Potluck x 2...

It's always a good day when it includes a potluck, so today must have been unusually good because I found myself at the right place at the right time to take in two potlucks on this Superbowl Sunday! And no, for those of you out there who are wondering if Alicia has taken up football watching on Sunday afternoons, I didn't watch the Superbowl, not even for the commercials which is the reason I should have sat down in front of the tube today (according everyone who asked if I was going to watch football today). Instead, I stopped by the women's anti-Superbowl party. We also had our monthly "carry-in" (that's what they call them here in Indiana) lunch at church.

Potlucks, I have discovered, have a standard menu. The same casseroles and salads potluck standbys make their appearance at every potluck, whether I'm in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or Indiana. Pasta casseroles seem to always top the list. Of course every potluck has a bit of its own flavour too, you know, those few signature dishes. In Hudson Bay I remember the wild rice and mushroom casserole that one of the ladies in the church used to make. In southern Manitoba, a farmer sausage dish is pretty much a guarantee. At the church I attend here in Indiana, I've noticed that tapioca pudding and deviled eggs seem to be the favourites (or at least what people tend to bring).

And what did I contribute to the pot? Well, my roommate made two delicious pizza casseroles.