What do you normally make for pot luck events?

A pot of gumbo.

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Only thing I know is someone is bringing some pulled pork

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Cole slaw, potato salad, or homemade mac n'cheese.

Last two:

Thanksgiving - Shrimp Mirliton
Misc. Potluck - Mr. B's BBQ Shrimp over grits. Made the BBQ shrimp separately and then combined with cooked cheese grits in a crock pot on "warm". People loved it.

Near Thanksgiving and Christmas, crawfish cornbread dressing (or shrimp).

Cornbread salad
Mac 'n cheese
Crockpot meatballs
Rice dressing

Jalapeno rice in river roads...easy to make and good

It's at a bar. Will have to cook at home and bring there. Could use a crock pot to keep things warm

It's at a bar. Will have to cook at home and bring there. Could use a crock pot to keep things warm

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What do you normally make for pot luck events? by Powerman Cheesy bacon and wild rice soup? Go on...

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I wished I had written down my recipe, but I kind of wing it. I double this recipe so it serves 14-16 people. I live in Minnesota and use 100% wild rice which is readily available here. If you really want to make it richer, use whipping cream instead of half and half. I also make a light blond blond roux with about a half cup of oil and flour which thickens up the soup. I use a pound of good quality thick sliced bacon. I add a pound of Velveeta ( I know, it's processed cheese, but melts well) or use cubed cheddar cheese. I don't put in the pimentos or green onions, but will usually add sliced carrots, diced celery, and mushrooms. People really love this soup. You can substitute diced chicken for the bacon or use both kinds of meat.

crock pot roast

When I was 18-19 I joined my dad's Mardi Gras float. At the time about every 2-3 months all of the float members and their wives would get together and have a pot luck dinner. At that point in my life I really didn't know how to cook anything good. I went to Rouses, brought 8 cans of of 4-$1 biscuits and 4 packs of hot dogs. I went home and made a big ole tray of pigs in a blanket. I bought them to the pot luck dinner, the few buddies I had on the float who were the same age as me all made fun of me for it. At the end if the night, I was the only one who didn't bring any left overs home, they all went. So now whenever I go to a pot luck dinner, I bring pigs in a blanket. If it's a fancy pot luck I call them Kaloches.