I'm not really one for worrying too much or obeying the rules of social etiquette but picnics are a social etiquette minefield. If I sit on the grass with a packaged sandwich and drink with friends is that a picnic? Must I have a hamper, cutlery, crockery and wine cooler for it to be proper? Where is the line? Is this something you’re doing to impress or just a lazy day down the park with a bottle of wine and some antipasto?
To settle any arguments and to salve my own harried brain, if you’re outside and you have a blanket and you’re eating and drinking then you have a picnic, what you eat or drink and where you get it from is down to you.
The current balmy weather has coincided with some old friends coming down from Liverpool, we've arranged to have a picnic on Saturday afternoon once the sun has cooled a touch and we’re able to laze about without the worry of sun burn or stroke. I think the key to picnic food is in having something that stores and travels well, doesn't denature or smell awful in hot temperatures and is easy enough to eat with your hands or, at a push, off of a paper plate with a plastic spoon. These rules all apply to the picnic spread below.
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