Summer is here once again. It is during this time of the year when packing a picnic basket donned with all types of delicious food and a blanket is enough to create a relaxed summer picnic. Picnics are fun outdoor activities that are perfect for bonding with family and friends while sharing food that are definitely fit for summer. The picnic can acclaim its appeal to its sheer simplicity.
However, there are still chances that it will get ruined without blaming the weather. There are several ways when this could happen. If you did not plan your picnic enough, you may spend hours and hours assembling your food on the picnic site. Also, you could end up smashing or dropping your food thereby wasting the energy and effort that you put in preparing it, not to mention the food itself. The worst thing that can happen is finding that your food is already spoiled. It smells terrible and the taste is unimaginable.
To avoid all these from happening, here are a couple of tips that will help you plan the perfect picnic and experience it without experiencing the mentioned tragedies.
Packing. It is essentially important that you prepare a checklist of the things that you need to bring during the picnic. Your checklist should be created days or weeks before the actual day so you can be sure that everything in the list are the things that are simply necessary. Here are some picnic essentials that you need to bring:
1. Picnic basket or a cooler, whichever is preferred, to keep your foods fresh.
2. Frozen bottles of water. Unless you are certain that your picnic location also has provision for potable water, you need to bring your own water. Bringing icy cold water in bottles would assure that you'll have icy cold water just enough to beat the summer heat.
3. Tablecloth or picnic blanket. This is advised for a more picnic-y feel. However, you may also need to bring tables and chairs especially if you have elderly guests as they may have a hard time sitting and standing up.
4. Outdoor dinnerware,paper plates, napkins and plastic utensils. Obviously, you need some place to put your food in unless you plan on eating them in your palm.
5. Palm sanitizer. Sanitize before and after you eat. Helps keep bacteria at bay!
6. Trash bags. Pick up your litter after the picnic. Clean as you go is always the best policy. Remember, having fun also entails responsibility and in the case of picnics, it is your responsibility to clean up your own mess.
Simplicity is beauty. Of course, being simple does not mean bringing bread and butter alone. Bring foods that are easy to prepare and serve. This way, you'll be doing yourself a big favor. You can't bring your entire kitchen during picnic so you need to prepare simple foods so you won't spend the entire afternoon preparing the food. If you are bringing your picnic basket of a cooler, you need to bring foods that does not easily gets spoiled. Stick to easy foods so you can enjoy the picnic.
However, there are still chances that it will get ruined without blaming the weather. There are several ways when this could happen. If you did not plan your picnic enough, you may spend hours and hours assembling your food on the picnic site. Also, you could end up smashing or dropping your food thereby wasting the energy and effort that you put in preparing it, not to mention the food itself. The worst thing that can happen is finding that your food is already spoiled. It smells terrible and the taste is unimaginable.
To avoid all these from happening, here are a couple of tips that will help you plan the perfect picnic and experience it without experiencing the mentioned tragedies.
Packing. It is essentially important that you prepare a checklist of the things that you need to bring during the picnic. Your checklist should be created days or weeks before the actual day so you can be sure that everything in the list are the things that are simply necessary. Here are some picnic essentials that you need to bring:
1. Picnic basket or a cooler, whichever is preferred, to keep your foods fresh.
2. Frozen bottles of water. Unless you are certain that your picnic location also has provision for potable water, you need to bring your own water. Bringing icy cold water in bottles would assure that you'll have icy cold water just enough to beat the summer heat.
3. Tablecloth or picnic blanket. This is advised for a more picnic-y feel. However, you may also need to bring tables and chairs especially if you have elderly guests as they may have a hard time sitting and standing up.
4. Outdoor dinnerware,paper plates, napkins and plastic utensils. Obviously, you need some place to put your food in unless you plan on eating them in your palm.
5. Palm sanitizer. Sanitize before and after you eat. Helps keep bacteria at bay!
6. Trash bags. Pick up your litter after the picnic. Clean as you go is always the best policy. Remember, having fun also entails responsibility and in the case of picnics, it is your responsibility to clean up your own mess.
Simplicity is beauty. Of course, being simple does not mean bringing bread and butter alone. Bring foods that are easy to prepare and serve. This way, you'll be doing yourself a big favor. You can't bring your entire kitchen during picnic so you need to prepare simple foods so you won't spend the entire afternoon preparing the food. If you are bringing your picnic basket of a cooler, you need to bring foods that does not easily gets spoiled. Stick to easy foods so you can enjoy the picnic.
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