What is a pot luck dinner?!


Question: What is a pot luck dinner!?
Read that here for the first time!. Some American tradition!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


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"Pot Luck" refers to a traditional American dinner where each guest brings a different dish!.!.!.!.!.!.

Usually each person or couple is designated a dish, sometimes you pull your "dish" out of a hat, so, for example 3 different people bring the same dish, like a lasagna!.!.!.!.!.some one will bring the salad, someone will bring the main, a couple people will bring side dishes and perhaps one will bring a garlic bread loaf!.!.!.!.!.and then there's dessert: this is where I come in!!! I try and bring something light, like Molten Lava Double Chocolate Cakes!.!.!.!.!.!.like I said, LIGHT!.!.!.!. ;)

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It is an American notion!. I don't know if it's done in other places as well, maybe by a different name!. What it is, everybody who's invited to the dinner brings one item of food to the dinner!. It's "luck" what the final menu is, depending on what everyone brings!.

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A potluck dinner is where all who attend each bring a dish of food!. This way there is a variety of food!. When my family has one the host makes the main dish, usually hotdogs/hambergers (in the summer,like a BBQ) and others bring things like potato salad, salad, coleslaw etc!.!. Hope this helps!. Cheers!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Each person or family contributes something different to the buffet style dinner!. It doesn't all have to be the same type of food!. For instance!.!.one family brings lasagna, another fried chicken, another macaroni salad, another drinks!.!.etc!.!.that's my interpretation of a potluckWww@FoodAQ@Com

It is a dinner that everyone who is invited donates to!. For example on the invitation it might say if your lastname begins with A-E bring salad, F-K main meal and the rest of the people desert!. They are delicious and alot of fun and a good way to taste other peoples cooking!. Have fun!Www@FoodAQ@Com

Food that you cook and take to an outing (church, picnic, etc)!. It is put on a table with food cooked by other people and everyone gets to sample whatever they want!. There is usually some very interesting and good food that comes from family recipes somethings!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

a community gets together and everyone makes a good dish to serve about ten to twenty people, where I came from they called it a covered dish dinner!.!.!.!.lots of casseroles, and good desserts! It is a nice thing that people just don't do much anymore!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's an Irish meal, and at the end, all the leprachauns run around with pots of gold!.

No, it when a lot of people come together and there are different types of food, it's sort of like a buffet, home made though!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

People are given a general dish group and they bring what they want to from the list of catagories!.
Whatever is on the pot, you are lucky you got that!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

where everybody brings something to eat, I know they started at like hippie stuff (share and share) but they had one at my school except you had to bring something of your cultural background!.
why would you think it's an African tradition!?Www@FoodAQ@Com

its when everyone brings some of their homemade food from their house and shares it with everyone else!. Like one person could bring baked chicken, another potato salad, aomeone esle tacos!.!.!.etc!.!.!.!.!.lol!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

A potluck is a gathering of people where each person is expected to bring a dish of food to be shared among the group!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Everyone brings a dish to share !.!.!.!.!. I guess the term came from trusting your "luck" and eating what's in the "pot" - lolWww@FoodAQ@Com

usually a group of friends gather together and bring a homemade meal with them!. and enough of it to go aroundWww@FoodAQ@Com

Everyone brings a different dish to pass!. If you're "lucky" each dish is different and tastes good!Www@FoodAQ@Com

what you need is a dictionary!. potluck means everyone brings some type of food to share with everyone!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

It's an event where everyone who attends brings a dish!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

its a gathering of people and everyone contributes foodWww@FoodAQ@Com

when alot of people come together and bring diffrent types of foodsWww@FoodAQ@Com

It is a pitch in!.!.!.Www@FoodAQ@Com





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