Do you do pot luck for get- togethers? (2)
I like the idea and I keep trying to get my mom's big family to do pot luck meals for holidays. The sad, sorry fact is that getting them to respond is like herding kittens. My mom is the oldest of 10 kids. Seven of them are males, who were mostly divorced. Getting them to RSVP is murder, let alone getting them to agree to make a dish and bring it. They usually all show up with store bought pies and wine because they can't cook.
Or, they all show up with veggie and cheese platters. I just bought a heap of clear glass plates at the dollar store last Christmas. The idea was that if anyone shows up with a plate the size of a wagon wheel, I would take it in the kitchen and divide the food onto several smaller serving plates to go all over the house.
Pot lucks take planning. You have to take napkins, silverware, plates, garbage cans, tables, table cloths and disposable leftover food containers into account. But it is way cheaper and more effective than having the hostess cook or buy catering trays. Another added benefit is that sometimes people leave all the food and wine behind so you can eat leftovers for as long as they last in the fridge.
Or, they all show up with veggie and cheese platters. I just bought a heap of clear glass plates at the dollar store last Christmas. The idea was that if anyone shows up with a plate the size of a wagon wheel, I would take it in the kitchen and divide the food onto several smaller serving plates to go all over the house.
Pot lucks take planning. You have to take napkins, silverware, plates, garbage cans, tables, table cloths and disposable leftover food containers into account. But it is way cheaper and more effective than having the hostess cook or buy catering trays. Another added benefit is that sometimes people leave all the food and wine behind so you can eat leftovers for as long as they last in the fridge.
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Witchaywoman: I like the idea and I keep trying to get my mom's big family to do pot luck meals for holidays. The sad, sorry fact is that getting them to respond is like herding kittens. My mom is the oldest of 10 kids. Seven of them are males, who were mostly divorced. Getting them to RSVP is murder, let alone getting them to agree to make a dish and bring it. They usually all show up with store bought pies and wine because they can't cook.
Or, they all show up with veggie and cheese platters. I just bought a heap of clear glass plates at the dollar store last Christmas. The idea was that if anyone shows up with a plate the size of a wagon wheel, I would take it in the kitchen and divide the food onto several smaller serving plates to go all over the house.
Pot lucks take planning. You have to take napkins, silverware, plates, garbage cans, tables, table cloths and disposable leftover food containers into account. But it is way cheaper and more effective than having the hostess cook or buy catering trays. Another added benefit is that sometimes people leave all the food and wine behind so you can eat leftovers for as long as they last in the fridge.
Or, they all show up with veggie and cheese platters. I just bought a heap of clear glass plates at the dollar store last Christmas. The idea was that if anyone shows up with a plate the size of a wagon wheel, I would take it in the kitchen and divide the food onto several smaller serving plates to go all over the house.
Pot lucks take planning. You have to take napkins, silverware, plates, garbage cans, tables, table cloths and disposable leftover food containers into account. But it is way cheaper and more effective than having the hostess cook or buy catering trays. Another added benefit is that sometimes people leave all the food and wine behind so you can eat leftovers for as long as they last in the fridge.
I prefer doing pot luck with friends and acquaintances rather than family. With family I prefer going to a restaurant so that we're free to chat.
If you have a constant group of pot-luckers, you get things down to a quick routine in terms of planning and execution. You develop shortcuts over time, and if everyone participates in the cleaning up (a rule in my house), everyone gets to know where things get put back, which speeds things up tremendously.
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Do you do pot luck for get- togethers?(Vote Below)
For anyone not familiar with Pot Luck, it's a planned get-together where everyone brings one dish. It has to be planned in advance, otherwise five people will bring potato salad, six will bring beer, and the rest will bring macaroni salad.
The idea is that everyone takes their (hopefully empty) plates, pots and dishes home with them afterward, so there's a bare minimum of washing up, PLUS- it's a heap-cheap way to feed a lot of people for little dosh.
Here are a few pot-luck favourites:
Jell-o, sliced cheese tray, sliced meat tray, divided dishes with green olives, black olives, assorted Italian olives, sliced dill pickles, bread & butter pickles, preserves, pickled pearl onions and cauliflower, assorted crackers (set between the cheese and meat trays), big bowl of potato chips and various dips, stock-pot full of water & wieners plus hot-dog buns and condiments.
And that's just a few ideas! How about you?