socal78
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I'm just curious what everyone's favorite potbless / potluck foods are.
I am now regularly making potluck food for 150+ people. I have a gazillion recipes and I often have indecisiveness when deciding what to make. I would say about a third are a different background than myself which is one reason for this question.
When I was growing up, you would typically see stuff like: deviled eggs, casseroles, meatballs, potato salad, a baked macaroni dish or a cold macaroni salad, Vienna sausages, wild rice, yeast rolls, coleslaw, baked beans, a garden salad, etc... or heading further east: pierogies, cabbage rolls, bratwursts. The old people would eat stuff with beets in it. Not to mention all the pies, slab cakes, and desserts (rhubarb pie for the old people). I want to crawl inside people's heads and know what it is that they secretly hope to see on the table when they attend a potluck. For ex: I could eat my weight in deviled eggs but I don't know if many other people would want to.
Most times, these dishes are in addition to a main course made separately such as BBQ'd brisket, chicken, hamburgers or hot dogs. So if you want to only name appetizers or side dishes you would look for, that would still be helpful.
These days, I don't make as many desserts because I find that adults just don't eat them. Most adults are always on some sort of diet. A little bit are eaten by children & teenagers. Then they end up being forced on people to take home or thrown away. I try to foist them upon middle-aged bachelors and young men - best chances they'll be eaten.
I am now regularly making potluck food for 150+ people. I have a gazillion recipes and I often have indecisiveness when deciding what to make. I would say about a third are a different background than myself which is one reason for this question.
When I was growing up, you would typically see stuff like: deviled eggs, casseroles, meatballs, potato salad, a baked macaroni dish or a cold macaroni salad, Vienna sausages, wild rice, yeast rolls, coleslaw, baked beans, a garden salad, etc... or heading further east: pierogies, cabbage rolls, bratwursts. The old people would eat stuff with beets in it. Not to mention all the pies, slab cakes, and desserts (rhubarb pie for the old people). I want to crawl inside people's heads and know what it is that they secretly hope to see on the table when they attend a potluck. For ex: I could eat my weight in deviled eggs but I don't know if many other people would want to.
Most times, these dishes are in addition to a main course made separately such as BBQ'd brisket, chicken, hamburgers or hot dogs. So if you want to only name appetizers or side dishes you would look for, that would still be helpful.
These days, I don't make as many desserts because I find that adults just don't eat them. Most adults are always on some sort of diet. A little bit are eaten by children & teenagers. Then they end up being forced on people to take home or thrown away. I try to foist them upon middle-aged bachelors and young men - best chances they'll be eaten.
