Covered Dish April First Friday

The first Friday of every month we have a covered dish.  We prepare the main item, which ranges from homemade chicken-pot-pie to slow-cooked pulled pork, and the residents bring other items: veggies, salads, desserts, and sometimes bread.  Oddly enough, this is our activity that has the most attendees!  We have some great cooks in this community, and apparently everyone knows it!  We have three huge tables that line three walls of one room and two of them are full of food (the other is full of a choice of beverages).  The blessing is at noon and it is seldom missed!