What's Your Signature Potluck Dish?

[Tesha]

http://submit.nytimes.com/potluck-recipes?th&emc=th


this looks like fun...
"Are you known for your killer potato salad, your succulent pulled pork or your cinnamon-scented apple cake? Submit a photo and recipe of your go-to potluck dish for a special, community-themed food issue of The New York Times Magazine.

Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs of food52.com will test and post a curated list of the very best on Oct. 6. The deadline to get your entries in is Sept. 24, noon E.S.T."

[hippywife]

1. For years after Bill and I married

if you talked to his family mine was deviled eggs. They wouldn't let me come to a family gathering without bringing them. I stopped that after a while. Now that we have chickens and all the eggs are really fresh, I definitely don't bring them as they are a pain to peel.

[madmax]

2. ok, now fork over the recipe

:rofl: :hi:

[hippywife]

3. LOL!

It was only a simple mixture of mayo, yellow mustard, sugar, salt, pepper and cider vinegar, just like my mom always made. Nothing else, nothing special. Apparently no one else knew how to make them. One holiday, one of Bill's nephews decided to try it and did pretty good, so I know they weren't just yanking my chain to get me to bring them. And they would eat them all almost before the plate hit the table. I dunno. :shrug:

[madmax]

Maybe you just have a special touch

I wonder if there is some off the wall secret ingrediant some people use in deviled eggs. Pickle relish, caviar (ick) or something else.

My recipe is the same as yours. Never gotten any complaints, take home an empty plate and it's easy ;)

[Tesha]

8. we use wasabi

nice bite...

[madmax]

5. dupe

[sandnsea]

6. We make my son bring them

He insists he doesn't do anything special either, but his deviled eggs are the best I've ever had. Same ingredients that you use, same that my mom used too. You guys must just have the magic touch at getting the ingredients just so. They disappear at our house too.

[grasswire]

4. apple pie

so in order to have any fun at all, I usually make something else besides the apple pie. My grandmother's filled raisin cookies or potato salad are requests, too.

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Hot Hominy. Even people who swear they don't like hominy will

ask for the recipe. Very quick & easy.

HOT HOMINY CASSEROLE

1 lb. hot pork sausage 1 can cream of mushroom soup
½ C. chopped onion ½ lb. Velveeta cheese, cubed
½ C. chopped bell pepper chopped jalapeno peppers to taste
2 cans hominy, drained 1 C. grated cheddar cheese

Preheat oven to 350F. Brown sausage, add onion and bell pepper and cook until onion is translucent. Add soup, Velveeta and chopped jalapeno peppers. Heat until cheese is melted. Place hominy in 2 qt. casserole or baking dish, pour cheese and sausage mixture over hominy and mix well. Cover and bake about 20 minutes, until hot and bubbly, sprinkle grated cheese over the top and return to the oven, uncovered, until cheese is melted and slightly browned.

[Tesha]

9. Now THAT'S a Hot Dish!

The kind I remember from church suppers of my youth...

[hippywife]

10. So far the only thing I've been able to eat hominy in

is posole. I tried eating it by itself and spit it out. It tasted horrible, like chemically.

[Warpy]

11. Yeah, I think it needs the chile, too

I'm looking forward to cold weather and some green posole made with turkey, hominy, green chiles, tomatillos, onions, garlic, and cilantro.

Yum.

[hippywife]

12. Don't forget lots of

fresh lime wedges. For me they are the crowning touch of posole.

[Monique1]

13. People always ask for my refried beans and shredded beef