Potluck

Yesterday was a staff potluck (not all staff, just exhibits related folks, including design, development, the shop, etc.) Some tasty food and some scary stuff. I'm still not used to game meats showing up so casually. Boy these folks can cook them, though. This was my first real life encounter with the midwest "salad" which includes jello and whipped cream/cream cheese and many things that are counter-intuitive to a sweet salad. There were at least three of these. One was orange and had mandarin orange slices (sweet, like dessert, but not bad). One was white and I think had coconut. It was topped with pretzel bits. The last was green and was topped with sliced green olives with pimento. I chose to avoid that one. These dishes were in the minority, though. There were lots of veggies present. Big emphasis on the spicy, too. Also lots of wild rice, which is a signature MN ingredient. Someone made a dish I wish I had gotten more of. It had potatoes and corn and was subtly flavored with chilies. Delicious. I made my signature brownies (of course). I'm actually getting tired of making brownies, but it was cold and I had the fixings at home. I made a double batch and someone kindly cut my squares in half so there were tons of brownies, but when I went back to check later, they were all gone. Guess they were popular.