Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-06-22

At an informal picnic it is good
Man for each member of the party TO
carry a basket with something special
in it. One basket may hold the sand
witches another the cooling drinks and
the materials for making tea and COZ
fee another may have charge OF the
tahlecloth and napkins, and another
NAV carry a piece Of ice wrapped in
flannel This ice will be of great value
on a hot day in cooling all the drinks,
as well as the salads, jellies and meats.
Nest NAV Be carried in a separate
basket It should be daintily carved
in small portions beforehand. cut very
thin, then packed in a deep dish. Let
tuce hearts will keep it cool and will
form a salad later. When lettuce Is
carried for salads, 1t may be wrapped
in moistened cloth and will then keep
Delightfully."- fresh for several hours.
WaXed paper wrapped around the cloth
viii prevent 1t from drying.
If everything is carried in one
basket, the basket should be q con-
vsnient one SO that it can be filled az
short notice. It should be large and
strong enough To meet requirements
Strong paper plates can be purchased
At any department store at low cost
and paper napkins and sanitary drink
ing Guns. all of which may be thrown
away after using A thermoS bottle Is
very useful to carry either hot or cold
drinks.
Graham and wheat bread. besides
long French rolls. should be included,
also box Of crackers as they form
an important part of a picnic repaSt.
Olives, pickles. prepared peanut butter
and anchovies are good reliSheS. but
are not among the neceSSarleS. Fruit
Is important and it makes a good mn
fsh 70 an outdoor meal, besides sat
isfying the thirst. Salad made with
Selafin may be poured into individual
parsfin cups and the tops placed on:
There should be q few slices OF colo
ham cut thin as a pink roSeleai ana
white breast of chicken torn length
wise from the bone in strips Both OF
these relied up in white oiled paper
with crisp celery stalks tied with them
are ALWAYS a favorita at q picnic.
Cake with soft filing should not De
taken, as It sticks TO everything. Old
fashioned sponge cake baked in gem
mans is easily made and easy to manage
and any kind of cookies are good TO
take. A very dainty cake decoration
appeared recently at childrens party
THE cake was decorated with citron.
which had been placed in the oven be-
fore cutting until heated through, so
thaf it could be easily sliced, and then
cut into threadlike strips from the out
side for the long stems which were ar
ranged araistically on the iceo CAKE.
Thin. oval bits of green citron were ar
ranged to simulate leaves. Use any kii1o
of candied fruit for the flowers ana
birds.
Here is a pretty and satisfactory way
Of carrying fruit salad or any frult NIX
tire. Take a small cap on some oranges
Ieaving the opening with q diameter OF
an inch and a half Remove the fruit
=, that the interior is smooth and clean.
Ffu the orange with any desired mix
tire. replace the cap. then seal by run
ring uarafan around the joining OF cap
and filled orange. This makes the
grange perfectly firm, and II then may
be carried without leaking. When
ready for use the paraft1n Is easily re-
moved.
drained and chilled can be tied loosely
in 4 linen napkin and placed In bright
tin nail with q close cover. This VIII
insure crisuness for 40 hours 4 nne
rrade Of canned faxed crab can pc
fsred for q salad Nix the flakes with
rnavonnaise and place on the lettuce
ieayes. on top Of which thin snreds OF
red pimento sfniilds De fstsrlAced.
picnic Sandwich.
Sandwiches for an outing should be
sn,fTciensly substantial to take the edge
rd healthy appetites sharpened by
cosintrv air. They may be made the
GAY before the outing and viii be fresh
enough On the journey even on not
Gay. When making sandwich. very
SHARP knife that win cut the bread
evenly Is necessary. Butter must DC
spread evenly, too. and not put on too
thick. Beef sandwiches may have
grated horseradish spread over them
mutton sandwiches need chopped eapers
and thick nayonnaise sauce Green
cress with sweet butter, make tasty
sandwiches Chopped cucumber and
chopped gherkins add to the taste OF
many meat sandwiches. Egg .yoiks
creams. coloringS and extracts all help
10 make successful sandwiches, which
can be round IN shape, square. oblone
or triangular 80 as 20 give as many
different forms as possible.
Often when sandwiches are to be
made In a hurry the butter IN the
refrigerator happens TO be too hard to
spread II may be Softened in few
minutes By placing over Il . bowl
which has been heated with hot water.
The result Is magic, and the freshet
Of bread can then be evenly spread
A box Of sardines will make more
and dasntier sandwiches II the follow
ing method Ia used: Remove the fish
from the can and chop or mash II
fire In an earthen dish or bowl. Then
add olive oil 10 form paste. This vii
spread well. and one can viii make
more sandwiches than II the fish are
just split and used.
There are also many sweet sand
vfciaes which may be composed OF
chopped seeded raisinS or dates with
rolled nuts. mixed with butter and
spread between thin slices OF bread
A cake Of maple sugar may be used
and when grated and mixed with fre&h
unsaited butter is one Of the most de-
nci0us sandwich filings
Other good sandwich filings are a
follows;
Scrambled eggs TO which chopped
ham or cooked vegetables have beer
added.
Sliced sherkins and cream chess
with chopped olives.