What do you have in a picnic?
Posted on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 11:02 AM - Post Comment
That is going to be the burning question this weekend.
We're going to a local park which has a farm attached so that Andrew can see some animals. We've been before and it's quite good. It also has the 'Hundred Acre Wood' (although I'd be very surprised if it really is 100 acres) and we're going to take a picnic to enjoy at Rabbit's house. Thinking back, I've never had a classic picnic, at least not in the terms that I think of them e.g. Checky blanket and pickernic basket in the middle of a field. Occassionally I've been out and we've had sandwiches, but we actually have a picnic hamper(curiously, it's for 3 people - I would've thought they'd be designed for couples (2) or families* (4+)) and it's never been used. Hopefully it will make it's debut over the weekend, having played the part of Nicolas Medina manfully over the past 3 years.
So what to take? Do you have the same sort of food you have at a party tea (the savoury stuff) or is just a few sandwiches in a box? I don't know. No doubt when it comes to it, we'll forego the box and end up with tuna sandwiches, an apple and a bag of crisps each. Saying that, I'd quite enjoy that anyway so no probs.
Hopefully I'll be back in time to listen to Sunderland on the net.
Apart from that I'd just like to say that work for me, today anyway, is ace. A nice jovial cheery atmosphere. 
*I appreciate that you get lots of families of 3, but that is not the point!
Last picnic I had was:
Posted by Pebbles on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 12:07 PM - Link
Ham or beef sandwiches
Salt & Black Pepper Kettle Chips
Lemon & Lime Jaffa Cakes
Double chocolate muffins
My mother in law brought:
Quiche
Homemade cake
Homemade tea-loaf
Salad (featuring home grown tomatos)
It put my humble offerings to shame anyway.
IMO you can't go wrong with tuna sarnies, crisps and an apple anyway.
My last picnic
Posted by harrygilwood on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 2:34 PM - Link
Included
Sensations Crisps
Bananas
Apples
Buns
A selection of cheeses (gloucester, nice cheddar, edam)
Some ham from the butchers
Pickle
Nairns oat cakes
Fizzy Water
Hot Water
Tea Bags
Milk
Some gluten free cake things
Some cakes Ms HG I had made
I don't like tea from a flask - I'd rather make it. We don't 'make' sandwiches before hand we make them up there and then - that way more people are happy.
We don't take juice/fizzy pop as it sends the kids hyper.
When we were last out on a picnic someone had chicken wings and hard boiled eggs which I'd like to incorporate on our next picnic.
The in-laws make their own beverages too
Posted by Pebbles on Thursday, September 21, 2006 at 3:51 PM - Link
For some reason they brought real milk for my tea but had Coffee Mate in their coffee. Go figure.
Hard boiled eggs
Posted by gram on Friday, September 22, 2006 at 9:38 AM - Link
are a good idea. Not sure about chicken wings though. I like the idea of making up the sandwiches there, but that is creating a logistical nightmare me thinks. Go tuna.
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