Rich wrote:

> I am going to a family reunion in August, a pot luck in a public park. What
> to take is the question. This is problem of logistics. I will be flying to
> Florida, then driving my mother in her car to Missouri for the reunion, a
> two day trip. We'll be staying in motels, so no kitchens will be available.
> I think Mom has an old Coleman gas camp stove, but I coubt that it has been
> lit for years. We both have reputations as good cooks, so just taking
> something from the supermarket deli or some KFC chicken doesn't feel right.
>
> Any ideas for a pot luck offering that could survive two days in a cooler or
> could be improvised in the motel or in the park?

I don't think that anyone in their right mind is going to expect someone who had
spent two days travelling to bring something home-made. Stop at a nice bakery
and pick up a pie, tarts, cookies, or go to a fruit market and get some fresh
fruit or a fruit platter.