OCR Text |
Show FourtK of JulylM Picnic Food Easily Served SET the picnic scena ttt&sr a big shade tree or on the screened porch, with a table for the food and a few comfortable porch chairs or cushions. Place at one end of the table, the paper napkins, plates and cups and Just the necessary flat silver. If you'd like to make a real party of It you can purchase picnic knives and forks with bright red or blue composition com-position handles for a very small cost. Of course, the food is the big consideration, con-sideration, for everyone is hungry at an Informal out-of-door meaL Visualize a big salad bowl with a crisp vegetable salad, a tray of cold spreads and sliced meats for sandwich filling, a cutting board hodling all the necessary cut bread and crackers to fill the biggest appetite, ap-petite, one hot casserole dish, If the day Is not too warm, and a big pot of hot coffee or pitcher of Ice tea with a tray of paper cups clo"e by Desserts may be a big cake brought out at the close of the meal, or a big bowl of fresh fruit, a shortcake short-cake or frozen dessert The gayety of such a meal lies In the easy Informal, atmosphere, the tasty attractive food and the lack of long preparation, packing baskets and filling thermos Jugs. Any holiday guest will enjoy a picnic pic-nic eupper. Try this menu: Assorted breads Rye, white, gr-ham gr-ham and finger rolls. Assorted meats and spreads Including Includ-ing veal loaf, salami cut in thin slices, spiced cold tongue, ground ham with grated pineapple and chopped walnuts spread, cream chees and green pepper spread, cold fried chicken. Arrange on a cold meat plate with the sliced meats around the edge and celery dressed with French dressing. Arrange in large crockery or wooden bowl. Potato Chips Jelly and Plek)t Bowls of Creamed Butter and Mustard Butter Shoe String Potatoes Coconut Cake With Orange Custard Filling Tea or Coffee or Iced Drinks Ice Cream A different sort of porch picnlo menu might Include: Hot Ham Shortcake or Fried Chicken Pineapple and Cucumber Gelatin Salad Ripe Olives Cheese Cracker Iced Tea Raspberries and Sliced Banana on Ice Cream Ice Box Cookies Lemonade or Punch |