Show l e f e Picnic Tips 1 1 Keep a picnic basket ready for spur the spur he- he moment picnics This should include a plastic or paper table cloth and napkins plates cups cutlery salt pepper sugar mustard and catsup Then you'll only have llave to pack the food and be off when the mood strikes you Fill half a gallon milk cartons with water and frett freeze e. e These can be taken taken along on the picnic to melt for drinking as well as to keep meats and salads cold since they provide block a of ice 3 Ke Keep p charcoal starter fuel and matches in a bag with work gloves Whoever starts the fire can keep his hands clean as well as having everything everything everything every every- thing handy in one place 4 Fill a wide-mouth wide thermos with frankfurters then with hot water These will be heated by bythe bythe bythe the time you reach the picnic spot 5 Bake coo cookies ies in advance ance and pack them into coffee cans Cover with their plastic tops If you dont don't anticipate a picnic shortly the cookies can be kept in the freezer ready for a quick dessert 6 Nothing adds more comfort to outdoor dining than a few portable tables Wood or metal sets are available in every price range They can be used indoors as easily as out 7 7 Dont Don't t let bugs spoil a i lovely picnic Spray the picnic area grass flowers lowers and bushes just before before before be be- fore the picnic Do not spray tables or grills 8 Keep crisp vegetables on hand for the nibblers or hungry ones who just cant can't wait for the food to cook That means washed cherry tomatoes celery and carrot sticks green pepper cubes lettuce chunks cucumber slices placed around a bowl of cottage cheese an and sour cream dip Season to taste with salt celery salt pepper lemon juice and grated peel and dust with dill weed or parsley Let the dressing and vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables sit on one of those milk carton blocks of ice to keep cool and refreshing 9 9 0 Dont Don't trust your glass s tumblers on picnics Its It's safer easier and lighter to carry plastic tumblers in the large tall sizes si for beverages 10 Desserts arc are always alwa's ready if you make an assortment as of sundaes in paper cups with ith covers Overs and place them thim in the freezer Take them out one half hour before serving to soften or just before you OU leave for the picnic grounds |