What would you bring to a multi cultural potluck? My work is having one and we're supposed to bring a family recipe or ethnic dish. I thought about this, I really don't have any family recipes. I have my own goto recipes, but nothing ethnic, unless you consider shish kebabs or chicken stir fry ethnic. If someone asked me what your signature recipe was it'd probably just be chicken stew in the crock pot. There are four meals we have almost once a week because they are easy, fast and agreeable to everyone in my fam: Chicken stew in the crock pot, grilled or baked salmon, burgers and tacos. Stew I make ahead, salmon you just throw in the over for 20 mins, and the other two I can whip up the protein in like 10 minutes and we just fix a couple sides. But I wouldn't bring any of those to a potluck.
I guess I am going to make some homemade fresh egg fettuccine and a light sauce, either simple olive oil, white wine, lemon, garlic, herbs, or sausage and peppers with a little tomato paste. I don't really consider italian-american food very ethnic, but I my roots are central Europe, all we eat is like meat and potatoes and grandparents didn't cook all that much. I made ravioli and lasagna before but honestly the payoff wasn't worth the effort. It tasted maybe 10% better than store bought for like 300% more effort. I think the fresh pasta quality is lost in the other flavors when it's baked/stuffed. Fresh pasta is like 100% tastier than dried in my opinion for at most 50% more effort.
So what would you bring to a multi cultural pot luck?
As a side note, half my team is indian, and there are some chinese people working here too so I'm sure they can bring something very typical in their native cuisine that'll seem exotic to the rest of us.