Potluck

View quoted message It's funny because my aunt said shes bringing her orzo salad (Greek pasta that looks like rice, it's sooo good) and a large ham, and my cousins are bringing the meatballs everyone likes and my FH cousin is bring taco casserole.

Ooooh, that's gonna be good! I think you're on the right track. Just keeping it organized, kind of "first come, first pick" basis on food, and then make a note or something saying, "If you would like to bring something else, please let the bride know"... so that if an Aunt is like, "Oh I must make my famous XFamilyFavouriteMealX!" you know it's coming... Haha.

I love the idea! Its waaaayyyyy too much planning for me to try and handle/manage but I think it would be an absolute blast! As mentioned before, I would give people certain courses to bring... even can throw in options like Veggie/Non-Veg to make sure there's something for everyone!

John Smith - Vegetarian Main Course

Jane Collins - Meat Appetizer

View quoted message My aunt is bringing a ham and a pasta salad, my fmil will probably bring a turkey or something but I am going to work on these details this week with excel to make sure people aren't bringing doubles

I think that this idea is fine - but just keep in mind that most people will want to bring a side dish rather than a main due to costs. With that being said, maybe you could provide at least one main meat for the potluck for everyone to avoid a salad only supper?

My parents went to one. They were told to bring a dish depending on their last name. I don’t remember the categories but, for example, last names A-G brought a main dish, H-O brought salad and P-Z brought dessert. That way, it gave everyone some choice as to what to bring but they also knew they would have some variety.