I found this wonderful information on picnics in the International Cook Book which was published in 1929. I've always loved picnics, and thought this would give us some inspiration from times past!

Let's have a picnic.

Who does not welcome this announcement, no matter what age? A lunch or supper served under a shady tree in the woods overlooking a river or lake, or on some beach, has a charm that is undeniable. In planning a picnic party several things must be considered. Is all of the food for the picnic prepared at home and carried to the picnic place, or is much of it cooked around an open fire?

If raw materials are carried to the picnic grounds, there is not much difficulty in packing the picnic lunch. Arrange the kit with the utensils and dishes so it all can be transported easily and pack the cooked foods in one basket and the raw material in another. Nothing is more delightful than a picnic when the coffee, steak, corn, and the potatoes are cooked in the open over the coals. When the picnic party is such that all of the food is cooked at home and transported to the grounds, the task is more difficult. Food must be selected which can stand several hours without deterioration.

Sandwiches are of course the mainstay of the picnic lunch. Next comes the potato salad, stuffed eggs, fruit, and a cake that will pack easily. We try when possible to select a menu and wrap it so that cold foods can be kept cold and hot ones hot. Thermos bottles, vacuum packs, and small ice chests are all helpful in the preparations of a modern picnic. Do try these menus:

Menu 1: Ham and celery sandwich, cream cheese and olive sandwich, sardine and horseradish sandwich, potato salad, stuffed eggs, pickles, whole tomatoes, apples, bananas, date bars, coffee ginger ale.

Menu 2: Chicken sandwich, dried beef and cream cheese sandwich, nut bread sandwich, potato chips, hard-cooked eggs, olives, pickles, oranges, cupcakes, coffee

Menu 3: Steak and onion sandwiches(steak cooked over fire), green bean salad, roast corn, doughnuts, cheese, coffee

Menu 4: Potato salad with cucumber, frankfurters, rolls, mustard, dill pickles black cherries, chocolate cookies, coffee

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