Information about Potluck
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An assortment of food dishes at a church potluck.
Synonyms include: potluck dinner, Jacob's join[1][2], Jacob's supper, faith supper, covered dish supper, pitch-in, carry-in.
The word "potluck" is sometimes thought to stem from the Native American custom of potlatch, but in fact the word is of English origin. It is a portmanteau word formed from (cooking) pot and luck. The earliest written citation is from 1592: "That that pure sanguine complexion of yours may never be famisht with pot lucke," Thomas Nashe.[3] As this shows, the original meaning was "food given away to guests", probably derived from "whatever food one is lucky enough to find in the pot", i.e. whatever food happens to be available, especially when offered to a guest. By extension, a more general meaning is "whatever is available in a particular circumstance or at a particular time."
Potluck dinners are often organized by religious or community groups, since they simplify the meal planning and distribute the costs among the participants. Smaller, more informal get-togethers with distributed food preparation may also be called potlucks. The only traditional rule is that each dish be large enough to be shared among a good portion (but not necessarily all) of the anticipated guests. In some cases each participant agrees ahead of time to bring a single course, and the result is a multi-course meal. Guests may bring in any form of food, ranging from the main course to flavourful desserts.
One variation is the Safari Supper, where a group of neighbours physically move between different houses for each part of the meal. This style of eating has recently become popular as a charity fundraiser in rural Britain.
Another variation on the potluck dinner is the rota meal. Participants take turns providing food for the entire group, rather than each participant bringing a dish. For regular meals with a fairly consistent set of participants, this dramatically reduces the amount of preparation effort required.
Another variation, popular in America, is the Traveling Dinner. Each course of a meal is served at different homes. For example the appetizer is served in the first home, the entree in the second home, and the dessert in the last home. The number of courses can be expanded depending on the number of guests. A constraining factor of the traveling potluck is Drinking and Driving. Groups have opted to manage this by limiting the guest list to neighbors within walking distance, a designated driver, or limiting alcohol consumption. Another strategy has been for groups to hire a limo for the evening!
References
1. ^ Partridge, Eric and Paul Beale. A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th ed. (1984).
2. ^ Bachelor, Lisa. "Surviving on a student budget." The Guardian, October 4, 2005
3. ^ Oxford English Dictionary
2. ^ Bachelor, Lisa. "Surviving on a student budget." The Guardian, October 4, 2005
3. ^ Oxford English Dictionary
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The term pot luck can refer to:
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- Potluck, a form of group gathering, usually involving a meal.
- L'Auberge espagnole, a film also released in Britain and Canada under the title Pot Luck.
- Pot Luck (album), a 1962 record album by Elvis Presley.
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Synonyms (in ancient Greek, συν ("syn") = plus and όνομα ("onoma") = name
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indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Americas, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples. They are often also referred to as Native Americans, First Nations
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potlatch is a highly complex event or ceremony among certain Indigenous peoples in North America, including nations on the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States and the Canadian province of British Columbia that has been practiced for thousands of years.
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A portmanteau (IPA: /pɔərtˈmæntoʊ/) is a word or morpheme that fuses two or more words or word parts to give a combined or loaded meaning.
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rota is a timetable showing when certain things are going to be done during a given period. This is cycled to the next period as a circular system of periods. A good example would be the rotas used in staff shift work or for school lesson times which normally has a weekly cycle.
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