The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-02
Outing Must
Be Planned
in Advance

who must carry on at business or
at home during the summer months.
Since Adam and Eve really
started picnlcs, it is no wonder the
whole hupaL race loves them.
But since the human race has
become what Adam and Even would
probably regard as soft" it no
longer satisfies US to have just a
bite in the open and call it picnic.
Must Have Food
We want satisfying food, hot
food. We do not want to wait all
day or all night for it and we wan:
it served So we do not get all
messed up eating it.
We want a view to look at when
eating We do not want to both
cred clearing up for hours after
wards.
To get maximum results in sat-
isfaction, plan your picnic with the
same care you would a formal din
nsr and your food must be ap-
petizing, satisfying, and sufficient.
First, know exactly how many
you are going to serve and pro-
vide plates, cups and so on for that
number.
Second, know exactly what you
are going to serve. and time it so
that your coffee is piping hot just
when you serve the main course.
Avoid the Rush
Third, arrange your guests so
that your picnic does not become
a subway rush. There always are
a couple or three friends present
who will help you serve your meal.
Seat the rest and pass things. 1t
is much easier and every one en-
joys being waited on.
If you have picnic blood in your
veins or if you feel you are about
to become addicted to them, by all
means invest il a picnic hamper.
These come in durable wicker,
have scientific planning so that
they stow away the cutlery, the
nonbreakable cups, plates, nap
kins and cloth, and most of the
food in an orderly and admirable
manner.
They come in all sizes, from those
for Just one couple to those which
carry food for a dozen or more.
Have Comfortable Seat
If Grandmother goes along on
the picnic, or if you have friend
or two who are afraid of ants, and
won't sit on the ground, you can
get a collapsible steamer chair or
a seat with back and arms that
takes up scant space in the car and
brings infinite comfort and peace
to the lucky person to whom it is
allotted.
If you do not have hamper,
then get a large market basket and
pack It scientifically. Paper napkins
and cloth come in modernistic gay
designs. with napkins large enough
to be of service.
There are sturdy paper plates and
cups which do not leak or collapse
the minute they get hot drinks in
them. You even can get paste board
forks and spoons and there is no
denying that it is with a certain
sense of relief that you gather them
all together after the feast and burn
them up. No dishes to wash!
Sandwiches Are Needed
For a picnic you need either sub
stantial sandwiches or a substantial
salad with rolls or bread and but
ter. Remember that zestful appe-
tite which inevitably attends a
picnic.
If you crave a festive picnic, you
can have delicately Drowned fried
chicken, transported to the site in
wide-mouthed thermos bottles to be
served there piping hot. or steam
ing Virginia ham cut hot and
brought to serve hot.
With chicken or ham you might
serve tomato, lettuce and mayon-
naise sandwiches, in rolls. Take
your tomatoes and lettuce all
washed, sliced and ready to pop in
to the rolls you have already cut
and buttered. -
Hot coffee, cooked over the camp
fire, completes the main course and
you can have fresh fruit, cake,
cookies and ice cream o. whatever
else you want to carry out.
Wiener Assumes Dignity
If it is a more modest picnic,
the iowly wiener assumes Kingly
dignity when cooked on sticks, IN
cased in long rolls and served on
plates with old-fasnioned potato
salad or vegetable salad, if your
friends persist in staying thin.
A third sandwich that is deli
cious is made Of strips of bacon,
roasted over the blaze, put in rolls
with tomatoes, lettuce and mayon-
naiSe.
Chops or a beefSteak are more
expensive, but take to open air
cooking like thoroughbreds.
If you carry sandwiches, crab
meat, eggs, shrimp, sardines,
cheese, ham, sausage and a thou
sand other varieties tempt you. If
you make salad at home and
transport it in the aforementioned
thermoS bottles, you have the
world of goodies to choose from;
lettuce and tomato, mixed vegeta-
bles, salmon, tuna fish, lamb and
chicken. deviled eggs and sar-
dimes, fruit. and so on.
Be Sure of View
Success hangs on your making
I'D your mind on exactly what you
will serve. planning exactly In
what order and exactly how you
viii serve it and having every
thing ready.
And by all means. do not forget