Evening star., 1931-05-08
BY SALLY MONROE.

! IT'S picnic time. If it isn't picnic
l. time in your family, it's almost pic
mic time. And It's certainly time for
the woman whose family likes picnics
| to plan about them for the Summer.
The food means everything-a'most
everything-at a picnic. The location,
of course, is important But the best
! location in the world will not make a
picnic a success II the 1000 isn't gooo.
Even a poor location Is mace pasSaDle
If the food Is good.
You must buy a certain amount of
equipment for serving good picnic
meals. But II you haven't much money
| to spend, that needn't keep your picnicS
| from being successful You may spend
! a lot OF money for vacuum bottles and
baskets to hold sandwiches and cakes.
fruit and crackers and cheese. And all
these things help in making the picnic
attractive. But II you haven't the
money to spend, you can buy ineXpen-
sive equipment and still make your
picnics the envy OF the town.
Napkins and Ice.
Many paper napkins are essential.
There must be cups for hot drinks, but
old cups from the kitchen cupboard Will
serve for this. There must be some
means of carrying cold things. A cheap
pail with a piece of ice in 1t will 90
quite well. You can put bottle OF
milk, pat of butter and the makings
of salad in the pail with the ice.
There must be some way OF providing
hot drink. And. of course, vacuum
bottles are the most convenient way.
But you can get hot drinks by building
fire at your picnic or by taking can
of solid alcohol. And the drinks will
be just as hot and just as good. The
point is to provide some sure way
and to remember to take all the acces-
sories. such as matches and kettle, pa
per for kindling or can OF alcohol ana
some sort of standard to hold the Kettle
From the point Of view OF the one
who prepares the picnic feast, there are
Just two kinds of picnicS, those at
which q camp fire Of some sort is made
on which food may be cooked, and
those without such convenience, when
all food must be cooked before starting
There Is, of course, decided differ
ence between the food preparations for
different sorts of picnics. And the sug-
gested menus have been divided into
two groups. Where tea or coffee Is sug-
gested in the first group, it Is assumed
that the picnickerS have vacuum bot
may be kept hot.
Picnics without Campires.
1. Tomato, lettuce and mayonnaise
sandwiches, hot chocolate, fruit, cakes.
2. Canned salmon salad, cucumber
sandwiches, pimento sandwiches, berry
| pie.
8. Sliced corned beef Chome cooked
or canned, horseradish and cream
cheese sandwiches, onion and cucumber
| salad, fruit, cookies
| 4. Cold meat loaf, potato salad, let
| tuce sandwiches, ice cream, cakes, coffee
| 5. Deviled eggs, peanut butter sand
wiches, jelly sandwiches, melons.
| g. Cold roast chicken, potato chips,
whole tomatoes, mixed cut-up fruit, lit
tie nakaS. coffee.
Campfire Picnics.
/. Hot bouillon, oyster crackers. beef
steak, potato chips, lettuce and tomato
salad, jam tarts.
2. Scrambled eggs with chopped beef,
buttered toast, fruit, cookies, hot choc-
olste.
g. Ham and eggs, fried potatoes, cold
slaw, fresh fruit, loaf cake, coffee.
4. Broiled chicken, rice with tomato
sauce. pineapple salad, crackers, cottage
! cheese, coffee.
S. Bacon, potatoes rashed In sour
cream, tomatoes, griddle cakes, honey,
| coffee.
6. Hard boiled eggs and beet salad,
French toast, hot chocolate.
Methods Employed.
For potato salad the potatoes may be
| diced and mixed with mayonnaise at
home and placed on lettuce at the
picnic, care being taken that the po-