Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-18
THE PICNIC BASKET
Essentials and Dainties That
Must Be in It.
NEAT PACKING NEEDED
NICE HANDLING THAT ALL WILL
COME OUT WELL.
Best Sorts of Sandwiches, Relishes and
e Extras to Suit General
Tastes.
NEAT PACKING NEEDED

| Extras to Suit General
Tastes.
| Written for The Evening Star.
| This is the time of the year when the
| gypsying spirit is abroad. and the appetite
| ing picnic basket and the good things to put
| in 1t appeal to the grown-up as well as to
| the younger members of the family. The
| automobile luncheon basket. with its ap-
| pointments of exquisite china, cut glass
and all kinds Of things in which to serve
| the many hors d'oeuvres which the smart
| picnic party considers Indispensable, is a
| luxury which only the motor tourist and
| his Xix can afford.
The average pcnicker when off for a
| days outing is content to carry his feed"
| either in Japanese wicker basket equipped
| with paper plates and napkins, with pos
| sibiy a silver fork and spoon two to
| preserve the conventionalities. But more
| frequently nice fresh pasteboard shoe box
| Is pressed into service and is not to be de-
spised, as it is easy and light to carry and
| may be thrown away when its little hour
/ OF usefulness is past
A hurry call for the picnic luncheon bas-
ket never takes the provident housekeeper
|
rel, she has been laying up her picnic outfit
during the winter. She has kept pieces of
| paraffin paper which come in cracker boxes
Tor use on this occasion, and she has an
| assortment of paper boxes large and va
| rled enough to set up shop. Wrapping
paper saved from packages of dry goods
mas been 1roned out and folded away with
| balls of Irvine, and a most fntemperate ar
ray of bottles is to be found in the pantry
ready to be filled with tea, coffee or lem
onade
With these snews of war at hand all
the provider has to do is to make Judi
clous selection from the supply on hand
and when time has been taken by the fore
lock ana the larder supplied with some cans
| of potted meat or caviare a tottIe of olives
| a box of sardines. jar of cheese and a lit
Tie Jam IT. Is only a matter of making the
sandwiches devled eggs before the
| luncheon basket is ready.
Neat Packing Required.
| Packing the luncheon is rather a nice
| task. and when possible care should be
taken that each particular kind of dainty
| nave It's own box. Eggs, If mixed inds-
crfminately with sandwiches or the like
will leave an unpleasant odor. and bananas
are equally to be avoided. Sandwiches
should always be wrapped in paraffin paper
When large number are provided they
should be covered with damp cloth and
then with dry one This treatment in
sures their freshness for many hours
The preparation of the sandwiches them
selves Is another important item for moth
ing Is more impossible to eat than a thick
lumpy makeup of bread and meat maso,er-
aiding in the guise of sandwich 1t is lit
tie more trouble to cut them neatly In fancy
Shapes and they are certainly twice as
tempting to even the unexa cting appetite of
the picnicker.
The bread used for the sandwich may be
whlte or brown and is often a combination
fUn but
r1ety. be sure that 1t is at least twenty
four hours old Cut the bread very thin and
spread lightly with butter if a meat is to
be the filling, which. needless to saw is
eitner chopped nne or sliced thin as a wa
fer. "
A Club Sandwich.
A club sardine sandwich is very good
Toast thin slices of bread and place be-
tween two of them lettuce leaves, two
slices of crisp bacon and well drained
sardine split and boned. When transporta
ton is not difficult, salad cups are de-
lfghtful dainty to prepare for the al fresco
,east. 10 make these cut off the ends of
large red or green peppers SO that the cup
stands firm. Remove the seeds and fiji
the peppers with celery. apple or any other
saiad mixed with mayonnaise. Serve on
lettuce leaf. The red peppers are aS
peclaliy attractive when placed on Wink.
lettuce leaves.
The name caviare seems to sound tack-
lessly extravagant. but for 35 cents a small
can of this delicacy may be purchased tn,t
Will provide enough sandwiches for quite
a party, OF course merely by way of va
riety.
brissolettes de caviar are not often seen
IN the picnic basket and consequently are
doubly appreciated when found For their
manufacture cut in half some small rolls
mat are not too fresh. scoop out a little
or the inside and dry the sh ,is in a cool
oven. When the rolls are cod line The m
with mayonnaise dressing mixed with suf-
ncient aspic jelly to stiffen. When this HIS
set put a dessertspoonful of cavia-e in ,he
center of each. with some chopped pars-
ley. Half of the untitled roll is tel IN |
the hiled one with a narrow RIB N If one
wants to be particularly dainty; otherwise |
the whole is simply wrapped in paraffin
paper.
Other Mixtures.
Egg, tongue and tomato saniw.onas NAV
seem an alarming mixture. bat the juxta- |
position of these edibles s I very happy |
one when properly prepared. To this end |
mix the yolks of some Eard boiled eggs |
with a liberal quantity of butter season |
with salt aid pepper and dash of TO- |
mato catchup. To this sauc: add an equal |
quantity of chopped cooked tongue Cut |
from milk sandwich loaf as many slices |
of bread as you need and sprc them with |
layer of the mixture. Sta no them into |
rounds, squares or diamonds and when |
forming into sandwiches place a thin slice |
VI peeieu loiIdtO III me ll1u lie 81 each.
Cucumber sandwiches are cooling and ap-
petizing and, if carefully made, are perfectly |
safe to eat on the picnici. Cucumber sand |
wiches should have only 4 Suspicion of hut |
ter on the bread, -hc greasy substance |
does not assimilate well with the watery |
vegetable. Savory butter made as follows |
Is nice to spread the cucumber sand |
witch. which Is made by putting together |
white and brown bread cut IN cir lies spread |
with the savory butter between the two |
pieces of bread three nill slices of |
cucumber. To prepare tie savory Initter |
put quarter of a iN0und Of fresh butter |
into bowl and beat it with a wooGe IN |
spoon until it is soft and creamy. add |
some celery salt, pepper. very little mus
tard, chopped parsley and few drops of |
lemon juice. This sav3ry butter is also
appetizing on meat sanIW iches.
Deviled Eggs.
No matter what otnAr dainty goes into
the picnic basket. nothing seems - take
the place of deviled eggs, and 1t Is a we'll
attested fact that mona of them are ever
left to throw away after lunchaon. Boil
the number of eggs required until hard.
When cold remove the shell and cat d.