Okay, I need to be honest with myself. This will not work. I tried to tie-down a crockpot to the rack on my bike. There is no way I would make it to work without spilling the contents stored in the crockpot.
Alas, today I need to drive the car into work – it is potluck day. A serious workday indeed.
You have to understand, I work with professional potluck folks who know how to plan and execute on a great department potluck. I love to cook and always contribute to these potlucks.
Yet truth be told … I love to eat more than cook and a well put together potluck is a dream.
As usual there was more food than we could eat today. It was enough food for an army. It got me thinking … how can we look at a typical potluck mathematically. We should be able to plan our potluck to have just enough food.
Here is how I work out the numbers:
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Start with 50 people bringing in food for the potluck
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Each person generally makes enough for 10 people
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As such we have 500 portions
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Yet as we line up to grab food to fill our plate, each person takes maybe 5 servings
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So we use 250 servings or half of the total available
As such we planned for a one time department potluck and finish with enough food for a second day. Maybe it is just good food with good people. Maybe it is more and a lesson for each of us.
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Looks and sounds delicious…
And day two is here – time to eat. Good food with the people I work with is a great time. Oh yea, birthday cake later today too.
– Michael