I once went to a potluck where people made homemake pizza, cake, and appetizers.

I brought a cake from Costco. No one ate it. And they made fun of me for weeks. I see what type of people you are, DCUM.

These days, my budget and meal planning does not include extra shit. I don't want to take the extra time to go to the store, much less make it. I can't just whip up something wonderful with what I have. Store bought FOREVER. Death to Foo Foo Snobby Potlucks!

Anonymous wrote:I think it's lame when people bring things from WF or another grocery store. The idea is to enjoy home cooking!

Bwahahaha, I don't think anyone with functional tastebuds will enjoy most of my home cooking. Which is why I always get something nice and premade from WF or a nice bakery or whatever.

This said, I don't get potlucks and tend to avoid them - I am someone who neither enjoys cooking nor is good at it, so the prep part of it is not enjoyable to me, and I am not big on having other people's home-cooked food either. Hanging out with friends is nice, I'd rather just do it in a restaurant or in a catered event.

Anonymous wrote:Wilted carrot poster - make carrot cake or carrot halwa.

It was a joke. I used the carrots already. I made juice.

Wilted carrot poster - make carrot cake or carrot halwa.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate when people from the mid-west bring hot dishes instead of casseroles.

Hee hee.

But I thought it was spelled hotdish, all one word.

aren't casseroles hot, making them a hotdish?

WTF is a 'hotdish' and what does it have to do with being from the Midwest and why are casseroles preferable when most casseroles are disgusting?

My department at work always does a potluck event in the Fall at someone's house, then a potluck open house in our offices around the holidays. While I'm not militantly anti-potluck, just once I'd like to go to a work event and not be required to bring food. It sends the message that our department is too cheap to host anything for its employees. Nothing to be done, however, because our boss is cheap.

OP, when I host a party, I don't ask people to being anything. You should try it.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no such thing as a nice potluck. Maybe they people bringing lame things are protesting the potluck "party".

Back home, people had fan favorite dishes that they would make and bring. I think this area has a lot of working parents and people who don't cook much, and so it creates a downward cycle of low expectations.

This. I'm from the midwest and potlucks with friends there always involved TONS of food (and alcohol). People often have a signature dish that they reliably bring to the potluck, or are asked specifically to bring it. I certainly had a particular dish that was always requested!

Post the recipe, please!

Anonymous wrote:At our office, it's an office-wide potluck but it seems only the women actually contribute real dishes. Men bring forks, chips with dip and sometimes a pizza. Only women apparently have time to cook in this world.

Whoever organizes the potluck needs to assign categories by last name, A-F bring main dishes, G-M bring sides, etc.

I hate potlucks in general.

I despise potlucks. If you want to have a party, host a party. I'll bring a bottle of wine and done.

I don't trust a lot of homemade food. What if the person who made it lives in a hoarder home or doesn't practice good food safety?

Anonymous wrote:I recently got a bunch of carrots in my co op share and I googled carrot recipes to see what I could make. I saw carrot raisin salad recipes and it made me lose my appetite. The carrots sat in my fridge for a few days and then I decided to take them out and shred them for a garden salad. But sadly when I took them out, they were limp and lifeless. I think they sensed their fate when I was reading the carrot raisin salad recipes and decided to play dead. I ended up throwing them away.

jeez, just put them in a bowl of water (cut or uncut) pop them back in the fridge and come back later. They'll be good as new. Carrots are awesome like that. I've saved many a limp carrot with a bowl of water. Or cut them up and dump them in soup. Either way they'll rehydrate.

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Anonymous wrote:I hate when people from the mid-west bring hot dishes instead of casseroles.

Hee hee.

But I thought it was spelled hotdish, all one word.

aren't casseroles hot, making them a hotdish?

Crock pot is your friend. Cheesy dip. Easy.

Layered salad. Always a hit and easy.

Peanut butter pie. Add I cup peanut butter, one cup confect angry sugar, tub of cool whip. Mix and freeze onto graham cracker pie crust for 3 hours.