November 2, 2024 • 14 mins
Have you ever found yourself at a family potluck where the only thing more unusual than the food is the family itself? We invite you to laugh along with us as we recount the hilariously awkward moments that unfold when our relatives gather to share dishes and drama. From the aunt who hosts despite her tiny kitchen to the uncle whose signature dish is a collection of increasingly creative excuses, we're sharing the quirks that make family gatherings a delightful mess. Tune in to hear about the well-meaning cousins who propose potlucks but forget to bring food, and the enthusiastic family DJ who never misses a chance to spin some tunes that nobody asked for.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
the views and opinions expressed on this
podcast or website are those ofthe authors and do not
necessarily reflect the officialpolicy or position of a queen's
opinion.
Any content provided by ourbloggers or authors are their
opinion and are not intended tomalign any religion, ethnic
group, club, organization,company, individual or anyone or
(00:26):
anything.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Welcome to A Queen's Opinion.
My name is Queen.
My voice, my opinion and yourlistening ears and you're
listening in this episode iscalled Cooks in the Kitchen.
Can everybody in your familyreally cook?
Every time you have a familyget-together, somebody comes up
(01:02):
with a bright idea to have apotluck so that everybody can
bring something to share.
So that everybody can bringsomething to share.
We all know that we are goingto have people bring food that
nobody likes.
They're going to bring whatthey think is their best dish
because everybody loves theirfood.
But let's be real.
We shouldn't trust everybody'scooking or cleanliness, even if
(01:26):
they are family members.
Let's be even more real.
Some of us believe a little dirtwon't hurt.
If the food is dropped on thefloor or cooked with a dirty
spoon and stirred with a dirtyspoon or picked up with a grimy
fork, a little dirt won't hurt,they say.
(01:47):
That old saying may be true insome cases, but not when you're
cooking for me.
Don't get me started withpeople trying to cook a delicacy
like chitlins.
Now, many people out there maynot even know what chitlins are
and I'm not sure if I want totell you what it is.
(02:09):
Let's just say this is aspecial dish that you should
only eat if you know how toclean them thoroughly and never
eat them from anyone else's home.
We cannot trust everybody'scleanliness, not even our
relatives.
(02:29):
Now you got the auntie who hoststhe family gathering at her
house, and she doesn't even havethe biggest house in the family
, but she is the favorite auntie, so everybody agrees it will be
at her house, as the hostAuntie is going to always
prepare her best dish.
She prepares chicken salad,deviled eggs and frog legs.
(02:54):
Then you have the Auntie who'sgoing to always say the prayer
over all the food, and theprayer is going to last a good
three to five minutes before youcan even get a piece of chicken
.
Oh, I need her to shorten that.
Yeah, everybody's favoriteuncle always got the good jokes.
(03:19):
He is the uncle that hangs outwith the young people in the
family because he thinks he isstill young.
He is the uncle that serves thepublic during the day and after
hours smokes his weed.
He is going to provide nothingfor the potluck and tells
(03:39):
everybody his wife is sick,really sick, every time.
Every time we have a potluck,uncle say she's sick.
What about the auntie who showsup already tipsy, with bread
and chips in hand.
Everyone knows not to piss heroff or you're going to get
(04:01):
slapped in the face and cursedout about whatever's on her mind
.
We then have the cousins whosay the party don't start until
they get there.
They are the same party peoplewho always want to have a
potluck because their buttscan't cook and they never bring
(04:23):
anything, not even paperproducts, but they always
suggest the potluck and thenthey sit around and talk about
who can't cook, telling eachother oh no, don't eat, don't
eat that, don't eat those devileggs.
Now let's be clear the Christianpeople in the family.
(04:45):
They get upset because they areso holy and when you say
deviled eggs they think you'reinviting Satan over.
They now change the name toangel eggs.
Everybody once said theChristian people are doing too
much changing the name of foodsbecause the word devil is in the
(05:08):
name.
You was eating deviled eggslong before you became holy,
sanctified, righteous Christians.
You were eating those deviledeggs, all right, but all of a
sudden you need to change thename to angel Eggs so that you
can continue to eat them and notfeel guilty.
(05:31):
I believe no one should bringdevil eggs to a party because
everybody can't cook Devil.
Eggs are the simplest thing youcan make, but people add all
those ingredients and the eggscome out tasting awful.
Some people even think that'sthe only good thing they can do.
(05:54):
If that's the only good thingyou can make, oh baby, then just
stop cooking.
For other people at parties forother people at parties the
family member who thinks he isthe DJ of the family events is
going to have the party jumping.
He already started puttingtogether his playlist days
(06:15):
before the potluck.
He wants to be paid for DJingat the potluck but has waived
his fee so he doesn't need tobring anything to the meeting.
Everybody wants to make surethat you know what dish is from
them, so they place labels neartheir dish.
(06:36):
Then they say I made thechicken salad too, and mine is
just as good as yours.
At the end of the night,somebody's chicken salad is
still left on the table, nottouched.
Nobody wanted that chickensalad.
Why?
Maybe because they don't trustsomeone's cleanliness is the
(07:03):
answer.
The list goes on.
Regarding cooks in the kitchen.
Now you have the family memberwho thinks everything she cooks
is the bomb.
She made it clear.
She brought the fried chickenand announced her fried chicken
is on point.
Then she receives the feedbackfrom cousins saying yes, that's
(07:26):
some good chicken, we're goingto eat good today.
Then you have the cousins thatalways bring the drinks.
When you think about bringingdrinks, everybody's going to
want something to drink, buteverybody cannot take part in
the drinks they brought.
They brought some Crown Royal,jack Daniel, moscato and Coronas
(07:51):
.
Now what are the children goingto drink?
Everybody forgot about thechildren or the non-alcoholic
drinkers.
Then one cousin says see, Iknew you were going to bring
this mess.
We don't need all that alcohol.
So I brought some tea, juicesand water for the kids because I
(08:15):
knew you were going to bringthat mess to the family potluck.
Now we have the cousins who knowthey can't cook, and I
appreciate them, acknowledgingtheir weaknesses.
They wanted to participate andstopped by one of their favorite
restaurants and picked up someside dishes.
(08:36):
They let everybody know theystopped by the grocery store and
picked up coleslaw and potatosalad store and picked up
coleslaw and potato salad.
Everybody just stops, turnsaround and looks at her and says
, girl, how you going to find aman and you can't cook?
(08:57):
Of course she had a reply.
She said he ain't marrying mefor my cooking.
I ain't mad at you, girl, Iain't mad at you.
Then somebody's going to askauntie, did she make some
macaroni and cheese?
You know it's not a potluckwithout your macaroni and cheese
(09:20):
.
She smiled and said baby, youknow, auntie got you
no-transcript.
Did anybody bring some greenbeans?
We've got to eat somethinggreen.
And who brought the desserts?
One of your cousins said Ibrought the green beans.
I was up early this morningcooking the green beans.
(09:43):
Someone said it don't take allday to cook green beans.
Did you overcook them?
One of the non-cooking familymembers said all you had to do
was open up the cans and put itin the pot.
It doesn't take all day to warmup some beans.
She replies I had to add someflavor to the green beans.
(10:08):
Just because they're from a candoesn't mean they taste good.
You got to doctor them up andgive them some flavor.
Oh, lord Bless the non-cookingfamily members.
One of the sister-in-laws saysI brought a pea salad.
(10:28):
What the hell is a pea salad?
Who is going to eat that shit?
What the hell is a pea salad?
Who is going to eat that shit?
No, it's good.
You just got to try it.
She insists that everybodytries the pea salad by the end
(10:48):
of the night the pea salad wasstill on the table, with that
chicken salad that nobodytouched.
To make the non-cooking familymembers feel good about what
they brought.
Somebody's going to try and saysomething nice, but all that
does is add to the laughter atthe party, at the potluck party,
somebody should tell them no,no, no, baby.
(11:12):
And their mothers should tellthem their cooking.
No, no, baby.
And their mothers should tellthem their cooking is not their
strong.
Point, you may want to justbring something bought or from a
restaurant or a non-food itemfor the potluck.
Finally, we have those familymembers who come to the potluck
(11:32):
and didn't sign up to bringanything, but they always come
and bring them a to-go plate tofill up.
Once somebody says something tothem about not signing up or
bringing anything, the firstthing they want to say is I'll
pay you for the plate.
How much are you going tocharge me for my plate?
(11:55):
Of course the aunties and theuncles are going to say don't
worry about it, they alwayscover for the lazy family
members.
Can everybody in your familycook?
No, well, somebody needs totell them no, you cannot cook.
(12:16):
Stop wasting your money andyour time because this is not
your strong point.
I personally don't want anybodytrying to cook anything if they
can't cook.
Use your time and money wisely.
Either buy something or givethe money to somebody that can
(12:37):
cook to prepare your dish foryou, which means everybody gets
to enjoy something good at thefamily potluck.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Here at A Queen's Opinion, we're always asking our
listeners to contact us bygoing to our website,
wwwaqueen'sopinioncom andclicking on get in touch to
leave your feedback or leave aquestion for the queen.
We realized that many of youare on the go and listen to
podcasts through your phones orin the car, so we wanted to make
(13:13):
contacting the queen easier.
You can now send a text.
Yes, you can text the showright from your phone.
Try it right now, today.
Send your feedback about thisepisode or any episode that you
have listened to over the months.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
We can't wait to hear back from you a queeninion is a
podcast that allows people,especially women, to think out
loud about life situations andseek an opinion without being
judged.
This podcast is supposed tolift you up, encourage you to be
(13:48):
the best person you can be, toinspire you to step out of your
comfort zone and into your queenzone.
I didn't say my opinion willsolve your problems.
I am not saying that I am right, but what I am saying is I'm
going to give you another viewof the situation from a distance
(14:10):
.
No more thinking or questioninga situation by yourself.
Ask the queen.
Go to our website,wwwaquingsopinioncom and click
on get in touch to leave yourfeedback or leave a question for
the queen.
Don't forget to like uswherever you get your podcasts.
(14:34):
Thank you for taking time outof your day.
I hope you join me for our nextepisode.
Until then, goodbye.
the views and opinions expressed on this
podcast or website are those ofthe authors and do not
necessarily reflect the officialpolicy or position of a queen's
opinion.
Any content provided by ourbloggers or authors are their
opinion and are not intended tomalign any religion, ethnic
group, club, organization,company, individual or anyone or
(00:26):
anything.
Speaker 2 (00:33):
Welcome to A Queen's Opinion.
My name is Queen.
My voice, my opinion and yourlistening ears and you're
listening in this episode iscalled Cooks in the Kitchen.
Can everybody in your familyreally cook?
Every time you have a familyget-together, somebody comes up
(01:02):
with a bright idea to have apotluck so that everybody can
bring something to share.
So that everybody can bringsomething to share.
We all know that we are goingto have people bring food that
nobody likes.
They're going to bring whatthey think is their best dish
because everybody loves theirfood.
But let's be real.
We shouldn't trust everybody'scooking or cleanliness, even if
(01:26):
they are family members.
Let's be even more real.
Some of us believe a little dirtwon't hurt.
If the food is dropped on thefloor or cooked with a dirty
spoon and stirred with a dirtyspoon or picked up with a grimy
fork, a little dirt won't hurt,they say.
(01:47):
That old saying may be true insome cases, but not when you're
cooking for me.
Don't get me started withpeople trying to cook a delicacy
like chitlins.
Now, many people out there maynot even know what chitlins are
and I'm not sure if I want totell you what it is.
(02:09):
Let's just say this is aspecial dish that you should
only eat if you know how toclean them thoroughly and never
eat them from anyone else's home.
We cannot trust everybody'scleanliness, not even our
relatives.
(02:29):
Now you got the auntie who hoststhe family gathering at her
house, and she doesn't even havethe biggest house in the family
, but she is the favorite auntie, so everybody agrees it will be
at her house, as the hostAuntie is going to always
prepare her best dish.
She prepares chicken salad,deviled eggs and frog legs.
(02:54):
Then you have the Auntie who'sgoing to always say the prayer
over all the food, and theprayer is going to last a good
three to five minutes before youcan even get a piece of chicken
.
Oh, I need her to shorten that.
Yeah, everybody's favoriteuncle always got the good jokes.
(03:19):
He is the uncle that hangs outwith the young people in the
family because he thinks he isstill young.
He is the uncle that serves thepublic during the day and after
hours smokes his weed.
He is going to provide nothingfor the potluck and tells
(03:39):
everybody his wife is sick,really sick, every time.
Every time we have a potluck,uncle say she's sick.
What about the auntie who showsup already tipsy, with bread
and chips in hand.
Everyone knows not to piss heroff or you're going to get
(04:01):
slapped in the face and cursedout about whatever's on her mind
.
We then have the cousins whosay the party don't start until
they get there.
They are the same party peoplewho always want to have a
potluck because their buttscan't cook and they never bring
(04:23):
anything, not even paperproducts, but they always
suggest the potluck and thenthey sit around and talk about
who can't cook, telling eachother oh no, don't eat, don't
eat that, don't eat those devileggs.
Now let's be clear the Christianpeople in the family.
(04:45):
They get upset because they areso holy and when you say
deviled eggs they think you'reinviting Satan over.
They now change the name toangel eggs.
Everybody once said theChristian people are doing too
much changing the name of foodsbecause the word devil is in the
(05:08):
name.
You was eating deviled eggslong before you became holy,
sanctified, righteous Christians.
You were eating those deviledeggs, all right, but all of a
sudden you need to change thename to angel Eggs so that you
can continue to eat them and notfeel guilty.
(05:31):
I believe no one should bringdevil eggs to a party because
everybody can't cook Devil.
Eggs are the simplest thing youcan make, but people add all
those ingredients and the eggscome out tasting awful.
Some people even think that'sthe only good thing they can do.
(05:54):
If that's the only good thingyou can make, oh baby, then just
stop cooking.
For other people at parties forother people at parties the
family member who thinks he isthe DJ of the family events is
going to have the party jumping.
He already started puttingtogether his playlist days
(06:15):
before the potluck.
He wants to be paid for DJingat the potluck but has waived
his fee so he doesn't need tobring anything to the meeting.
Everybody wants to make surethat you know what dish is from
them, so they place labels neartheir dish.
(06:36):
Then they say I made thechicken salad too, and mine is
just as good as yours.
At the end of the night,somebody's chicken salad is
still left on the table, nottouched.
Nobody wanted that chickensalad.
Why?
Maybe because they don't trustsomeone's cleanliness is the
(07:03):
answer.
The list goes on.
Regarding cooks in the kitchen.
Now you have the family memberwho thinks everything she cooks
is the bomb.
She made it clear.
She brought the fried chickenand announced her fried chicken
is on point.
Then she receives the feedbackfrom cousins saying yes, that's
(07:26):
some good chicken, we're goingto eat good today.
Then you have the cousins thatalways bring the drinks.
When you think about bringingdrinks, everybody's going to
want something to drink, buteverybody cannot take part in
the drinks they brought.
They brought some Crown Royal,jack Daniel, moscato and Coronas
(07:51):
.
Now what are the children goingto drink?
Everybody forgot about thechildren or the non-alcoholic
drinkers.
Then one cousin says see, Iknew you were going to bring
this mess.
We don't need all that alcohol.
So I brought some tea, juicesand water for the kids because I
(08:15):
knew you were going to bringthat mess to the family potluck.
Now we have the cousins who knowthey can't cook, and I
appreciate them, acknowledgingtheir weaknesses.
They wanted to participate andstopped by one of their favorite
restaurants and picked up someside dishes.
(08:36):
They let everybody know theystopped by the grocery store and
picked up coleslaw and potatosalad store and picked up
coleslaw and potato salad.
Everybody just stops, turnsaround and looks at her and says
, girl, how you going to find aman and you can't cook?
(08:57):
Of course she had a reply.
She said he ain't marrying mefor my cooking.
I ain't mad at you, girl, Iain't mad at you.
Then somebody's going to askauntie, did she make some
macaroni and cheese?
You know it's not a potluckwithout your macaroni and cheese
(09:20):
.
She smiled and said baby, youknow, auntie got you
no-transcript.
Did anybody bring some greenbeans?
We've got to eat somethinggreen.
And who brought the desserts?
One of your cousins said Ibrought the green beans.
I was up early this morningcooking the green beans.
(09:43):
Someone said it don't take allday to cook green beans.
Did you overcook them?
One of the non-cooking familymembers said all you had to do
was open up the cans and put itin the pot.
It doesn't take all day to warmup some beans.
She replies I had to add someflavor to the green beans.
(10:08):
Just because they're from a candoesn't mean they taste good.
You got to doctor them up andgive them some flavor.
Oh, lord Bless the non-cookingfamily members.
One of the sister-in-laws saysI brought a pea salad.
(10:28):
What the hell is a pea salad?
Who is going to eat that shit?
What the hell is a pea salad?
Who is going to eat that shit?
No, it's good.
You just got to try it.
She insists that everybodytries the pea salad by the end
(10:48):
of the night the pea salad wasstill on the table, with that
chicken salad that nobodytouched.
To make the non-cooking familymembers feel good about what
they brought.
Somebody's going to try and saysomething nice, but all that
does is add to the laughter atthe party, at the potluck party,
somebody should tell them no,no, no, baby.
(11:12):
And their mothers should tellthem their cooking.
No, no, baby.
And their mothers should tellthem their cooking is not their
strong.
Point, you may want to justbring something bought or from a
restaurant or a non-food itemfor the potluck.
Finally, we have those familymembers who come to the potluck
(11:32):
and didn't sign up to bringanything, but they always come
and bring them a to-go plate tofill up.
Once somebody says something tothem about not signing up or
bringing anything, the firstthing they want to say is I'll
pay you for the plate.
How much are you going tocharge me for my plate?
(11:55):
Of course the aunties and theuncles are going to say don't
worry about it, they alwayscover for the lazy family
members.
Can everybody in your familycook?
No, well, somebody needs totell them no, you cannot cook.
(12:16):
Stop wasting your money andyour time because this is not
your strong point.
I personally don't want anybodytrying to cook anything if they
can't cook.
Use your time and money wisely.
Either buy something or givethe money to somebody that can
(12:37):
cook to prepare your dish foryou, which means everybody gets
to enjoy something good at thefamily potluck.
Speaker 3 (12:53):
Here at A Queen's Opinion, we're always asking our
listeners to contact us bygoing to our website,
wwwaqueen'sopinioncom andclicking on get in touch to
leave your feedback or leave aquestion for the queen.
We realized that many of youare on the go and listen to
podcasts through your phones orin the car, so we wanted to make
(13:13):
contacting the queen easier.
You can now send a text.
Yes, you can text the showright from your phone.
Try it right now, today.
Send your feedback about thisepisode or any episode that you
have listened to over the months.
Speaker 2 (13:26):
We can't wait to hear back from you a queeninion is a
podcast that allows people,especially women, to think out
loud about life situations andseek an opinion without being
judged.
This podcast is supposed tolift you up, encourage you to be
(13:48):
the best person you can be, toinspire you to step out of your
comfort zone and into your queenzone.
I didn't say my opinion willsolve your problems.
I am not saying that I am right, but what I am saying is I'm
going to give you another viewof the situation from a distance
(14:10):
.
No more thinking or questioninga situation by yourself.
Ask the queen.
Go to our website,wwwaquingsopinioncom and click
on get in touch to leave yourfeedback or leave a question for
the queen.
Don't forget to like uswherever you get your podcasts.
(14:34):
Thank you for taking time outof your day.
I hope you join me for our nextepisode.
Until then, goodbye.
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