{"id":40859,"date":"2018-04-09T22:52:27","date_gmt":"2018-04-09T22:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/?p=40859"},"modified":"2018-04-09T22:52:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T22:52:27","slug":"40859","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/effectsofanxiety.net\/archives\/40859","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"A picnic is a meal taken outdoors (al fresco) as part of an excursion \u2013 ideally in scenic surroundings, such as a park, lakeside, or other place affording an interesting view, or else in conjunction with a public event such as preceding an open-air theatre performance, and usually in summer.\nPicnics are usually meant for the late mornings or midday breakfasts, but could also be held as a luncheonette or a dinner event. Descriptions of picnics show that the idea of a meal that was jointly contributed and was enjoyed out-of-doors was essential to a picnic from the early 19th century.\nPicnics are often family-oriented but can also be an intimate occasion between two people or a large get together such as company picnics and church picnics. It is also sometimes combined with a cookout, usually a form of barbecue; either grilling (griddling, gridironing, or charbroiling), braising (by combining a charbroil or gridiron grill with a broth-filled pot), baking, or a combination of all of the above.\nOn romantic and family picnics, a picnic basket and a blanket (to sit or recline on) are usually brought along. Outdoor games or some other form of entertainment are common at large picnics. In established public parks, a picnic area generally includes picnic tables and possibly other items related to eating outdoors, such as built-in grills, water faucets, garbage containers, and restrooms.\nSome picnics are a potluck, an entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table for all to share. When the picnic is not also a cookout, the food eaten is rarely hot, instead taking the form of deli sandwiches, finger food, fresh fruit, salad, cold meats and accompanied by chilled wine or champagne or soft drinks.