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Picnic Time!; What Do You Think Of First?
Topic Started: Apr 3 2005, 08:44 AM (122 Views)
Heathertee
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Heather-Central Connecticut
What is the menu and scene that first comes into your mind when you hear the word "picnic"?

To me:
A red and white-checkered cloth spread out on a grassy hilltop or beside a rushing mountain stream.
A big hamper stuffed with:

Cold fried chicken pieces
Potato salad
Ripe tomatoes for slicing
Celery and carrot sticks
Lemonade
Squares of homemade chocolate cake with thick fudge frosting
Seedless grapes and plums and ripe Bing cherries

We picnicked a lot, almost each weekend when I was a child, in the foothills of the Cumberland or the Smoky Mountains. Sometimes we found wild berries to round out our meal!
One memorable day, we found a whole hillside covered with tiny ripe wild strawberries. We picked enough to make jam; how fragrant and sweet they were! I have never seen such abundance since.
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mychrissy
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Chrissy
I don't remember going on a picnic that much when we were young, but did go to the Ocean several times. My Mom always cooked a chicken and there was always something good to eat. I remember mostly a hot thermas of coffee.
Growing up on the East Coast we were always at the beach in the summers. Jones Beach was my favorite place and as I got older a bunch of friends would hop in the car and we would spend the day there.

Heather, thanks for the memories
Chrissy

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TexasShadow
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Jane
cold fried chicken
bread and butter
potato salad
pickles, sweet and dill
olives
brownies or choc chip cookies
iced tea
beer
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Little Kopit
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Most of my picnics in the last few years have been on walks with dogs. So, for food, I carry a day pack and have something that will be in my hand, while I'm chewing, not set down on anything, where it would be fair game for canine noses, mouths.......tummies.

For example, zuccini bread can be made and chilled. It can have lots of mixed nutrition in it - fiber, nuts, fruit, the zuccini. Or an apple. & of course, the thermos of herbal tea.

I've never tried anything that would require a utensil, such as potato salad. & meat, well, no, I've never tried to eat meat in front of dogs without a table in front of me.

:)
Lynne
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august-alberta
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Colleen - Cold Lake Alberta
Lynne: I could visualize your walk with the pups. Sounds lovely.

When my eyes close and i conjure up a 'picnic', I too have cold chicken, potato salad, mom's 3 bean salad, fresh cucumber and tomatos right out of the garden, home made mustard and dilled pickles, gerkins too! Lemonade or ice tea. Some fresh fruit to finish it off - cherries, plums, apples. Or better still, picked berries from the picnic spot. A homemade quilt on the grass to spread all the goodies on. Falling asleep when our appetites have been satisfied. :kiss:
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Trailblazer
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Some or all of the following favorites:

Chicken (we don't deep fry it) seasoned with tamari
potato/egg salad with mayo
baby carrots
slices of jicama
any fruit, especially grapes or oranges
brie cheese and baguette
mozzarella cheese sticks
olives and pickles
homemade oatmeal jam bars
homemade crackers

Starbucks iced coffee drinks in the bottle


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Heathertee
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Heather-Central Connecticut
All the menues feature chicken in some guise or other. Traditional!

When my kids were young I sometimes cooked tiny Cornish game hens the night before, split in halves and brushed with apricot jam to glaze and roasted. I would also make an apple and celery salad or pea salad, and on the way would stop and buy a Pepperidge Farm frozen layer cake with lemon filling and white frosting. For drinks we would have sparkling raspberry or lemon....I forget what they called it but it was good; much more elegant than soda pop. Less sugar. I sometimes would treat myself to a split of domestic Champagne.

Just recently my oldest said to me, "Mom, I remember those picnics, and how special I would feel to be eating Cornish hen, when everybody else had peanut butter and jelly!"

Well, we had many more picnics with PB&J, but the elegant ones are the ones she remembers! That made me feel good.
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Trailblazer
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It's fun to go in either directions....throw some sandwiches together with whatever is in the fridge, left over chips, what's in the cupboard to take along...

Or plan a gourmet feast "moveable feast" :)

One time we had a Thanksgiving picnic at Heyburn Lake (outside Tulsa.) We wrapped the turkey in foil (and sweet potatoes) and buried it in the campfire coals for a few hours while we went on a hike. It was delicious with a baguette and brie cheese, other goodies, pumpkin pie, and a bottle of wine.

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