On Jun 7, 1:08*pm, George Leppla > wrote:
> On 6/7/2010 2:42 PM, Stu wrote:
>
> >> I've encountered something similar (potluck, by a different
> >> organization) and not, fortunately, to me. *"Oh, another one - we
> >> don't need it, we have two of those already." *The person was left
> >> hanging, with her dish in her hand.
>
> >> Dora
>
> > Us as well, we took the dish and left. We got a call from the minister
> > a few days later. He said that he wondered why the numbers for the
> > potluck were dropping, and after someone mentioned to him what had
> > happened he understood why. A week later she was off the committee.
>
> Pot lucks at our church seem to be long on salads and vegetable
> casseroles and way short on meat dishes. *A local grocery store makes
> really good fried chicken and you can get 50 pieces for around $40....
> and we'll bring a couple packs of hot dogs and buns "for the kids".
>
> That stuff never goes to waste.
>
> The best "pot luck" was a Christmas Party where the hosts asked ahead of
> time what people were bringing... and making suggestions when that item
> was already promised. *We brought a roasted turkey. *It was a really
> great dinner.
>

Our potluck at work has the ham and turkey provided by the store, and
we bring the rest of the items. This way we know we are going to get
meat. We do have a signup list so that people can see what is coming
and what is still needed.

For regular potlucks, we usually take a dish that is similar to chili
(but not spicy and a little different), or a fun hot dog dish (hard to
explain, but it has a piece of bread, flattened and crusts cut off, an
unsual spread (ketchup, mustard, and peanut butter), and then a
hotdog, then rolled up and toasted. Sounds horrible, tastes great. And
we leave the leftovers at home since we usually run out at events.