Tonight we had a “get to know you” potluck at an acting program the kid is considering joining.
There is good luck and bad luck, but for some of the worst kind of luck is potluck.
I hate it. I just do.
When I go to a potluck event, I plan to eat either before or after, depending on the time of day. I bring something that I am sure I am willing to eat, and that is unlikely to spoil, no matter how annoyingly they’ve set up the table or the timing of the event. Then I pretend I am eating while there, while occasionally actually consuming a little of the thing I brought.
So, we got invited to this event – evited, actually. They requested that in the comments section of the RSVP we say what we will be bringing. I took a quick look at the other items people were bringing.
Brownies
Chips and cheese dip
Snickers Salad!!! *
Tuna sandwiches
… wait – Snickers Salad?
So, I googled because WTF? but they were excited about it.
I read recipes, and I was like
OMFG WHUT? NO!
(recipes varied, but basically, chopped Snickers candy bars, fruit and Cool Whip)
*shudder*
And then, I blocked it out.
But, when I was there tonight, I heard people talking. They were so excited that somebody brought Snickers Salad.
And I try to have an open minded policy about trying new food.
Since I wasn’t planning to ever make it, I decided I should try it, since there it was, conveniently on the table.
Just in case I was wrong.
Snickers, apples, Cool Whip, something I couldn’t identify, somebody else mentioned Nilla Wafers…
The kid found a grape in hers. She announced, “I found a grape.” It sounded neutral and polite, if you didn’t know her, but to my ears it sounded a lot like, “I found a booger, in a pile of gross.”
My food horizons have been expanded. I resent this expansion. I probably should have stuck to my pretend to eat policy.
* Yes, the !!! was part of the comment about what they were bringing
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