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jmcquown[_2_]

On 8/9/2017 8:34 AM, wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 07:51:07 -0400, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 8/9/2017 6:50 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 6:40:06 PM UTC-4, tert in seattle wrote:
>>>> I'm going to a pot luck this weekend. Grilled chicken will be provided,
>>>> as well as drinks. Not sure what to bring. Any ideas??
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Tabouli or some other vegetable-heavy dish. I don't ever seem to be
>>> able to get enough vegetables at potlucks; it's always meats and
>>> carbs as far as the eye can see.
>>>
>>> Maybe that's because I'm in the Midwest...
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> The pot lucks I've attended were always heavy on desserts and pasta
>> salad and potato salad. It's hard to say without knowing what else is
>> in the lineup other than grilled chicken. Side dishes? How about Chex
>> Snack mix? Potato chips and dip.
>>
>> We had a lot of pot lucks at work. We had a sign-up sheet specifiying
>> what was already being provided. Bring one of the missing items. Fresh
>> greens/salad was usually one of them. The men who didn't cook
>> invariably signed up to bring paper plates, plastic knives/forks and
>> napkins. The company started providing those so they had to figure out
>> something else. It's not easy, unless you know what other people are
>> already bringing.
>>
>> Jill
>
> We didn't do pot lucks at work, we would all agree on a menu and a
> price, and food was purchased and prepared in the shop kitchen or
> outdoors on a large grill and in large pots... the welders made the
> large cooking equipment.
>
I was one of those "office workers" you seem to deplore. We had pot
lucks frequently. The company provided the meat, the employees brought
the side dishes. Desserts (store bought pies and cakes) seemed to be
most common.

Jill