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Geography of Potluck

Would it be worthwhile to have a section describing what countries actually have potluck? Any maybe what it is called in other places? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.200.66.7 (talk) 22:13, 24 November 2015 (UTC)

Need better sources in most cases, but here's what I've got for a few terms:
bring and share lunch
UK
carry-in dinner
South Dakota (anecdotal)
community dinner
dinner-on-the-grounds
American churches (Way With Words)
covered dish supper
Southeast US (per this blog)
favorite dish dinner
Kentucky (per an old church newsletter)
fuddle
Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Bedfordshire (per wiktionary:fuddle)
Jacob's join
Lancashire, Cumbria (per a reader post at The Guardian)
pitch-in
Indiana (per Dictionary of American Regional English)
southwest Indiana (anecdotal)
pot luck, potluck
UK, US (commonly attested)
scramble
Illinios (per Dictionary of American Regional English)
I invite others to amend the list above. Ibadibam (talk) 00:51, 26 March 2016 (UTC)