What is a basket dinner?!
What is a basket dinner?
Is that like a pot luck dinner?
Answers:
A basket dinner is literally a meal in a basket. Kind of like a sack lunch for a kid in school, only it's for more than one person usually and it includes foods that are more complex than a PB&J sandwich, a bag of chips, juice and a cookie.
fried chicken potatoes salad baked beans
a group social gathering, as of church members, to which participants contribute casseroles or other dishes to share.