't a big part of the wider culture as they are in other places - we had plenty of cultural Catholic shit, but potlucks were not one of them.

by Anonymousreply 152April 14, 2021 1:43 AM

Simply Sarah seems like a very sweet person. But that was a disgusting abomination of a "salad" (and I also have never heard of it before). The idea that you put an entire sleeve of Saltines into a mish-mosh of ingredients and call that a salad is laughable. And lol at "needs more salt" comment she made at the end.

Frankly i'm shocked no one has mention four-bean salad. Or peppermint schnapps.

by Anonymousreply 153April 14, 2021 1:44 AM

Fair enough, r152. As i didn't live in the city itself, i will defer to your info on this matter.

by Anonymousreply 154April 14, 2021 1:46 AM

I'm the monkey bread.

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by Anonymousreply 155April 14, 2021 1:47 AM

[quote]Frankly i'm shocked no one has mention four-bean salad.

See references to Calico Bean salad (with four beans) upthread.

When I was younger, I'd only ever heard of Three-Bean Salad.

by Anonymousreply 156April 14, 2021 1:47 AM

[quote]See references to Calico Bean salad

Well, I never in all my life! We're calling hot baked-bean casserole a salad now? At least SS had scallions and a raw tomato in her monstrosity.

by Anonymousreply 157April 14, 2021 1:52 AM

No, Calico Beans are not a salad, they are served hot. More liked a baked beans plus dish. I'm the one who posted the Calico Bean original response.

I meant 4-bean COLD salad, which has green beans, kidneys, wax beans and garbanzos, all coated in a sweet dressing reminiscent of italian dressing. See pic at link, a very different dish.

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by Anonymousreply 158April 14, 2021 1:57 AM

I'm the Atraka Kozerol, and I just doubled the town's birthrate.

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by Anonymousreply 159April 14, 2021 2:47 AM

Speaking of dinner on the grounds, R29

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by Anonymousreply 160April 14, 2021 2:53 AM

R142, My late uncle used to help the Russian Orthodox church ladies make homemade pierogies to sell.

by Anonymousreply 161April 14, 2021 4:08 AM

I’m the cheap bitch who doesn’t bring anything but manages to gorge myself and my family full of food and take leftovers home for dinner.

by Anonymousreply 162April 14, 2021 4:28 AM

I'm cowboy caviar, and I'm actually really good (and can be healthy if you don't sweeten me ... but why would you?).

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by Anonymousreply 163April 14, 2021 4:58 AM

Whoa, R163, looks a little too adventurous with too many raw and fresh ingredients. I don't think the congregation can handle that.

by Anonymousreply 164April 14, 2021 5:32 AM

I'm fried Rocky Mountain Oysters in a basket lined in gingham

by Anonymousreply 165April 14, 2021 6:08 AM

r163 that looks delicious.

pretty sure no one has submitted coleslaw yet. it will unfortunately be the kind WITH raisins, so most people won't touch it. i don't blame them.

by Anonymousreply 166April 14, 2021 7:32 AM

From community pot luck events as a kid I can remember pretty much only eating the food my mom brought.

Also mostly true when it came to big family get togethers where each family unit brought food...I would eat my mom's and my grandma's but that was about it.

by Anonymousreply 167April 14, 2021 7:41 AM

I also stopped doing work pot lucks 20 years ago when I worked at a call center. There was an older hippy type guy, probably pushing 60 at the time (my age now...) who was an adventurous chef and liked to make all sorts of ethnic foods and he was a pretty good cook and one of the most popular pot luckers....until someone noticed he wasn't really a hand washer after he went to the bathroom. Word quickly spread and his reign as most beloved pot luck chef was over.

by Anonymousreply 168April 14, 2021 7:45 AM

Ah, r167 be Anthony Bourdain-level adventurous! At least you know that the meats would be limited to cow, pig, chicken and fish (i'm talking about tuna noodle salad).

Wait, there might be a venison-based dish too if it's in some parts of the East. But at least it wouldn't be dog, cat, monkey, octopi, squid, shark.

by Anonymousreply 169April 14, 2021 7:45 AM

R164 is correct. Every bit of that needs to be breaded and deep fried before it can be served to the Midwestern masses.

by Anonymousreply 170April 14, 2021 1:45 PM

I brought a loaf of wonder bread and a lot of empty tupperware. I'm taking ALL the leftovahs home!

by Anonymousreply 171April 14, 2021 2:14 PM

I'm bringing the baggies for all the stuff the tupperware whores don't get.

Also, tupperware? Look at y'all fancy bitches who are too good for cool whip and margarine containers.

by Anonymousreply 172April 14, 2021 2:21 PM

I’m R172’s Meemaw looking down on her from Heaven in embarrassment. Plastic containers at a church social? Do you want the Lord to think we’re poor?

by Anonymousreply 173April 14, 2021 2:33 PM

I had a coworker who always brought Chicken Enchilada Casserole to office potlucks. She would make it the night before, leave it sitting out overnight, and then would leave it in her cubicle until lunch time. When people asked why it wasn't in the refrigerator, she claimed a "professional chef" told her that hot foods should always be left out to cool, because warm food was bad for the refrigerator. This casserole contained chicken breast, shredded cheese, and cream cheese. She would get angry when most of the casserole remained uneaten.

by Anonymousreply 174April 14, 2021 4:46 PM

I'm eating for free

by Anonymousreply 175April 14, 2021 4:55 PM

The only things I ever made for office pot lucks was some sort of dessert. Usually some sort of cake. My apple caramel cake was legend so it made many appearances over the years.

by Anonymousreply 176April 14, 2021 4:59 PM

You’ll pay dearly, r175.

by Anonymousreply 177April 14, 2021 5:00 PM

I'm bringing German Chocolate Cake.

by Anonymousreply 178April 14, 2021 11:32 PM

Aldi has 7up Cake and it's good for anyone interested in trying it.

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by Anonymousreply 179April 14, 2021 11:42 PM

7 UP cake is another type of pound cake.

by Anonymousreply 180April 14, 2021 11:46 PM

Lord help the janitor after y’all have the shits! Potlucks are bacteria breeding heaven.

by Anonymousreply 181April 15, 2021 1:08 AM

I’m the little girl kidnapped from the potluck by the JANITOR.

by Anonymousreply 182April 15, 2021 1:12 AM

Oh please. I've been to countless pot lucks and I've never once gotten sick, or had any sort of intestinal distress.

by Anonymousreply 183April 15, 2021 1:19 AM

The Ipecac

by Anonymousreply 184April 15, 2021 1:22 AM

r182 i don't recall an episode of a little girl abducted from a potluck by a janitor; are you possibly referring to the girl abducted from a church Sunday Service by a taxi driver? Her name was Cassie Hansen and this happened in St. Paul, MN

by Anonymousreply 185April 15, 2021 1:24 AM

Hmm...let me look into that R185.

by Anonymousreply 186April 15, 2021 1:32 AM

This is what I was referring to R185.

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by Anonymousreply 187April 15, 2021 1:34 AM

r187 i do remember that episode after visiting your link because of the info about the Big Bird dress purchased from JC Penney. This little girl disappeared from an apartment complex potluck, but a potluck nonetheless.

by Anonymousreply 188April 15, 2021 1:48 AM

I don't eat shit like this. The most unappetizing array. I can just imagine all the hicks gathering for the stupendous feast. Reminds me of my ex from bumfuck Wisconsin where they have a casserole called "hot dish".

by Anonymousreply 189April 15, 2021 3:16 AM

The bean dip was especially good this time!

by Anonymousreply 190April 15, 2021 8:35 AM

I'm the spaghetti sauce with two cups of sugar in it.

by Anonymousreply 191April 15, 2021 12:04 PM

[quote]Reminds me of my ex from bumfuck Wisconsin where they have a casserole called "hot dish".

My family is from Seattle and I was brought up on a casserole called hot dish. I still make it for myself.

by Anonymousreply 192April 17, 2021 5:18 AM

I am the rebellious teenager who made brownies for the first - and last - time before getting shipped off to military school.

by Anonymousreply 193April 18, 2021 4:18 AM
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