About to head out to a pot-luck. This is my third in the last year, and I've sort of settled into making desserts. I'm making the same cookies (ginger-sugar-snap) I did a year ago. One other time I made carrot cake, and that was a mistake...all the frosting melted...and I had made it so pretty! The whole point of bringing a dessert is that I can make something that isn't refrigeration dependent (but I got a little cocky last time). When I previously made these cookies, I brought two batches and I think only about five cookies got eaten (everyone filled up on dinner...save some room, people!). So, this time I am only bringing one batch, if I am able to continue to suppress every Italian instinct in me to overkill on the amount of food I bring...I need to hurry up and put the extra I made away before I pack it up for the trip...
I wonder, where does the name pot luck come from? I suppose I could research this right now but instead I'll just speculate on it....um...ok, the "pot" is easy; it's from everyone putting something into the group effort ...but the "luck"? Is it from the "luck" you hope you have that someone will bring something edible?
On a related note, I'm sort of ticked only a few people from my program are coming. We are only going to be 8+, including guests and hosts (and the '+' is because I don't know how many kids the host has). I know those nerds don't have anything better to do on a Saturday night. I know you can't make people be friends, or want to come out, but I do wish there was more camaraderie in my program. I understand that everyone has their own lives, but just every once in a while it would be really nice if everyone could get together for an enjoyable occasion totally unrelated to economics.
Sigh. On the upside, more food for me...
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