Multicultural Potluck- what to bring?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are you psychos imagining that the organizers are not accepting of OPs food? OP is the one who's insecure feeling that her cooking is boring.

Because they’re psycho controlling freaks that told her she couldn’t bring what she wanted. Who are they to tell her what her culture is? So done with the lies they tell about Americans having no culture. It’s disgusting and they should go home if they don’t like chocolate chip cookies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Chocolate chip cookies is fine!! I don't know why your school has a fit about it. I'm a first generation immigrant and I try hard to find foods that I enjoy that would appeal to a wide palate.

OP here- I hope I don't seem like I'm against any sort of ethnic food. I'm not. I LOVE ethnic food actually and go out of my way to cook it and order it. It's just that none of it is from my ancestors or my ethnicity.

Isn't all food "ethnic" to one extent or another? It's just a question if it's from you own ethnicity or someone else's, no?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ignore the organizers and do what you want. I brought a traditional dessert recipe from the region of the country that I'm from, that featured a locally grown ingredient.

This. Tell the organizer this is your traditional family food.

[Anonymous]

Cookies are fine, the organizers should be thrilled with any participation-other options

Thanksgiving side
Potato salad (plus is quasi-German)
Buffalo wings for football families
Virginia ham, Crab dip for MD
Bbq if relevant
NY cheesecake
Jello salad

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you don't have another culture, what are you bringing to the school multicultural potluck? Just a regular side dish? I tried to sign up for chocolate chip cookies and the organizers told me it should be a traditional food from my household.

I'm really trying here, but these events come up multiple times a year and there doesn't seem room for people who don't have other cultures. I mean we're mostly British and German but it's been a couple hundred years and we have no ties to any of that food. I don't even feel like we have regional foods from the US that my family regularly eats (they did not want regional US foods though). I sort of felt like chocolate chip cookies were one of my family's specialties. If we don't have one, should we just pick someone else's culture and make a dish?

I'm from Germany. Would you like me to link some fairly easy recipes for you that are authentic and often used?

Not OP, but YES PLEASE.

Not PP, but when someone threw a potluck party like this when I was in law school I brought a Black Forest cake.

[Anonymous]

Can you make pasta salad or potato salad? everybody loves that. you could just claim its english or german lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you make pasta salad or potato salad? everybody loves that. you could just claim its english or german lol.

Careful about suggesting this on dcum ... lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you make pasta salad or potato salad? everybody loves that. you could just claim its english or german lol.

I’m sorry but I can’t believe there are people under 70 that like pasta or potato salad.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can you make pasta salad or potato salad? everybody loves that. you could just claim its english or german lol.

I’m sorry but I can’t believe there are people under 70 that like pasta or potato salad.

Kids love it because their millennial almond moms hate it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chocolate chip cookies is fine!! I don't know why your school has a fit about it. I'm a first generation immigrant and I try hard to find foods that I enjoy that would appeal to a wide palate.

OP here- I hope I don't seem like I'm against any sort of ethnic food. I'm not. I LOVE ethnic food actually and go out of my way to cook it and order it. It's just that none of it is from my ancestors or my ethnicity.

Isn't all food "ethnic" to one extent or another? It's just a question if it's from you own ethnicity or someone else's, no?

Yes. Exactly. White American is an ethnicity, and insisting it's not is just perpetuating the idea that white Americans are the only "regular," unremarkable ones and everyone else is "different." Like, I'm sure you can see the problem with telling an immigrant kid that her parents' food is "ethnic food" and OP's kid's lunch is "normal food." It's the *exact* same problem if you tell OP not to bring what her family eats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can you make pasta salad or potato salad? everybody loves that. you could just claim its english or german lol.

I’m sorry but I can’t believe there are people under 70 that like pasta or potato salad.

You just need to add more mayonnaise and pickles. Then it will make sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Chocolate chip cookies is fine!! I don't know why your school has a fit about it. I'm a first generation immigrant and I try hard to find foods that I enjoy that would appeal to a wide palate.

OP here- I hope I don't seem like I'm against any sort of ethnic food. I'm not. I LOVE ethnic food actually and go out of my way to cook it and order it. It's just that none of it is from my ancestors or my ethnicity.

Isn't all food "ethnic" to one extent or another? It's just a question if it's from you own ethnicity or someone else's, no?

Yes. Exactly. White American is an ethnicity, and insisting it's not is just perpetuating the idea that white Americans are the only "regular," unremarkable ones and everyone else is "different." Like, I'm sure you can see the problem with telling an immigrant kid that her parents' food is "ethnic food" and OP's kid's lunch is "normal food." It's the *exact* same problem if you tell OP not to bring what her family eats.

Totally agree. Which is why we probably shouldn’t be using the word multicultural. Why not just let people make what they want? Why the rules? People who have another culture will often bring foods they like to make anyways. I know my German neighbor is always bringing rhubarb pie because everyone loves it and it’s not something typically seen.

[Anonymous]

The organizers can stuff it - clearly CC cookies are a traditional food in your household.

I bring a loaf of sourdough - we’re from San Francisco. 😃

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Chocolate chip cookies are a traditional food from my household! I’m white!”

Jello salads are literally the thing I most associate with my grandma (Anglo-American colonist).

The only really yummy one is canned peach halves with ginger ale and peach Jello.

The most common one was strawberry Jello with Dole fruit cocktail.

The two I could never stomach were Lime Jello with cottage cheese and Orange Jello with carrot shreds and walnuts.

Serve on lettuce leaf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Chocolate chip cookies are a traditional food from my household! I’m white!”

Jello salads are literally the thing I most associate with my grandma (Anglo-American colonist).

The only really yummy one is canned peach halves with ginger ale and peach Jello.

The most common one was strawberry Jello with Dole fruit cocktail.

The two I could never stomach were Lime Jello with cottage cheese and Orange Jello with carrot shreds and walnuts.

Serve on lettuce leaf.

How old are you?