Potluck Ideas

My book club is having a pot luck this weekend. I am out of ideas on what to bring. This is the same book club I went shooting with, so creative ideas are welcome!

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A couple of months ago I made 'Potato Salad Bites' (new potatoes baked, sliced in half, innards scooped out and mixed with potato salad ingredients, then piled back into shells. Everyone raved about them.

@HonnyBrown wrote:

My book club is having a pot luck this weekend. I am out of ideas on what to bring. This is the same book club I went shooting with, so creative ideas are welcome!

Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product. Eleanor Roosevelt

Yes! I asked you about the skin coming off. Thank you!

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

I usually bring something that can be served at room temperature. My favorites are Spinach Quiche from Food52 or the Barefoot Contessa's Roasted Vegetables and Orzo. Both recipes available online.
For the quiche, I don't bother making the crust from scratch, just buy deep dish frozen crusts. It calls for 1/2 t black pepper in the crust so I add that amount to the filling for balance. I also don't use the Gruyère cheese, I just use the Swiss cheese from Aldi. It comes in a block and maybe add some extra sharp cheddar for interest. I don't use fresh spinach, I buy the frozen spinach in a box, defrost it and squeeze out all the water. Sometimes I add a 1/2 container of fresh mushrooms sauteed. Since pie crusts come in 2s, you need 1/2 of the box of spinach, 1/2 of a container of mushrooms and it's no more effort to make 2 rather than 1, make 1 for yourself and freeze. I cut into wedges freeze in a zip lock. Paired with a salad it makes a nice light dinner or break from the usual sandwich for lunch.

Make Jerk Chicken.

Usually a big hit.

Or make egg rolls.

Or make Toast-Tite Sandwiches

Bring a few boxes of Girl Scout cookies. No fuss, no muss. Celebrate that scouts are diverse and include people of color. This is important in February. The troop that sold me my 2022 cookies was a diverse bunch of team players. Perfection! And, the cookies are freshest now. If anyone needs more reasons, just think of dipping a lemon cookie into your cuppa when you are reading before your next book discussion. Or, break up your thin mints and stir them into mint chocolate chip ice cream. If possible, add these to the limited edition ice cream that already includes the thin mints. Bliss out...

In other words, bring the girl scout cookies, leave the gun...

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

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Stuffed mushrooms, deviled eggs, potato latkes, cream puffs, sliced roast pork tenderloin, baked ziti, any type of meatballs.

As a former Girl Scouts troop leader for 6 years, cookies sales are exciting. We have ordered 23 boxes from our 3 grand nieces; 2 little Daisies and a Brownie and a cutie pie neighbor. I will give some to my Mom and bring some to work. My favorites are Thin Mints. I bought several boxes of the 2 new flavors.

I love the opportunity of a potluck to make a big lasagna. In my mind a lasagna is better on day 2 or 3 than it is fresh out of the oven. It also needs many layers so my big lasagna pan makes about a dozen entree size servings, which is about 2-3 dozen potluck portions, depending on the crowd and what else appears. It is my opportunity to refresh my freezer with lasagna while providing for a crowd. Use good ingredients and you can hardly go wrong.

I'll pass on the Girl Scout cookies. Not a fan. Someone is bringing meatballs and deviled eggs.

I love the lasagna and baked ziti!. I'm also thinking about a tater tot casserole or a Shoefly pie.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

@Tanischri87 wrote:

Make Jerk Chicken.

Usually a big hit.

Or make egg rolls.

Or make Toast-Tite Sandwiches

I looked the Toas-Tite up, so cute!

I'm going with a mac and cheese. I haven't made that in a long time.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Stuffed Camel

1 whole camel, medium size
1 whole lamb, large size
20 whole chickens, medium size
60 eggs
12 kilos rice
2 kilos pine nuts
2 kilos almonds
1 kilo pistachio nuts
110 gallons water
5 pounds black pepper
Salt to taste

Skin, trim and clean camel (once you get over the hump), lamb and chicken. Boil until tender. Cook rice until fluffy. Fry nuts until brown and mix with rice. Hard boil eggs and peel. Stuff cooked chickens with hard boiled eggs and rice. Stuff the cooked lamb with stuffed chickens. Add more rice. Stuff the camel with the stuffed lamb and add rest of rice. Broil over large charcoal pit until brown. Spread any remaining rice on large tray and place camel on top of rice. Decorate with boiled eggs and nuts. Serves friendly crowd of 80-100.

I will try this the next pot luck!

How do you skin a camel?

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

@HonnyBrown wrote:

I will try this the next pot luck!

How do you skin a camel?

It is best to use a sharp knife. Use caution; we wouldn't want you to loose any digits.

@Madetoshop wrote:

As a former Girl Scouts troop leader for 6 years, cookies sales are exciting. We have ordered 23 boxes from our 3 grand nieces; 2 little Daisies and a Brownie and a cutie pie neighbor. I will give some to my Mom and bring some to work. My favorites are Thin Mints. I bought several boxes of the 2 new flavors.

The new cookie they have out this year looks very appetizing.

@Rousseau wrote:

Stuffed Camel

1 whole camel, medium size
1 whole lamb, large size
20 whole chickens, medium size
60 eggs
12 kilos rice
2 kilos pine nuts
2 kilos almonds
1 kilo pistachio nuts
110 gallons water
5 pounds black pepper
Salt to taste

Skin, trim and clean camel (once you get over the hump), lamb and chicken. Boil until tender. Cook rice until fluffy. Fry nuts until brown and mix with rice. Hard boil eggs and peel. Stuff cooked chickens with hard boiled eggs and rice. Stuff the cooked lamb with stuffed chickens. Add more rice. Stuff the camel with the stuffed lamb and add rest of rice. Broil over large charcoal pit until brown. Spread any remaining rice on large tray and place camel on top of rice. Decorate with boiled eggs and nuts. Serves friendly crowd of 80-100.

Sometimes you just need to say WTF. Or something like that. I can't recall the exact quote from Risky Business.

At other times, you simply must ask: was that one hump, or two?

@wrosie wrote:

@Rousseau wrote:

Stuffed Camel

1 whole camel, medium size
1 whole lamb, large size
20 whole chickens, medium size
60 eggs
12 kilos rice
2 kilos pine nuts
2 kilos almonds
1 kilo pistachio nuts
110 gallons water
5 pounds black pepper
Salt to taste

Skin, trim and clean camel (once you get over the hump), lamb and chicken. Boil until tender. Cook rice until fluffy. Fry nuts until brown and mix with rice. Hard boil eggs and peel. Stuff cooked chickens with hard boiled eggs and rice. Stuff the cooked lamb with stuffed chickens. Add more rice. Stuff the camel with the stuffed lamb and add rest of rice. Broil over large charcoal pit until brown. Spread any remaining rice on large tray and place camel on top of rice. Decorate with boiled eggs and nuts. Serves friendly crowd of 80-100.

Sometimes you just need to say WTF. Or something like that. I can't recall the exact quote from Risky Business.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao-Tzu

@wrosie wrote:

The new cookie they have out this year looks very appetizing.

What's the new cookie?

I usually make a cauliflower casserole that looks and tastes like macaroni and cheese.. I don't go to many pot lucks, but it's been a hit every time I've made it for these folks around here.

@Shop-et-al wrote:

At other times, you simply must ask: was that one hump, or two?

The two-hump variety, Bactrian camel, is from central Asia. The single hump variety, Dromedary, is largely found in North Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. The U.S. Army's Camel Corp was comprised of the Dromedary. The most famous USA camel, Hi Jolly, has a monument in the City of Quartzite (Arizona) cemetery. Many consider the hump the tastiest part of the camel as it is fattier and more tender. If selecting a Bactrian camel, make sure it is from the domesticated population. The wild Bactrian camel, genetically different that the domesticated which is plentiful, is an endangered species. Most camel meat sold in the United States is imported from Australia which has a large population of dromedaries, decedent from camels imported during the 19th century when Australia was a British colony.

I've had cauliflower breadsticks. They were good!

No way am I altering my Mom's mac and cheese.

@Morledzep wrote:

I usually make a cauliflower casserole that looks and tastes like macaroni and cheese.. I don't go to many pot lucks, but it's been a hit every time I've made it for these folks around here.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

I did ask for creative!

@wrosie wrote:

Sometimes you just need to say WTF. Or something like that. I can't recall the exact quote from Risky Business.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Loaded baked potato salad. I saw it on Food network with Tyler Florence years ago but I can't find it when I do a Google search today.

Thanks wrosie! I made this dish in the past. It was a winner!

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Found it. Looks scrumptious!!!!!
[www.foodnetwork.com]

@wrosie wrote:

Loaded baked potato salad. I saw it on Food network with Tyler Florence years ago but I can't find it when I do a Google search today.

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