Picnic menus

Bob said:

Over the summer, I plan to go on picnics with my
girlfriend on a regular basis. I came up with the
following menus, and thought some of you might like to see
them as well.

(snippage)

Quoted message said:

Bob

I'd say she better hang on to you! And here I thought cold
fried chicken, potato salad and cole slaw was picnic food 😉

Jill

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virtualgoth@die_spammer.com said:

Over the summer, I plan to go on picnics with my
girlfriend on a regular basis. I came up with the
following menus, and thought some of you might like to see
them as well. I can keep everything chilled, but the
places we'll be picnicking don't have any cooking
facilities, so everything will be pre-made and must be
eaten chilled or at the ambient temperature. None of the
menus are very extensive; it'll just be the two of us and
she's not the hearty eater that I am.

Quoted message said:

I welcome comments

(snip fab menus)

Quoted message said:

I've got lots of picnic-friendly recipes floating around
waiting for a menu in which to fit, e.g., I don't have any
menus with quiches, frittatas, pasta salads, or rice (or
other grain) salads, and they'd all work well as picnic
menu items. I just started ruminating about this last
night, so I'll eventually come up with menus which include
those items, but in the meantime I thought I'd see what
this group had to say about picnic menus.

Quoted message said:

Bob

Well, they impress the heck out of me, Kiddo. Can I come
along? I could bring some brownies. (And then manufacture an
excuse to leave early so's the two of you could be alone.)
--
-Barb, <www.jamlady.eboard.com> An update on 6/27/04.

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Quoted message said:

Over the summer, I plan to go on picnics with my
girlfriend on a regular basis. I came up with the
following menus, and thought some of you might like to see
them as well. I can keep everything chilled, but the
places we'll be picnicking don't have any cooking
facilities, so everything will

be

Quoted message said:

pre-made and must be eaten chilled or at the ambient
temperature. None of the menus are very extensive; it'll
just be the two of us and she's not

the

Quoted message said:

hearty eater that I am.

I welcome comments and suggestions for additional picnic
menus, or suggestions for altering the menus shown. The
items with *'s are bought from a store rather than
prepared by me, so if you want any of the recipes for the
items which DON'T have *'s, let me know. Oh, and a couple
of the iced teas are from The Republic of Tea; I've
denoted those with a +:

The only suggestion I have is to ditch the Republic of Tea
teas and go with Mariage Freres. The difference in quality
is astounding--especially in side-by-side taste tests. My
personal favourite iced is Bolero (even though it isn't on
the recommended list for iced teas) though Aida is also good
iced. Marco Polo is a heavier version of Aida, without as
much of a honey flavour. It's one of their most popular
blends, I think. Casablanca (green tea with Moroccan mint
and a hint of bergamot) is on their iced tea list and would
suit your menus, but I actually didn't like it much iced. I
much prefer their floral-fruity blends.

If you're interested in their teas, try
www.theculturedcup.com (note: I have no interest in the
company except as a very satisfied customer). They have
the best selection of Mariage Freres teas that I've found
on-line (except for the Mariage Freres site, of course,
which can be found at www.mariagefreres.com but you'd have
to use their French or Japanese site since they still
haven't done anything with the English version.). You can
also find descriptions of the teas so you're not buying
blindly. They also have great customer service--very
personable and very helpful.

Oh...peach cobbler...I'm imagining soggy peach cobbler. Do
you have a good way of preventing that?

rona

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Melba's Jammin said:

In article <[email hidden]>, "Bob"

virtualgoth@die_spammer.com said:

Over the summer, I plan to go on picnics with my
girlfriend on a regular basis. I came up with the
following menus, and thought some of you might like to
see them as well. I can keep everything chilled, but the
places we'll be picnicking don't have any cooking
facilities, so everything will be pre-made and must be
eaten chilled or at the ambient temperature. None of the
menus are very extensive; it'll just be the two of us and
she's not the hearty eater that I am.

Quoted message said:

I welcome comments

(snip fab menus)

Quoted message said:

I've got lots of picnic-friendly recipes floating around
waiting for a menu in which to fit, e.g., I don't have
any menus with quiches, frittatas, pasta salads, or rice
(or other grain) salads, and they'd all work well as
picnic menu items. I just started ruminating about this
last night, so I'll eventually come up with menus which
include those items, but in the meantime I thought I'd
see what this group had to say about picnic menus.

Quoted message said:

Bob

Well, they impress the heck out of me, Kiddo. Can I come
along? I could bring some brownies. (And then
manufacture an excuse to leave early so's the two of you
could be alone.)

Make sure to give them some pickle hats; they are so
conducive to a romantic setting <wink>

Jill