Help Me To Become The POTLUCK QUEEN!

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here's the deal: i'm going to a potluck dinner tonight. so far i am competing with a kiwifruit-and-apple crumble and an infamously-delicious pumpkin pie for POTLUCK QUEEN SUPREMACY.

I'm thinking chickpea salad; tell me what other delights i should put in it. Or give me a FABULOUS AND QUICK recipe with CHEAP INGREDIENTS that will leave everyone in AWE of my cullinary SKILLZ!

― petra jane, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm confused. If it's potluck, how can we help?

― Graham, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

oops. to clarify, i have to make something. and it has to be GOOD. much reputation and prestige is riding on this dinner.

― petra jane, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

If you're looking for a crown I would pass on the garbanzos. Is this a dairy eatin' crowd? Go for a 7-layer dip type thing: refried beans, cheese, guacamole, sour cream, etc. . . makes people think they're eating junk food therefore = hit.

― Ms. S., Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

pie-ettes.

― rainy, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Sorry that's no help is it? I never cook, I just bring the wine and pre dinner snacks.

― rainy, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

rainy is correct, actually. the answer is booze.

― jess, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

and teeny weeny pies.

― rainy, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Num, minipies.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

How about a Tart Tart? If you made it with limes it could be a tart tart tart.

― felicity, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

And if people went out of their way to eat it they could be tart tart tart tarts.

― Matt, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

ALthough this doesn't really help - but on a chickpea note, I made a chickpea/potato GOOEY MASH OF STUFF with GARLICK and CREAM and BUERRE (as they say in Franz) and it was BLUDDY SWELL, geezer. And dead easy to cook! It was in a Nigel Slater book! I could eat LOADS OF IT ALL DAY and in fact HAF! Numnumnumnumnumnumnumnumnumnumnumnumnumnumnumn. It does not look very impressive though so it probably does not meet yore NEEDS - I dunno wot you should do but COR chickpeas are nice.

― Sarah, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Take a cheese board. Everyone loves cheese and it takes no effort whatsoever.

― Anna, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Hummous is dead-easy and quick if you have a food processor.

― Dan Perry, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Yes and you can use the chick peas. Fresh hummous. MMMrowf!

― Tracer Hand, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

YUM YUM, you's all making me hungry...next time there's a midwotsit feast YOU'RE ALL INVITED, bring a plate.

i made pretty-coloured chickpea, carrot and kiwifruit salad anyway 'cause it started to rain again and i couldn't be arsed going to the store and getting all wet and squoodgy-feeted.

the POTLUCK QUEEN was my flatmate for her fruit crumble, anyway, cause it was made in a roasting pan THE SIZE OF A CATTLE TROUGH! trounced yet again.

― petra jane, Friday, 21 June 2002 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

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