“mer with an outing. they
round up all the aunts,
ad uncles aad cousins, squads of -"

few. pooches and. shead

‘for, some rural spot. for. the

pot-luck and Frisbees « con.

day of « overeating,

mosquito bites... .
‘And lurking i in the background .

is the committee. Really good out-:

ings can’t be done without the plan

ners and the dogsbod

the « ones in the ue pe aie
they loaded with, ‘barbecues o9 and

assemble the'tables, set itp the, bar-
rare and the badminton nets.:

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with the minimum — hot dogs. pop
and doughnuts. Don't knock it —
it's cheap, makes the minimum of
work (and litter) and no one goes
hungry.

On the other end of the scale is

othe banquet. Which works the best?

I do know that-ald diaries never
have much to say about family pic-
nics without quite a description of
the food. Here’s an excerpt from
my aunt's book Homeland by Dr.

‘ Liltian Salsman.

“The picnic dinner al noon was a
most delicious affair. Often it was

_ boiled herring and potatoes and

blueberry and apple pie.
“The men set up a tripod to

“which a large iron pot with water

from the lake was hung. The pot
was almost full of potatoes from
which only a ring of the skin had

been removed,

“After these had boiled half an
hour the herring were laid in a bas-
’ ket-weave arrangement on top of
the potatoes and steamed for 15-
minutes. A linen tablecloth was
anchored to the grourid with big .

“vos 8. roeks and plates and cutlery were,
. 7 Placed on this.”
oad of people loaded down

‘I don’t suppose too many of us

“would get excited over herring and

: potatoes but this was Nova Scotia
«in the late 1800s...

ek ‘Assuring that you’ve ‘decided ;

on something more than hot dogs, :

what? And; how much? » “

. First, how much? Allow more
an you would if you were‘eatii
doors. Steaks are easy
ch.’ remembeting: that.

‘an’t €at steak too well and you'd”

“better bring along something else ©

‘or thems:

My.rule for salads, chili or any
other prepared dish is that,if the ;

ecips says it feeds 12, fig igu

: feeds only eight at a picnic.»

“Allow two large burgers per per-
son or three hot dogs. Allow a

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ith picnic crowds

pound of cold cuts for every three
people and throw in a couple of
extra pounds!

Plan on the normal aniount of
green salad — { find that green sal-
ads are caten but the real favorites
are the pasta salads.

A note aboul safety — keep
those pasta salads very cold. Use
big coolers with lots of room for
ice. Large coolers are safer than
small ones as you can keep ice
packs over, around
and under the food.
Don’t bring food out
until everyone's
ready to cat.

Some pasta salads
are awful. Perhaps
the worst offense is
using too much pasta
and not enough veg-
etables. Commercial
ones can be loaded
with vinegar and oil,
making every ingre-
dient taste the same.

' ‘The best pasta for salad'is dry,

“not fresh.

‘Remember to include ingredi-

-ents that give crunch (celery,

- cucumber, radishes), tang (onions,
Olives) and color (red, green, yel-
- low peppers, pimiento, radishes). °

GREEK STYLE PASTA SALAD :
2 c. dry

pasta — smallish pieces
: ditali, 4” shells etc.)

“4 e. quality olive oil
Ye. white wine vinegar.
4 tsp. mixed dried herbs
“4 cloves garlic, ground
‘pinch dried mint: : :
*’2'e. diced long English cucumber ;
Lab bunch green onions, chopped

Tred and I green pepper, diced °

~ Le. black olives, sliced (or use:

_ whole deli alives) ©;

7 1c. diced Fets cheese

Cook pasta al dente, drain, rinse

_ with cold water and drain again: |

Whisk together oil, vinegar, herbs,
garlic and mint.

Toss with pasts. Fold in remain-
ing ingredients, Serve very cold.

ROAST BEEF PASTA SALAD
2c. small dry pasta (ditali, 4"
“shells ete.)
%c. prepared ranch dressing (mix
or bottled)
1 bunch green onions, chopped
2 bunches radishes, sliced

: 66 My rule for salads, chili or any
other prepared dish is that if the
recipe says it feeds 12, figure that
it feeds only eight at a picnic. 99

2 c. diced roast beef (or use lefi-
over barbecued steak)

6 bacon strips, cooked crisp and
crumbled.

.. Cook pasta al dente, drain, rinse

with cold'water and drain again.

Add remaining ingredients and toss.

» Chill well. i ot

CRUNCHY CHICKEN |
- PASTA SALAD™

“2 a small dry: pasta: (ditali; an

: Shells efe.);,

Chicken, breast’
‘ buy these’ at Price’ Club, They ©
are frozen and. Packaged. in’ 2,
’ kg lots. Use about ¥ bag.

oa ‘Thsp. olive oll °
« 3 ribs celery, diced

1, tin pimientos, diced (these come
™ In 3-4 02. tins or jars) ‘

23 green onions, diced”,

¢. log English cucumber, diced
i package Uncle Dan’s: ‘Original

et. strips : 1:

Southern Dre sing mix, pre-
pared with mayonnaise and’

buttermilk as directed, Use.

about I ¢. and reserve the rest %
for another use. ;

1 c. slivered almonds, toasted.”
Cook the pasta al dente, drain

tinse in cold water and rinse egai

While the chicken strips are still:

; partly frozen, cul into bite- ~sized,

pieces,
Stir-fry in hot oil until browned.
Combine pasta, vegela-
bles and chicken. Toss
with dressing and. gar-
nish. with toasted

almonds. fen

MEXICAN-STYLE
MEATBALL AND
PASTA SALAD... ;.
2c. dry pasta, cooked
’ al dente, rinsed and
oy @raimed’ 02°:
14 Jb. bite-sized cuck
. tail meatballs (buy
< frozen-.or mak
your own...
4 ib. cherry, tomatoe
very smaii-ones ”
dc. stuffed ‘olives, halved cross-
wise oo
1-red pepper; diced :
% ce. bottled - Italian dressing
-. (vinaigrette) ..-

: 3 cloves garlic, crushed
Dash Tabasco sauce’:

Freshly ground pepper.
Llorge avocada, slice

. Juice of one lemon

‘and draist ‘on paper. towels. Stir.

. pasta. Add: vegetables
dressing. with. garlic

uice and lay‘on top...
Each of these. salads.

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