Exceedingly Mundane

~Potluck~

By the way…

When you attend a potluck dinner, what item/items do you usually bring? Well, most of the potlucks we go to are at Tim’s extended family, either his mom or dad’s side of the family will have a get-together. Or a “gathering” as they like to call them. 🙂 Since we live farther away and have to travel, I try to take things that travel well, which usually means a dessert for me. I often make brownies or chess squares or gooey bars. I have made other desserts, and sometimes take the stuff to make Gail’s crunchy Asian slaw. All of them usually go over pretty well.

Do you pick up something pre-made at the market, or do you take the time to prepare something at home. The majority of the time, I make something. Sometimes we take drinks or pick up food, depends on who is there, the occasion, our travel arrangements and timing.

Are you the one whose dish always gets the rave reviews at the event? Not really. Tim’s mom and her sisters are great cooks and they can out-cook and out-bake me any day. My sister is a really great cook too, so if I take something to Gail’s (usually just at the holidays), it’s a certain broccoli casserole everyone loves. Especially me!

Share your favorite potluck dish if you like. All of my recipes are here on our family website, Hambones.org. The Fudgy One-Bowl brownies, Gail’s Crunchy Slaw and Broccoli casserole are perennial potluck favorites.