Originally Posted by
Cloudship
All to try and eat stuff someone else made who you don't trust their cooking skills
I sympathize with your dilemma, and have little to offer since my usual pot luck dishes require a bit more than you have time for, BUT...
I love pot lucks because IME people tend to bring their best of the best proven offerings. I have had some of the best dishes ever at pot lucks. Sure, some losers too, but if there is ~20 or more, it's always good. It does help if people are assigned types of food to bring to increase variety.