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.