Roop wrote:

Lab I worked at, we'd throw big parties for different holidays throughout the year, and they'd cater a main course like fried chicken but the best part was how everybody would make and bring a side dish or dessert. The workforce was mainly made up of mid to older aged women, a good percentage into collect and trading recipes so they were badasses at this and I could fill my plate with 5 little piles of macaroni salad. I can enjoy all styles of that really. One lady made some kind of spiral pasta salad with various olives and beans, vinegar and olive oil based, fucking delicious. Another was mayo-based and instead of sickly sweet, had chunks of cheese and shreds, with tiny bits of celery. All mouth-watering. That's why I'd be taking piles of both when I spotted them again on the table, could never decide between them. Don't forget coleslaw! That too can be vinegar or cream based. Sometimes they'd sneak in cream cheese, but here I'd usually go with the vinegar slaw. As long as they don't go making that too sweet. I once got a pile of vinegar slaw where they added a bunch of simple syrup or something, now that was disgusting.