In the open air must play an appetite, someone will certainly want to have a snack. It is worthwhile to think over simple snacks for a picnic even before going to nature, to be fully armed and not to spoil the rest.
Cold starters
Traditionally the most popular are cold snacks for a picnic. Traditionally, these are low-fat, light foods, not perishable, nourishing and tasty. Cold snacks can be of different types. Most often on the nature take cold meat snacks: the meat baked in the oven can be cut into slices and laid on bread, greased with mustard, mayonnaise or ketchup. You can fry the slices of meat on a grill or in a frying pan and put them in a container. Also a good option for a picnic - slicing ham, smoked bacon or fillets, smoked sausage. Various sausages and sausages are very popular, they can be eaten cold, and you can also grill them on a grill, barbecue or a bonfire. The second most popular place is occupied by vegetable assortments: traditionally tomatoes, sweet peppers, cucumbers, fresh, salted or pickled are taken to the nature. But mushrooms for a picnic do not exactly take, nor fresh, nor canned: being at home is easier to control the occurrence of possible poisoning or eating disorders. The third place is firmly held by dough products: bread, bread, cakes and pies, twirls and placings, rolls and pampushki. This food remains fresh for a long time, you can make sandwiches, after all, just fry the slices of bread at the stake.
Precautionary measures
If you decide to bring different salads with you, and prepare picnic snacks for a large company, be careful, carefully select foods, since even a small amount of spoiled meat, fish, and sauce can spoil the rest for everyone. Do not refuel salads and picnic snacks with mayonnaise and sour cream - the shelf life of such salads outside the refrigerator is not more than 2 hours. It is better to make salads from fresh vegetables already on the spot, since there is an option that a ready-made salad will empty the juice or turn into porridge during transportation. Salads and snacks for a picnic are best kept in the refrigerator for several hours before the trip (cook the food in the evening, pack in containers and packages and leave in the refrigerator until the morning) or use a refrigerator bag.
Cheese is profitable
A great option for a picnic is cheese products. All sorts of hard cheeses, processed cheeses are perfectly preserved during the day even outside the refrigerator (if cheese is bought fresh!). Cheese can be simply cut and taken with you to a picnic, or you can prepare snacks and salads with cheese. Cheese appetizer with garlic will help you if there is a lot of bread left, and there is practically nothing to put on or put on it. Chop the cheese with a fork, add crushed garlic to it and mix. Spread some cheese appetizer with garlic on a slice of toasted on an open fire or on a grid of bread grilling.
Serving snacks for a picnic
A few simple rules about serving snacks for a picnic. First, all food needs to be packed, it is desirable that food with sharp odors (for example, pickled or salted fish) does not come into contact with products that absorb odors (say bread). Therefore, carefully wrap the products in paper and plastic bags or wrap in special containers. Secondly, for picnics it is undesirable to use glass or china dishes - it easily beats, the products with glass shards will have to be thrown away. Thirdly, do not forget about paper, napkins, towels - you will need to wipe your hands and lay something on the surface where the food will be served. Finally, think about what you need forks (perhaps disposable ones), spoons (if prepared salads), a knife.