I *really* want to do a potluck. What I want to do is us pay for a roasting a pig or a side of beef, and then do an assigned potluck for the sides.

Ian has totally balked at this, simply because he's a food snob. Even with an assigned potluck to avoid the "50 bags of salad and 1 dessert" problem, he's scared that other people's cooking skills won't be up to his standards. I'm irritated as hell at this.