Tell about going to box socials or pot lucks.
The small Utah towns were mostly ran by the traditions of the LDS church by which they were founded. These traditions included annual 24th of July celebrations which quite often included a dinner at the park that night. I remember having pigs roasted in the ground or on a spit where that was the main meat and then everyone else would bring a casserole or salad. The salad were usually of the variety of a jello, potato or pasta type. The drinks were mostly homemade rootbeer or Koolaid. There were a lot of other dinners usually held by the ward for special occasions such as Christmas or Valentines day. There always seemed to be a lot of food leftover after each of these dinners even though we would go back and fill our plates until there was no room in the stomachs for another morsel except the cake and ice cream or pie that we would then have for desert. I get sick now even thinking of how much we could put away.
