Potluck potatoes to travel (best, cook, crock, iced)

[steiconi]

I'm bringing a potato dish to a luncheon potluck that's about an hour away. I'll have to leave my house at 11am.

I'd like to make something like potatoes au gratin; the main dish will be a spiral sliced ham.

Suggestions for recipes that will hold the heat well?

I'm not sure it would have time to cook completely in a crockpot in the morning (I'm not an early riser).

Alternatives?

Help?

[elnina]

Go ahead and make the potatoes au gratin!

There are many ways to keep your food warm. You can place the dish in a cooler. If you happen to have diapers (holds the heat the best, but thick towels will do too) moisten them with warm water, or better - moist them and heat them in a microwave till they are steaming hot, then wrap the dish with dry towels, and top with the heated towels/diapers (handle with caution), place in a cooler and close the lid.
If you don't have Igloo type of cooler, the cheap made of styrofoam will work too.

Another way is to place your HOT dish inside a folded comforter/warm blankets. Make sure it's wrapped tight so the heat doesn't escape. Put that bundle in a trash bag and place on the car seat/floor.

I guarantee you that the food arrives steaming hot. I have done that many times.
Even at home when I needed to keep food warm for hours, for someone who was arriving later than planned.

[lubby]

Funeral Potatoes