Hunt, Then Eat
I love a potluck. Sampling a dozen or more homemade dishes is my idea of a good time.
And it helps that people almost always bring a favorite, tried-and-true dish to a potluck. So almost everything there is sure to be good.
Last weekend, I experienced a first—a pot luck combined with a scavenger hunt.
Some friends, it turns out, had been itching to have a scavenger hunt for a while. They decided to have a pot luck at a local park afterward. Just for good measure, they also made it a fundraiser for a local nonprofit. Twenty points on the hunt list was a $10 donation.
The hunt itself was great fun. Each family made up a team and had an hour and a half to gather items from an eclectic list. The list was varied enough so that everyone is my family was able to contribute at least one item. Several items involved picture-taking, too, so all in all it was a true family event.
Then all the families gathered to show off their loot, get scored and finally to chow down.
As usual, I ended up stuffed to the gills—on chicken, corn and bean salad, tortilla casserole, spinach casserole, about six kinds of pasta salad and a whole lot more.
But it was a good stuffed.
Best of all, it was an afternoon that combined private family quality time, group socializing and good food. What more can you ask?
