All Things Picnic!

[caseydog]

Yes..I've seen it around here, too..I found the big opening weird to drink out of..You couldn't get that satisfying "glug glug" that comes with drinking a beer out of a bottle..lol

Same thing with those aluminum bottles. Opening is too big..

Back in HS/College, the appeal of Mickey's Big Mouth beer was the price. Dirt cheap. Maximum BPD (Buzz Per Dollar).

A "mickey" bottle here is 375ML (pint). Spirits here are all sold in metric measures, as odd as that may sound.

"Mickey" is not a commonly used term for bottle size in the US, as it is also American slang for a date rape drug slipped into your date's drink.

CD

 

[Rocklobster]

Back in HS/College, the appeal of Mickey's Big Mouth beer was the price. Dirt cheap. Maximum BPD (Buzz Per Dollar).

A "mickey" bottle here is 375ML (pint). Spirits here are all sold in metric measures, as odd as that may sound.

"Mickey" is not a commonly used term for bottle size in the US, as it is also American slang for a date rape drug slipped into your date's drink.

CD

Note to self. When in the US never ask to buy a mickey in a party store.

 

[TastyReuben]

It’s official…picnic on the Monday holiday. Can’t believe this will be the first (and likely last) one of the year.

 

[caseydog]

It’s official…picnic on the Monday holiday. Can’t believe this will be the first (and likely last) one of the year.

Cookout at the neighbor's house, but eating indoors. It's forecast to be 99F/37C on Monday.

CD

 

[kaneohegirlinaz]

We're taking off on vacay on Tuesday, so we'll just go out this year for Labor Day - no picnic

 

[TastyReuben]

We're taking off on vacay on Tuesday, so we'll just go out this year for Labor Day - no picnic

That’s good, too!

 

[TastyReuben]

I’m finalizing our picnic menu for the Monday holiday, and I’m more excited than a normal person should be.

 

[TastyReuben]

This is what I mean when I say I obsess over picnics:

Off to make the chicken salad…

 

[TastyReuben]

Chicken salad done:

On to the eggs…

 

[ElizabethB]

I have not been on a picnic in years. I miss picnics.
Holiday?
Conversation Friday
G: WHat do you want to do for the holiday?
Me: What holiday?
G: Labor Day.
Me: We are retired; every day is a holiday.

That was me being a smarty pants.
Not very nice. A picnic in the park would be lovely if it were not 99 F with a triple digit heat index.
MDH is easy to please. I can put together a charcuterie board and pinwheel sandwiches with a crisp white wine and have an indoor picnic.

 

[TastyReuben]

I have not been on a picnic in years. I miss picnics.

Like many things (and like many people), I enjoy the ritual of it. I also can’t explain it, but just seeing a wicker hamper makes me feel…good!

 

[TastyReuben]

Hummus done - on to Windigo ‘s excellent orange cake!

 

[TastyReuben]

…and isn’t this lovely?

I’ll have a hard time keeping MrsT off that this evening and saving it for tomorrow.

 

[caseydog]

I have not been on a picnic in years. I miss picnics.
Holiday?
Conversation Friday
G: WHat do you want to do for the holiday?
Me: What holiday?
G: Labor Day.
Me: We are retired; every day is a holiday.

That was me being a smarty pants.
Not very nice. A picnic in the park would be lovely if it were not 99 F with a triple digit heat index.
MDH is easy to please. I can put together a charcuterie board and pinwheel sandwiches with a crisp white wine and have an indoor picnic.

The number of days that it is comfortable for a picnic are limited down South.

CD

 

[caseydog]

Like many things (and like many people), I enjoy the ritual of it. I also can’t explain it, but just seeing a wicker hamper makes me feel…good!

A full hamper just makes me realize I need to do the laundry.

CD