Picnic Ingredients

While the perfect picnic might be (sometimes) a basket of good fried chicken, potato salad, beans and sweet iced tea, spread out on a tablecloth under a tree in the park, when the weather is not as good as it could be and I'm in the mood for a picnic, I spread the tablecloth out in the middle of the living room floor and we have an inside picnic in the house. It's a nice change from the mundane if you just can't get outside. Sometimes, we even take it out into the yard. Whatever works, right?

Love coleslaw, pork pies and mini cooked sausages to add to your ingredients

I don't think I have a perfect picnic. I have a pain in the butt toddler who absolutely will not eat a sandwich. He'll eat all the toast in the world but he will not eat bread so I have to be a bit more creative with picnic food! We would normally have yoghurts, crisps and maybe pickled onions and a piece of fruit - tomatoes, apples, bananas, raisins. Whatever we happen to have around or can buy from Tesco! I like to cheat sometimes and buy those little ready-made tub things of pasta salads, sushi, etc. - again, whatever I can get fairly cheap from Tesco! I suppose if I put together a perfect picnic for me, it would have to be tuna sandwiches, pickled onions and beetroot, cherry tomatoes, a banana and lemonade (but my bigger pain in the butt can not have most fizzy drinks so we have to take squash - which has to be orange because the little one is allergic to purple!) Actually, thinking about this, my ideal picnic would be anything that didn't involve my kids! Only joking, they're great company - they're just bugs.

I haven't had a picnic since I went white water rafting last July. I boiled up some corn on the cob that morning and wrapped it is foil with some butter while it was still steaming hot. I also took cold fried chicken and a chuck of cheddar cheese and some french bread. Also my homemade lemonade. But by the time we made it off the river we were all so famished (having skipped breakfast to make our 9:00 AM launch time) we would have eaten just about anything. I think a picnic will be a great idea for this Saturday. I may even set up the tent and let the kids camp out in the living room since we have to go to my SO's mothers house for Easter this Sunday and I don't have to worry about making dinner and hiding eggs.

Oh definately the cold chicken and ham with a french loaf and butter, cold cocktail sausages, the boiled eggs, a selection of cheeses, satay strips with peanut sauce, a feta cheese salad and real lemonade. Hungry now so off to do a ham, cheese and tomato toastie! Can't wait til the weather improves then off to the beach with a picnic tea after school most days. Ellie :D

The UK is only fit for a `car` picnic at the mo!!...you have noted the picnic `must haves`...but I think im a bit sad ..I love to take a flask of hot tea !!!..maybe age related!!....Oh..and pork pies!!! mmmmmmmmm

I would normally take all the things you mentioned, plus potato salad, coleslaw, maybe a little rice with mushrooms, peas and garlic salt mixed in, and maybe some cold pizza. I wouldn't have milk pudding or trifle for dessert... I would have either fruit pies, strawberries, or a fresh fruit salad. You're making me hungry for a picnic now. Roll on summer! Brightest Blessings.

PIZZA! or sandwiches. i dont think i've ever had a real picnic.. whenever my friend comes over for lunch with her kid we have a pic nic in my living room lol. cause i only have one highchair and two chairs at my table.. and there are usually three of us, and two toddlers. and now one babes! hehe. cold ham and chicken is awesome!

Hmm do you ever have an indors picnic p1kef1sh? We do that quite often and the kids love it - we mainly have an indoors one cos the weather is too bad for an outdoors one! lol Our picnic fayre tends to be far less healthy than normal packed lunches and includes sausage rolls, quiche, cocktail sausages, boiled eggs, bananas, grapes and pre cut melon squares! yummy. I usually make up a flask of diluting juice, strawbwerry or apple are the favourites and I love a cheeky bottle of pear cider! I can feel an indoors picnic coming on for easter! lol xxx

Deviled eggs, without a doubt. But only if it's not terribly hot, for obvious reasons. Cold fried chicken, fried by me of course, in the iron skillet, crispy, moist and delicious. Fresh fruit, like melon and strawberries, maybe some whipped cream, after all, no kids at my picnics. Chocolate cake. Cheese, of course. Maybe some dark rum with pineapple juice. Ok, I'm ready. Now, where shall we go?

your lunch sounds like what my mom used to pack for our picnics and I did in back years too. i love cold fried chicken, and thin sliced ham, and really good bread, always have to have my cheese, I am a cheeseoholic, and usually homemade cake or moms strawberry rhubarb pie, yummy to say the least. Sometimes we too took along a big jug of ice and lemonade. sometimes we had dry ice and a big ripe red juicy watermelon, home grown of course.

thanks for telling us this story it made me smile and it really remember me of something i cant remember .

i feel the secret of a successful picnic is simplicity and good packing.i feel finger food is the most perfect of picnic fare.i love sandwiches ,easy to prepare an dcarry,though i feel you can make a change to it by taking your favourite fillings in pitta bread or focaccia along with some pickles,drinks to go with it,lots of napkins and sliceable cake!!!