The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1925-05-28


the camp fire and come home in the
evening feeling like million. This
is altogether proper as this is rec
reation and not work. Work is what
you have to do while recreation is
what you do because you want to do
it. 1t takes US out of ourselves men,
tally and physically and prepares us
to carry on thru the long hot summer.
Let us, then, look bit to the picnic
dinner. Perhaps its greatest burden
falls on mother. Many a time l have
seen some woman work most of the
night and rise early the next MORN
ing to prepare sandwiches and other
dainties for family who did not re-
alize the work connected with so SIM
pie thing as picnic. have learned
from experience that the happiest
Of all picnics are those gathered to-
gether at a moments notice with lit
tie or no fuss or worry. Sandwiches
made at home are good but not near
ly as much SO as when the bread,
butter, and filling are carried to the
picnic grounds and made few min
utes before eating. The bread is much
fresher, the lettuce crisper and the
filling has not become dry, besides
it is fun to help make them in camp.
The only extra equipment necessary
is sharp knife and a spreader.
Next consider the salad. What are
the high points in salad? First it
should be fresh and crisp. Did you
ever see celery, lettuce or cabbage
chopped up and mixed with dressing
and carried for any distance on hot
day, that was quite as palatable as
when first mixed? On the other hand
it is a simple matter to clean the
vegetables and wrap them in a wet
tea towel ready for the trip. Upon
arriving they may be immersed in
cold water until they have regained
their crispness and cut up just in
time for lunch. Fortunately we, as a
nation are leaning more and more to
salads. The time is not long past
when it was common thing to see
men refuse salads or only pretend to
eat them when forced to do SO for
politeness sake. Nowadays at res
taurants practically as many salads
are called for by men as by women,
and this statement does not apply to
the time honored potato salad.
For the rest of the lunch it should
be remembered that simplicity is al
ways best. Cookies can be baked days
ahead and are far easier to carry and
bake if of the dropped variety. They
can be made more nutritious by US.
ing the whole wheat flour and add
ing nuts and dried fruits. A good
substitute for both cake and cookies
is the sweet sandwich made OF
ground dates, figs or raisins. They
may be ground up and can be kept
for months on the emergency shell!
if sealed in glass jars. The night be-
fore using, add enough boiling water
to soften and let stand till morning
then work. to a paste adding cream il
desired.
In selecting fruit it is wiser ia
choose the juicy ones such as apples
oranges, pears, etc. than bananas
which are high in starch and almost
meal in themselves This type OF
| fruit, being acid will satisfy the crav-
| ing for acids and eliminate the neces.
sity for pickles which are not good
for children. Lemonade also furn.
ishes this tart note and supplies the
drink. For variety add some juice
from canned strawberries or cherries
Both children and adults love the col;
orful in food.
| We have now arrived at the camp
ground, have explored the surround.
ing county and everybody is clam
moring for food. Mother assigns the
tasks. Ted brings water for lemon.
ade and helps dad build the fire anG
make the coffee for the grown folks
Mother and Elizabeth make the sand.
witches while Mary, who is a cooking
club girl, is allowed to make the sal
ad under mothers supervision. Then
presto! Before you know it the fam
| lily sits down to a delicious lunch
with everything crisply fresh and ap-
petizing. Best of all everyone has had
a hand in it and mother isn't too tired
to enjoy her day.
Some of the high points to be re-
membered in lunch making are: Dc
not run too high to proteins. II
meat is used in the sandwiches do not
include it in the salad and vice YER
sa. Eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, and
nuts take the place of meat. Do not
try to have everything you can think
of at the first picnic, it leaves no va
riety for those that follow. Lettuce
looses it's charm if permitted to be.
come wilted and leathery. Wrap il
first in a wet tea towel then in sew
eral thicknesses of wet newspaper
Be careful of color harmony. It is as
important in food as in clothing OF
home decoration. Beets should not
be served at the same meal with to.
matoes. Both are red but one is a
purple red and the other an orange
red and these two cOlorS clash