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Picnic fare need be dull no longer-for with easy transport by car etc., quite ambitious dishes can be carried. If you picnic often it is wise to invest in a picnic basket, wide necked vacuum flask for soups, sweets (like fruit salad) etc., as well as an ordinary flask for drinks.
Sandwiches: filled with pate, grated raw carrot (so giving a vegetable) and luncheon meat, cheese and cress, egg mayonnaise and onion, tuna mayonnaise, cheese and coleslaw and cheese and pickle. You can also use half baguettes to fill or just slice with butter on them. These can be carried in tubs or wrapped in clingfilm or tinfoil.
Crispbread: carried in a tin or packet, pate, and topped with tomato, carrot, olives, cream cheese etc. These can be carried in small screw topped jars or wrapped in foil or polythene.
Danish Patties: Make 1lb of short crust pastry, roll out and cut into 48 rounds - about 2 ins. In diameter.
Chop or mince 1lb canned danish ham with a small chopped onion, crushed clove garlic, few chopped olives (these could be omitted), a well beaten egg, teaspoon oil (to keep mixture moist) and 1-2 teaspoons chopped fresh herbs or dried herbs (fennel, mixed herbs, parsley - could be used). Arrange 24 rounds on flat baking sheets. Put ham filling in the centre of each round, top with the remaining rounds, moistening the edges with water and pressing together very firmly. Brush with beaten egg and bake for 25 - 30 minutes above the centre of a moderately hot oven - 400°F., Gas Mark 6. Chicory and radishes go well with these.
Now adays it is very popular to take one of the disposable barbecues with you on your picnic.
Marinate your meat for 24 hours prior to the picnic then wrap singly in Clingfilm and put in tub.
When you have your picnic set up and your barbecue ready then take out the marinated meat and cook until ready. You can also bring sausages and hamburgers to cook on the barbecue.
Also bring with you a mixture of salad including lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions etc. to serve with the cooked food.
Cut in to bite sized sticks carrots, celery and cucumber and bring in tubs dips including mayonnaise, garlic mayonnaise, chilli dip and marie rose sauce.
To finish off a lovely meal you can have a bowl of fresh fruit salad, biscuits and cheese, sweet biscuits, canned cream and tea and coffee.
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