Potluck food

This is a list of food suitable for potluck feasts. Most of them are available from your local shop, and don't require cooking. If you feel like cooking, consult period recipes.

• period Fruits
  • apple
  • orange
  • grapes
  • strawberries
  • many more less common varieties listed under fruit
• Dried fruits and nuts
  • almost any fruit was dried (apple, pear, sultanas, dates, figs...)
  • Most nuts (other than peanuts, and cashews) are period
• cheese
• pies
  • fruit pies - Look in that supermarket freezer for apple, pear, apricot or berry pies, but if it's a cold day, please defrost them. A period example: Pear tart (recipe)
  • quiche - there are several period tarts that resemble a heavily spiced quiche - e.g. Ember Day Tart(recipe). Try for a plain quiche without tomato in it, please.
  • large meat pies, preferably with other ingredients (not potato), e.g. a period pie with meat and berries Caneline Beef Pie(recipe)
• bread (remember that the autocrat often supplies some)
• roast chicken - hot or cold (but be careful of food safety)
• cut cold meats
• some dips
  • hommus
  • chives and onion???
• salad - was made up of herbs and general leafy stuff, including flowers and sometimes chopped fruit. Salad mix may not be a bad approximation to some period salads.
• sweet buns - e.g. glazed sultana buns
• almond cake (look at the gourmet Italian coffee cakes in the supermarket)
• shortbread
• Angel's food - a sweet dip that goes well with biscotti or shortbread style biscuits. Angels food (recipe)

See also:

• Food