Pot Luck

No...not that pot.

I have to go to a pot luck dinner this weekend. I know I am expected to bring something...but I have no idea what one takes.
Anyone have experience with these gatherings?

What are things I can bring?

Take a tuna casserole . . . . or chicken spaghetti . . . . . or baked squash . . . . .

Japs cream cheese and bacon

take a couple of packages of dinner rolls.

Rolls. Buy a big freezer sack of Sister Schubert dinner rolls. Bake them right before you leave. Most everyone likes hot rolls.

Generally a side dish like potato salad, southern style green beans (forego the green bean casserole), deviled eggs, or a dessert like an apple pie.

Pot lucks are like putting a petri dish in your mouth. You have no idea where that food has been. Maybe the bringer has a roach problem, or they sneezed and coughed on it.
You never know

Dump several different types of Bush’s baked beans in a dish and bake them. Great for pot luck.

Spinach dip and chips.

Stop on the way there at the place that has the very best chips, salsa, and queso, buy 5-6 orders. Get enough 2 oz. plastic portion cups for everyone. There won't be any of it left.

Have you considered bringing one of these?

https://www.delish.com/food-news/a29800556/99-pack-of-pbr/

Dude , where he lives , there are no good Mexican restaurants.. trust me

Word.

Mexican food here is muy bad.

You're going to get some weird looks if you show up with this..

Surprised nobody suggested Wings of some sort before now.

Take grilled ribeyes for everyone,you will be invited to parties by people you never have heard of.

This is my winner. Had two pot lucks so far and this was a major hit.

https://www.momontimeout.com/best-homemade-baked-mac-and-cheese-recipe/

Totally agree with this.

But here are two tried and true that make you all the rage at pot lucks in the future and they are super easy.
You'll need a crock pot for either.

1) Buy you some frozen meat-a-balls from the grocery store. Costco and Sams both have a Raspberry Chipotle sauce this is yummy. Put the frozen meat-a-balls in the crock. Dump some raspberry chipotle sauce on top. Heat and serve. Use cocktail sticks to make it fancy pants.
2) Get you some Li'l smokie weenies and some good bacon. You'll end up cutting the bacon in thirds. Wrap each wiener in a piece of bacon and secure with 1 (or 2) toothpicks. Dump the wieners in the crockpot and cover with brown sugar. Heat 'em up...eat 'em up. NOTE: You may want to skim some grease off the top once they cook.

Bonus tip: You can put the Raspberry Chipotle sauce over a block of Philadelphia Cream Cheese and serve with crackahs. That's some good too.
Bonus tip # 2. If you haven't put your favorite salsa over Philadelphia Cream Cheese...it's a good too.

Bon appetit.

order some 407 Q overnighted, that'll shut em up!

Point taken.

bisquick sausage balls

MO

Finger sandwiches
Little smokies
A veggie tray
Meatballs
Cheese tray
Club sandwich
Rolls
Banana pudding
Pie
Cake
cookies
Potatoe salad
Chips with dip
Beer
Wine
Whiskey
Vodka
Stuffed japs
Napkins and utensils
Cokes
Strippers
Shrimp cocktail platter
Cheese dip
Pot stickers
Wonton wraps
Wings

take something you will eat. Just in case it's the only thing you would eat.

We just went to one Saturday night, wife made some brownies and bought some cookies, put on tray and boom. The tray was almost empty when we left

Homemade Mac n cheese was my first thought too, but for simplicity, maybe some pigs in a blanket using little smokies and crescent rolls would be better. Easy to do and always a hit.

https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/recipes/a58344/homemade-pigs-in-a-blanket-recipe/

cheese grits

So... you've never eaten at a restaurant, or someone else's house?

Bucket of chicken and a sack of Deez.

Reminds me of last Friday night. Our little group of Friday night diners chose a local restaurant. The three of us who chose the garden salad spent Friday night and Sat. Morn on the throne. The others were fine.

Ask Derek for a tasteful Vienna sausage presentation

I used to just grab a bucket of Kentucky Fried, never took any home

We don’t have a KFC...

WUUUT ?

Hope you post what suggestion or not you took. When in doubt, road kill may be your only choice.

Panama city has a kfc.

We can’t all live in the metropolis that is Fritch.

How about a PFC?

Lol

Chicken express chicken tenders are always a hit.

Weed brownies or watermelons

Honestly Fritch doesn't have one either, but it's only 12 miles away in Borger. We do have a Dairy Queen but it is nasty.

Is there a DQ that isn't nasty?

Yes, if you are ever driving down I-40 there is a Dairy Queen in Groom that is excellent. Groom is the town with the giant cross. Mostly older women work there and are very conscientious to the quality and the cleanliness of the place. The one in Clarendon wasn't bad either.

Man, you are spot on. Cats climbing around peoples kitchen, licking the tuna casserole right after they batted their pooh balls around in the litter box. PH, for the love of God, bring something reputable store bought and only eat it.

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/169305/sopapilla-cheesecake-pie/

Think about this PH. This is a picture from facebook of a guy showing off the turkey that he cooked. Look at the floor in front of the stove. That is why I don't like potlucks

I can not believe all the pot luck haters.
Most of the cat poop is cooked off the food when it reaches 150 Deg F.

Corn

Whip up some Derek SPAM JAMBALAYA.

You mean Spamalaya?

That's a good list. I like the shrimp cocktail. Easy, buy the one that is already prepared for you at the store. No cooking involved.

any Vietnamese places out there? these go FAST at any we have...

I can make myself sick on cha gio with good nuoc mam. Need the veggies to go with it though... fresh lettuce, cilantro, and cucumber please.

For Thanksgiving Potluck took young leg of deer with roasted potatoes, cooked exactly as my wife (who is Greek) would cook leg of lamb or goat. People could not get enough, shortly after the 2nd picture was taken nothing was left at all.

Oh man, those are the best. Haven't had any in so long.

amen

I worked at Dairy Queen when I was a teen. I was cleaning the restrooms and I mixed comet with ammonia. When I didn't come back they came to see where I was .I was passed out from the fumes.

I have plenty of get well soon cards, I can send some to your hospital room after they pump your stomach.

and anything that is a ball had to be rolled by someones hands.all the bad stuff in their pores will get on their balls

Never ever got sick and I've been to hundreds in my lifetime.

Good to hear, but I'm not willing to dive into the practice. That is what makes the world go round.

Yes! A spam and macaroni log marinated in some sloths DNA. Yum.

Or vice versa

From the cook- I thought I would never get these cheese balls rolled up with my itchy nads interrupting my ball rolling. And these allergies keep me sneezing constantly.

How do you people ever eat out?

Found this at one of my favorite local dining spots. The page is even labeled pot luck. How do these choices look?


Potluck

This reminds me of a seafood restaurant in Louisiana that had the best made-from-scratch crab cakes in the entire state.

Personally, I read the Health Department audit scores for local establishments. The City web sites often have these or links to them. They are ranked on cleanliness and safe food best practices. Scores are 0-100 and they publish details of the findings. Since they are regulated, there is a better chance cats and dogs aren't wandering around the kitchens, and the folks doing the cooking often understand food saftety. Plus food poisoning cases put a hurt on their income.

Have you ever seen the show "Hoarders"? These people have jobs and bring food to Pot Lucks