Evening star., 1930-05-23

= again. for Decoration day will be
followed by other hikes and outings,
when an outdoor lunch viii be the fea-
ts,re OF the trip. There still remains a
special charm in the home-packed
lunch basket. From the point of cost
alone, especially II there are many to
provide for, 1t is far more economical
than taking meals at wayside inns and
restaurants.
If your outing necessitates riding on
q street car, or If you intend to walk,
then the load will not burden any one
If each person in the party carries
something. In this case the luncheon
may be packed in paper boxes, which
should be wrapped in several thick
nesses of paper and carefully tied to ex-
clude dust and air. 1t will be a relief
to discard the boxes and not be bothered
with anything to carry on the return
trip.
for holding salads, sauces and similar
foods, you can use paper crooks which
are used for sending butter through the
mail. Lined with heavy waxed paper,
almost any food except soup and drink
may be safely carried in them. Hard
boiled eggs, sandwiches, chicken and
other meats, pickles and other food
may be wrapped in oiled paper and
carried in berry boxes. If you wish,
several of these may be packed in a
good-sized pasteboard box and carried
that way.
If you do not wish to buy a vacuum
bottle for certain picnic, there is
another way that you can carry coffee
or cocoa to keep 1t hot Stand pre-
serve jar in boiling water and just be-
fore starting on your trip pour into 1t
the boiling coffee or cocoa, with milk
and oddod Tho ior 10
filled to the top or the steam may burst
1t. and it should be sealed the same as
when canning fruit. Wrap it at once in
several dish towels, both round the
sides and over the ends, then In thick
newspaper, and lastly tie it up in a
heavy paper bag such as grocers use for
the jar viii keep hot for three or four
hours. Similar wrapping will keep
drinking water cool.
Save all the small baking powder
cans, wash them, scrape off the labels.
and dry them thoroughly. Relabel them
with stickers for salt, pepper and other
staple outing supplies, including one
filled with securing. powder, which al
convenient sized paSteboard box, they
are always ready for an overnight out
ing trip. There Is little weight to them,
and packed in this way they take up
very little space.
More Complete Outfits.
With q lunch kit Of ones own. IL Is
possible when driving to stop and eat
~ any place where the view, or the
shade, or the beach, or the woods seems
most attractive. A trip to the suit
case and luggage department Of any
scog0 VIII reveal an inexpensive straw
oovered suit case which can be con-
vertsd into Q modern lunch basket. A
sise either ID inches or "a inches by 6
convenient container for four or six
pecple. Buy enough plain white elastic
an inch wide to make straps on the
inside OF tho cover to hold forks, spoons
and other cutlery, not forgetting the
indispensable can opener. This elastic
should be tackled at various intervals
TO correspond with the article it is to
ha'd In place. A space may be left
also for holding white enamel plates,
salt and pepper holders and other
things.
II you line the entire lower part of
the case neatly with white oilcloth It
VIII be q protection against dust and
VIII help to keep the food more moist
A trip to the 10-cent store will entirely
outf1t such q kit in inexpensive alumni
mum or enamel cups or mugs, spoons
and an assortment Of paper napkins,
plates and other things. with such q
simple kit used especially for the pur-
pose, packing q lunch for an outing is
quick and easy work. BY making q
list OF the supplies always needed and
keeping the list pasted to the cover
or on some safe hook in the kitchen
time viii be saved and nothing for
gotten.
You may want to invest in. one of the
improved and unbreakable vacuum bot
ties or jugs which keep liquids hot or
cold for many hours. Some of them
Will hold quart Of ice cream or frozen
salad or other dish 1t is very refresh-
ing to open such a magic jar at the
end Of dusty and heating trip and to
find its contents frozen hard and
delicious.
Collapsible Stoves.
For the motorist who enjoys a good
meal taken on the road at some pic
turesque spot a collapsible stove, using
canned heat, offers wide service. There
Is one with two burners and a special
metal windshield over the burners to
protect from draft. When not in use 1t
may be folded fiat, which Is an advan-
tage when space Is limited. It enables
the traveller to cook two kinds of food
at the same time in any location, and
that without the need Of building a fire.
There Is no need to make large
three or four big stones or pieces Of
brick and arrange them SO that they
raise the kettle a few inches above
the ground. Then place small pieces
Of anything that will burn easily, such
ax dry leaves twi0c and ever Scrope ~