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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Discussing potlucks to me is like discussing shoes. EVERYONE should know the subject...but...moving here, I am finding that not EVERYONE grew up with potlucks as a way to gather people together for a meal.
On top of that there are people who don't like them because they believe you have to COOK something.
I have even heard that some people do NOT like potlucks because they don't like to eat stuff from another's kitchen if they don't KNOW the person.
This born in Ohio girl is really surprised by negativity toward potlucks...so gonna ask you...
Did you go to potlucks a lot where you are from...and do you call them potlucks? When we lived in Indiana they called them "pitchins".
My favorite dish to bring to a potluck because the bowl goes home empty is Johnny Marzetti. It is a hamburger, noodle cheese cassarole.
Did you do potlucks growing up and what do is your favorite thing to bring...or do you not like 'em???
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We have always lived in the midwest or mid north, and potlucks are a way of life. We would have 2 or 3 a year at our church. On the Sunday before Thanksgiving we would always have one, and our aunt always brought scalloped oysters. People would wait for her arrival (she was usually fashionably late) and stake out positions around the serving table so they could get a scoop, as they never lasted long. I had to laugh when you mentioned "Johnny Marzetti", as my wife has long made the same dish, the recipe for which she got from some Amish friends, but they call it Yummazetti. Coincidently, we are going to a Holiday pot luck dinner tonight at a Mennonite church that some good friends attend, and who invited us.