On 8/1/2011 2:48 AM, Giusi wrote:
> "Melba's > ha scritto nel messaggio
>
>> I forgot menu #3, a stop at the deli for 'something.' Cold salad.
>> Someone� doesn't like cold meat.
>>
>
> OK, here's what I don't understand. The group is made up of people so
> passionate about cooking that they come to talk (mostly) about cooking here
> and I see some of them in other places doing the same thing. The subject is
> picnics.
>
> Why are most of the answers about where they BUY readymade food to put in a
> container and eat in some possibly buggy place?
>

I agree with you wholeheartedly IF we all had a cook in the kitchen and
could snap our fingers and say "Please prepare a picnic lunch for six
people by 11 AM. White wine, I think."

A picnic should be a relaxing getaway for EVERYONE, including Mother,
not a morning spent working in the kitchen to prepare elegant food
so everyone else can enjoy themselves. I think of vacations in the same
way. I prepare food in my house every day. Packing a lovely lunch up in
an attractive, healthy manner doesn't add to the enjoyment of the day
for me although it did in my younger days. Bread, cheese, fruit is OK.
Multi-courses, salads, and things that take hours to prep and cook,
not so much.

Your mileage may, of course, vary.

gloria p
feeling old and tired today