Potluck Nightmares!

[Bren539]

 

 

Do you like potluck dinners? I personally can not stand them and after hearing my story, you will think twice before excepting an invitation to your next potluck.The reason I don't like them is because I don't know what is in the food and let me tell you why!  My imagination runs wild and I can't get past the first dish. I used to contribute to the potluck seen, until one day I was working for the school district and the PTA decided to put together a potluck dinner. That was a great idea so I thought!  I made my specialty, brought it to the potluck dinner. Many people arrived all bringing their specialty dishes dressed like they were on their way to a professional business meeting! The food looked great... it was a spread like no other. You had your choice of any kind of food better than a restaurant. I admired the beautiful dishes and helped myself to most of them.

A few days later I decided to visit the President of the PTA whom was always dressed like a princess, wearing make-up and always looked clean. I wouldn't hesitate eating what she brought, looking at her appearance she seemed vary clean! She was so nice to invite me to her house, she wanted to become friends because she said she didn't know to many people. Our kids were in the same class so she wanted to get together and let the kids play. When I arrived, I noticed  the outside of her home needed a little cleaning which was not an issue for me. I went to the door, she opened the door totally excited to invite me in and to my surprise, I could not help but notice all the things lying on the floor of her living room. Yes, I noticed a path to her kitchen. On each side of the path were piles of garbage, boxes of buttons, assuming she collected buttons and paper goods as though she didn't have a trash can or liners to throw her trash in. As I walked through the path, the trash on each side came to the calves of my legs! Did she have any furniture? I couldn't tell. I only see trash! I continued walking to the kitchen, thinking, I do not want to be here! As I entered the kitchen the first thing I noticed, broken greasy bike parts all over the floor. I looked at the table and there sat jars of jelly and peanut butter along with all the clutter and there were fly's stuck on the side of  the jars.  At this point I was trying to remember! What dish did she bring to the potluck? I just know I must of ate some of it. It wasn't long after that, I visited another lady and she had a slow cooker full of beans cooking on the table and her cat seemed to enjoy rubbing himself against the slow cooker. I sat and watched the cat for 10 minutes as she did nothing to stop the cat. So do I hate potluck? Yes, I avoid them at all times!

 

[mothermayiam]

Jun. 10, 2009 at 1:06 PM

 I will say I have the simliar fear at cook out's when people leave potato salad etc out in the sun all day and expect you to eat it.  I 100% insist on putting everything on ice!  I will bring the ice.  Mayonaise has raw egg in it.  that means salad dressings etc. If I don't eat as soon as the food gets put out then we don't eat.  My mother's house is simliar to what you described I never eat there.  She keeps her house very dark and hot.  I'd freak if I had a fly in my house.

[Bren539]

Jun. 10, 2009 at 2:17 PM

What about those who put their hand in the fruit bowl to stir the fruit when making a fruit salad, another bad experience at a friends house! Yuk!

(Original Poster)

[Bren539]

Jun. 10, 2009 at 2:17 PM

I believe schools will not allow people to bring homemade items anymore because of this.

(Original Poster)