Jackson Jambalaya

That looks good. But the real question is: did that lazy-eyed girl get married and stop cooking?

And speaking of a covered dish, when I was a yunkster there was this spinster church pianist at our church who received word that some or other event was coming up and everyone was asked to bring a covered dish. So she did. She brought with her a dish that had a cover.

True story.

Anytime they do a covered dish lunch I am gone. I aint getting food poisioning from sister Betty's casserole.

Yep. cat lady pot lucks are a type of Russian roulette game that I don’t play.

Too bad for all you yutes who missed out on the good old days.

50 years ago when you went to eat covered dish you knew (and I mean YOU KNEW) exactly who made every dish. Some were guaranteed gone before you had a chance. Others were going back home with their cook. Competition was fierce.

There was no adventure or risk taking involved with the covered dish back in the day unless someone moved into the neighborhood and folks hadn't yet figured out how good a cook they were.

You were a kid and if you half paid attention then you knew whose invites to stay for dinner were a no go zone.

No need for the health inspector when the neighborhood kids and ladies got to snooping and gossiping.

@12:49 is spot on. My little rural Presbyterian church still has covered dish lunches and suppers. No one has gotten food poisoning, ever, that I know of. The desserts aren't as good now as they were 50+ years ago when people made desserts from scratch. Now days, too many bring some sugary gunk from Walmart or Costco.

In the beautiful little town in OK where my father's people originated, Catholics had spaghetti dinners for $1.50 to pay for their new little church. They laughingly said most attendees were Baptists and happy to help pay off the Catholics' construction loan, one plate of pasta at a time.

1. The preacher is always first in line at the covered-dish eatin' followin' a funeralizin. And when he's sayin' the blessin', he got one eye open to be sure nobody break-line in front of him.

2. Why is it called covered-dish? What if you bring a pie without no tin-foil over it?

3. The black women where I used to work told me this horrid truth about why they will never eat spaghetti brought to the factory covered-dish gala unless THEY bring it themselves or one of their close relatives do. I made them swear and they swore to the truth of it.

4. There is always that one woman at the church who will load up a second plate high as a mountain and claim it's for her sick sister or cousin back at the house who wanted to come to the funeral but is too sick. She be lyin' her ass off!

@9:07 - It is common for the bereaved family and the preacher to go through the line first. It is a courtesy.

They are called "covered dish" suppers because most people put a cover on what they are transporting from home to the church. Literal, black and white thinking is not helpful in this regard.

What is a "factory covered-dish gala"? Is that something undertaken by employees at an Amazon warehouse?

My church provides disposable containers to everyone who wants to take leftovers home with them. No judgment by anyone whatsoever and many of the older people look forward to having something at home that they don't have to cook. As one of the younger members of my church and being a good cook myself, I love to share whatever I cooked with the older congregants to make their lives a little easier. It's all part of the church community to help one another.

No, Miss Priss, that's not what a "Factory Covered Dish Gala" is. It will surprise you to know that even the poors and little people who work in factories enjoy the occasional lunch get-togethers.

It's in really bad taste to load up two plates when you're passing through the serving line, regardless of whether there are plastic containers at the back table.

Get the Hell over your childish self since you can't enjoy a bit of sarcasm and humor.