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Potluck vs Pitch-in
  • SaraMommySaraMommy
    Posts: 862Member

    Okay, Scary Mommies. I am trying to settle a debate with co-workers. What do you call a gathering where all people bring in food?

    I was born and raised in Louisville, KY and have ALWAYS only called it a potluck. Well, when DH and I moved RIGHT across the river to New Albany, IN people call them Pitch-ins. What the hell?? The first time I heard that word was from the people at DH's work and now that I started a new job in Indiana, they call it a pitch-in as well. It's just weird!!!! We are literally right across the river from Louisville, so why does it have a different name?!?

    Anyways, so I was just wondering what do you all call it and where are you from??

  • SnugglePussSnugglePuss
    Posts: 233Member
    Potlucks all the way!
    Wtf is a "pitch in"? lol
  • SaraMommySaraMommy
    Posts: 862Member
    That's exactly what I said!!! It doesn't even make sense! :)
  • km.mamma
    Posts: 129Member
    Potluck! Ive never heard of putch in sounds like a clean up crew!
  • sidsmommy3sidsmommy3
    Posts: 2,204Member
    Potluck!
    Mary :-)

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  • LLB
    Posts: 3,308Member
    That would be a potluck! I've never heard it called anything else.

    Pitch-in is the sign on the side of trash cans :-p
  • kittykisses80kittykisses80
    Posts: 1,014Member
    I live in Indiana and have always called it a potluck. Never heard of it being called anything else.
  • CrashCrash
    Posts: 8,197Member
    Potluck. Lol.
    See ya in another life, sister!
  • SaraMommySaraMommy
    Posts: 862Member
    Oh my goodness! @kittykisses80 what part of IN are you in?? These people here in New Albany and a little west in Corydon think I am the crazy one for never hearing of a "pitch-in"!!!
  • CanadianMamaCanadianMama
    Posts: 9,775Administrator, Moderator
    Potluck for sure

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  • mommydeliriousmommydelirious
    Posts: 3,206Member
    Potluck. Pitch-in sounds like you all get in the kitchen and make something or you bring "additional or side" dishes.
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  • ManicMomma
    Posts: 78Member
    I live in Indiana and it's pitch-in in my area...as in everyone pitch's in a dish. But I've heard of a potluck...we just don't refer to it as such.
  • missy545missy545
    Posts: 390Member
    I'm in Indy and its always been called a pot luck! I've never heard of pitch in either lol
  • missy545missy545
    Posts: 390Member
    @manicmomma what part of Indiana ate you in?
  • shouldcleanshouldclean
    Posts: 2,357Member
    Potluck
  • missy545missy545
    Posts: 390Member
    Crap spell check ***are not ate
  • loveitloveit
    Posts: 1,753Member
    Pot luck!!!
  • kittykisses80kittykisses80
    Posts: 1,014Member
    @saramommy Fort Wayne! :-)
  • MarySunshineMarySunshine
    Posts: 5,434Member
    Pot luck!
    I'm as sexy as a burp mid-kiss. Watch out!

  • ManicMomma
    Posts: 78Member
    SaraMommy said:

    Oh my goodness! @kittykisses80 what part of IN are you in?? These people here in New Albany and a little west in Corydon think I am the crazy one for never hearing of a "pitch-in"!!!

    I don't think you're crazy. It's just like the soda vs. pop thing...in some regions people call it pop (me) and in others its referred to as soda..Its just a preference I guess.
  • ManicMomma
    Posts: 78Member
    missy545 said:

    @manicmomma what part of Indiana ate you in?


    Indy >:D<
  • kittykisses80kittykisses80
    Posts: 1,014Member
    I call it both. sometimes I feel like some soda and sometimes i want sone pop.lol
  • KacerpieKacerpie
    Posts: 883Member
    In CA its a pot luck. I was thinking this was going to be a about asking people to come to an Xmas party and they either bring a dish or give you money. That's where I went when I heard pitch in.
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  • cheesehead4ever
    Posts: 673Member
    I grew up in Wisconsin and live in Minnesota. Never heard of a pitch in. Always a potluck. A pitch in to me sounds like a party to do yard work or house painting.
  • shouldcleanshouldclean
    Posts: 2,357Member
    According to wikipedia here are synonyms for potluck: potluck dinner, spread, Jacob's join,]Jacob's supper, faith supper,covered dish supper, dish party, bring and share, shared lunch, pitch-in, carry-in, bring-a-plate, dish-to-pass.
  • SaraMommySaraMommy
    Posts: 862Member
    ManicMomma said:

    SaraMommy said:

    I don't think you're crazy. It's just like the soda vs. pop thing...in some regions people call it pop (me) and in others its referred to as soda..Its just a preference I guess.



    Or just refer to everything as Coke. LOL
  • ManicMomma
    Posts: 78Member
    SaraMommy said:


    ManicMomma said:


    SaraMommy said:

    I don't think you're crazy. It's just like the soda vs. pop thing...in some regions people call it pop (me) and in others its referred to as soda..Its just a preference I guess.

    Or just refer to everything as Coke. LOL

    YES...LMBO!!!!
  • missy545missy545
    Posts: 390Member
    @manicmommy me too! Well west side Hendricks county!
  • SaraMommySaraMommy
    Posts: 862Member
    I love going up to Indy!!! They have lots of yummy restaurants that have been featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives!!! :)
  • PJSaregreatPJSaregreat
    Posts: 356Member
    I'm from Ft. Wayne also and have never heard it called a pitch-in. Usually just potluck, although I have heard it called a carry-in.
  • babablacksheepbabablacksheep
    Posts: 128Member
    In NY it;s called a pot luck
  • SaraMommySaraMommy
    Posts: 862Member

    To add to this thread, yesterday morning everyone was talking about "hanky panky"...some kind of breakfast item that I have never heard of! Sometimes it's hard to belive I grew up right across the river, but it seems like a completely different place. haha

  • Lakegirl34
    Posts: 1,748Member
    We call it a potluck and I'm from Louisville too @saramommy
  • SaraMommySaraMommy
    Posts: 862Member

    Glad to know the majority of people call it a potluck!!!

  • FoulMouthedSailorFoulMouthedSailor
    Posts: 1,892Member
    Jacobs lunch, scandanvian style all the way
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  • GalFriday
    Posts: 32Member
    Potluck or dish to pass.
  • gramalibbygramalibby
    Posts: 2,624Member
    Always pot luck though a religious friend called them pot blessed
  • Mommyliciousx4Mommyliciousx4
    Posts: 1,770Member
    I've always called it pot luck.
  • sunnymommasunnymomma
    Posts: 2,263Member
    pot luck.....which makes me ask, whats with the luck? I get the pot part, as in the container its made or served in.....but why luck on the end?
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  • SaraMommySaraMommy
    Posts: 862Member
    I guess it's a matter of "luck" if the dish is any good or not. LOL
  • eappleeapple
    Posts: 1,375Member
    Pot luck here in Ontario Canada
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  • goodmommygoodmommy
    Posts: 1,564Member
    Potluck here in Texas.
    "Allons-y"
  • Manders15Manders15
    Posts: 1,382Member
    Pot luck, & that covers every state I've lived in (in memory)
  • kay3
    Posts: 55Member
    Well to confuse things evan more in my part of the country we call it a "covered dish meal" Ive heard it called pot luck too by my friends that live in the north. but never heard of a pitch-in
  • Lees
    Posts: 70Member
    Pot luck in CA, but now I live in Indy and I almost always hear "pitch in." The first time at school people were talking about a pitch in and I thought we were all going to go outside and pick up trash.
  • pennypenny
    Posts: 796Member
    Potluck here, but when I was a kid I heard covered dish a lot.
  • ManicMomma
    Posts: 78Member
    @SaraMommy, I had to google hanky panky..I know there's a popcorn called that...now when I looked at the pic its sausage and junk on rye bread if that's what they're talking about I've that before at a "pitch-in" here at work,lol
  • SaraMommySaraMommy
    Posts: 862Member
    @ManicMomma yes!!! that's what it was! Something with sausage and some other stuff all smashed together. I didn't even ask because it didn't look very appealing to me!! So funny you've had it at a "pitch in" LOL Some Hoosiers are odd... ;)
  • GingersnapGingersnap
    Posts: 7,304Member
    "Potluck", Maine. 
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  • SpringSpring
    Posts: 1,387Member
    Yeah I was with @Kacerpie. I was thinking pitch in had to do with money. In college we had "BYOB or pitch in," as in, bring money to pay to those who actually bought alcohol if you don't bring your own. 
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