Potluck Season Has Begun!

It's that time of year again. Potluck season. I'm not sure why Christmas holidays and potlucks seem to go hand-in-hand, but they do.

In fact, our company's potluck is coming up this week. HR sent out the reminder to everyone today along with a list of who's bringing what. Naturally I had to check out the "menu" to see what my tastebuds would be subjected to.

There's the standard chili, meatball and Mexican layer dip offerings. There's also some more exotic dishes like pakoras and something else I can't pronounce, let alone spell properly. It also appears our legal counsel is bringing KFC because as he says "Everyone secretly loves KFC." (I took that to mean that he secretly loves KFC and is looking for an excuse to go pick some up.)

Last year I brought a homemade potato sausage soup but found it made my hour+ long commute into the office too stressful. (There's something terrifying about a steaming hot pot of soup sloshing around in your car while you try to manoeuvre the on-ramps and rush hour stop-and-go traffic.) So this year I was looking for something easy.

I consulted the Interwebs to see what others had to recommend. This is when I came across something called a Pretzel Jello Salad. Seriously.

For a very brief moment I considered it as my potluck contribution... you know... as a gag. But I couldn't go through with it. Instead I am dusting off an old recipe for a curried crab dip.