This has to be fake, right? The Potluck Dictator.

[hyzenthlay]

A "regulation" casserole pan would be a 9x13.

I love this entry and the site

"regulation size casserole with lid"

But she didn't say a pan, and who serves mashed potatoes in a pan anyway? Plus I only have one casserole pan that has a lid, and I'm sure it's not pretty enough for the table.

A google search for "regulation size casserole" brings up this very letter as the first hit. I think that means the letter writer gets to set the regulations  

[Animala]

LOL, a lot of 9x13s come with lids.

[high dudgeon]

A "regulation" casserole pan would be a 9x13.

For which sport? US or UK rules?

[Animala]

Australian

[Ms_Cellany]

A standard backyard casserole dish is kidney-shaped, holds about a quart and may or may not have a hot tub or little waterfall feature attached to it.

A regulation Olympic casserole dish belonged to your mother, holds 1.5 quarts, is white with blue cornflowers and a glass top with a flattened knob for a handle and a chip in the under-lip of one corner from when you dropped it at age 7. And lane markings for casserole meets.

[GeauxTigers]

I would show up with the ice cream. 5 gallons of vanilla, all "store brand". No Haagen-Dasz for you, Mrs. Pot-Luck Dictator!

[Pandora]

I would be making other plans...Denny's is open on Thanksgiving, right?

 Hometown Buffet is, and they do a pretty good job.

[crankycat]

A regulation Olympic casserole dish belonged to your mother, holds 1.5 quarts, is white with blue cornflowers and a glass top with a flattened knob for a handle and a chip in the under-lip of one corner from when you dropped it at age 7. And lane markings for casserole meets.

Whew.  Glad to know that I have the regulation Olympic casserole dish! *Wonders if I get to bring green beans or mashed potatoes next holiday.*

[hyzenthlay]

A regulation Olympic casserole dish belonged to your mother, holds 1.5 quarts, is white with blue cornflowers and a glass top with a flattened knob for a handle and a chip in the under-lip of one corner from when you dropped it at age 7. And lane markings for casserole meets.

Ow ow ow ow ow - soda out the nose.

Lane markings  

[Veronica]

Confession time:If I allowed all the bad parts of my personality to have free reign, and I'd had a bottle or two of wine, I could see sending out a similar email:"Sarah, I need you to bring 2 pounds of mashed potatoes, not 1 pound, not 3 pounds. 2 pounds, no more, no less.  And I said no lumps, last year I found a lump.  That is unacceptable."  Thankfully I keep the bossy, control-freak part of me tightly wrapped and stuffed in a drawer in the kitchen.  Too much sharing? 

[TylerBelle]

This is a hoot . I could imagine it being real. Some folks want things just so and expect others to follow their directions. But I'm not saying anything we don't already know, heh.

I like how one group, with the woman who's now married and at the adult-level, is only demanded to bring an hors d'oeuvre, such as a veggie tray with dip. And not a large one at that. What size then? Okay, two celery sticks, three baby carrots, a small broccoli floret and one of those little rectangle-shaped packets of ranch. Got it. Though the very next family somehow got saddled with bringing a dish each of stuffing (minus the meat), quarts of mashed squash, and a proscuitto pinwheel, and oh yeah a pie knife.

If I were so lucky to be included in this gathering's Thanksgiving, and decided to attend I don't think I could follow this person's demands to the letter. I would have to make some sort of change and bring simply what I wished to. And have it wrapped entirely in foil.

[Caroline74]

I would watch a reality show episode on this lady's thanksgiving dinner.

[wendelenn]

Heh we might have to combine posts.  http://www.etiquettehell.com/smf/index.php?topic=60190.msg1428919;topicseen#new

Be sure to use a soup spoon, not a serving spoon, to combine the posts, and when combined, place them in a regular size casserole with a lid.  About 2 pounds of each post should suffice.

[Master_Edward]

I think it's a joke. At least I hope it's a joke. Because if it's not someone is being an overly-demanding Female Dog. I mean who does that? She's not asking, she's demanding! Way to win friends and influence people.

Ed.

[twinkletoes]

Confession time:If I allowed all the bad parts of my personality to have free reign, and I'd had a bottle or two of wine, I could see sending out a similar email:"Sarah, I need you to bring 2 pounds of mashed potatoes, not 1 pound, not 3 pounds. 2 pounds, no more, no less.  And I said no lumps, last year I found a lump.  That is unacceptable."  Thankfully I keep the bossy, control-freak part of me tightly wrapped and stuffed in a drawer in the kitchen.  Too much sharing? 

Your email would be that coherent? Mine would be like "SARAH!  I need you to bring what time are you coming?"  Etc., etc.