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Pot Luck Dinners - bring the food back home when you leave?

Posted: Dec 16, 2009

When you go to a pot luck and bring something, do you bring it home when you leave?

I am from LI originally and I never saw anyone bring their food home. I originally lived on the east coast of FL and never saw people bring it home but I am on the west coast and it seems I am the only one that leaves the food for the host.

Wondering if it is a regional thing. On the east coast most people are from NY or NJ and on this coast most of the people I know are from MI or IL.

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Potluck - me

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I usually take a crowd-pleasing dessert, and there is rarely any left, and they are asking for the recipe. If not, I usually take it home with me because I want to make sure I get all my dishes/flatware back. I might ask the host if they want the leftovers first. I grew up in IL and now live in GA, and this is always the way I have done it no matter where I lived.

I always leave the leftovers, also. - sigh

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Like the above poster, though, I always gather my dishes on the way out unless I've used disposables. I'm in eastern NC.

potluck - foody

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I don't believe region is a factor. It's the host/hostesses call. You should simply ask if they want you to leave it or take it back home.

I would worry that with a big potluck, and everyone leaving the food, that there may not been enough room for all the leftovers in the fridge, so just ask.

What we do is DIVIDE all the leftovers among everyone.

I always take the leftovers with me (sm) - MT in NC

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I feel like I am just leaving the host something to clean up if I leave it there. Never thought of leaving it :) I am from east coast Florida.

One thing people have done to me several times in the last few years that drives me nuts is to bring food to me when I am hosting and give it to me unprepared/uncooked, for me to cook!! I have some people bring me two cans of baked beans for me to put in my own pan and cook for the party and someone else brought me a bag of froze appetizers for me to bake! I don't see how that helps the hostess by giving her more work to do :(

How do you feel about it - as the host?

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Would you want people to leave the leftovers or take them home?

I would want them to leave the lemon meringue pie, but take the green bean and dried onion casserole with them.

re: host - leftover

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That's silly, to say the least, rude at best. I agree with the poster above that said divide everything up for everyone to take home.

You don't get to keep all the treats and sweets because you don't like veggies... we're not 6 anymore!

ask Santa for a sense of humor - it was obviously a joke

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geesh.

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