a picnic,
by
my definition, is cold food that carries well not a cook out but since
opinions vary I will give you some of both. Since most salads, fruit etc.
need no recipes what I am going to give you here are main dishes. You can
fill in the rest.
Pasties
This
is a northern Michigan take off on the old Cornish Pastry which was developed
to allow the miner of Cornwall to carry their lunch before the days of
lunch buckets.
4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup shortening
1 1/4 cups ice water
1 teaspoon salt
5 1/2 cups potatoes (2 1/2 pounds), sliced thin
2 medium carrots (1/2 pound), shredded
1 small onion, diced
1/2 cup rutabaga, diced
1 1/2 pounds lean ground steak
1/2 pound lean ground pork
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 1/2 teaspoons monosodium glutamate
1 beef bouillon cube
1/2 cup hot water
Directions:
Chicken Sticks Cordon Blue
8 boneless skinless chicken breast
8 slices of cooked ham
8 sticks of Monterey Jack Cheese 1/2" x 1/2" x about 5"
Directions:
Gyro's
often thought of as Greek sandwiches
1 leg of Lamb, butterfly and de-bone
1 bottle of Greek or Italian salad dressing
8 large Pitas
chopped onion
chopped roma tomatoes (de-seeded)
yogurt/dill sauce
Directions:
Your drink of choice depends on
which of these main dishes you choose. Pasties go particularly well with
Beer. While you might want a bottle of dry White Wine with the Chicken
Sticks or Red Wine with the Gyro's.
Add fresh fruit, a salad of choice
and a desert and you have a meal fit for the Gods.
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