On the Road

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 32, 21 February 1930, Page 26

On the Road

For a whole day picnic, or one in a ear, it is not necessary to depend entirely on the ever-useful, but somewhat overworked and mundane sandwich. Try lamb chops, cold sausages, and mutton turn-overs, and you will be remembered as a worth-while hostess, not only by the male members of the party but also by the feminine portion, who have equally commendable and appreciative appetites on these occasions, although perhaps they require a little more tempting. If en route by car, it is usually worth while making up individual packages, to save passing to and fro, and taking the drinks, unmilked, in thermos flasks, but if camping as the gods will it (and here, let me say, that even if hungry to the point of desperation, plod‘ on until a really suitable spot is found, and the belated repast will taste all the sweeter), the younger members of the party will probably like to hark back to the old instinct, make a fire-and possibly some matches of their own-and boil the billy. (GHOOSE a site near a stream if you possibly can, so that you have water for tea or coffee, without having to carry it far. In any case, everyone will be pleased to find some fairly substantial food all ready. You are bound to hear that "fingers were made before forks," so let youy dishes be adaptable. Ham sandwiches, so very awkward to eat delicately, can be made into ham rolls instead, by mincing the ham, unJess it is a particularly nice tender slice, and roll it between a slice of bread and butter. Above all, make everything small, tell the lunchers to "come again," and, believe me, they will Cold lamb chops can be handled quite nicely, if trimmed and provided with a little frill around the bone. Bread should assume the form of tiny rolls or scones. The small midget sausages are easily picked up in the fingers (paper serviettes are, of course, provided) and the muttonturnovers will hardly feel the touch of the fingers on their way to the mouth. Jam sandwich, uncut until wanted, . cream cheese between well-buttered biscuits, nuts and fruit all come in splendidly for "afters." If you feel that there should be sandwiches, make them to order on the spot. Prepare the fillings at home, and take them along in glass jars, with a head of lettuece, which has been well washed and wrapped in a damp towel, a brown and a white loaf, and butter.