"PENMART01" wrote in message
...

> But then in the US the southerners are not as likely to host formal
> dinners,
> generally is more of an indoor picnic where everyone brings a covered
> dish...
> doesn't matter a whit that six people brought potato salad, and since the
> main
> entree is bologna sammiches on white with yeller musturd y'all don't never
> mind
> who shows when... so long as there's plenty beer and parking for the
> pickups..
>

Fortunately in New Orleans the food situation is a little more sophisticated
than bologna sandwiches, but you are not too far off with the indoor picnic
comment.

It's taken me a while to get my friends to understand that when I invite
them over I will take care of the meal in it's entirety.

-Mike