[Sca-cooks] "Bad" language
t.d.decker at att.net
t.d.decker at att.net
Tue Dec 29 16:16:37 PST 2009
I always thought it derived from the Chinook word potlatch.
Bear
> Potluck, AFAIK, is Old English word and usually refers to 1 of 2 things. 1.
> Guest drop by around dinner time and you prepare whatever is on hand. 2. a
> communal dinner where every one brings something to the dinner. I don't know
> how far back the tradition goes but I know that German Lutherans have
> practiced the #2 meaning since the 1800s. Either as a church get together or
> just friends and family gatherings.
> And then there is tradition of the coffee cake which is probably a off shoot
> of tea cakes but Northern Europe style. :)
>
> De
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