AMERICAN PICNIC
While the finals of the tennis tournament are finishing up, I am taking a moment to write about the picnic for 18 neighbors that we had the other day. It was fun and easy and even though I forgot the dressing for the salad and we broke a bottle of hot sauce, everything else went smoothly.
It was not a true American picnic in that we did not have corn on the cob, since it has not proved very good the few times we tried it here. We also did not have baked beans or watermelon since I prefer cantaloupe and yellow melon. And we forgot to bring back marshmallows!! But we did have barbecued chicken legs and hot wings, hot dogs with chili sauce, potato salad, tuna macaroni salad, green salad, green bean-tomato-onion salad, baked macaroni, and American coffee and melon for dessert. The guests were told not to, but ran back to their houses for more treats, and brought all kinds of things-canapés with olive pate, bruschetta, whole fresh almonds and walnuts, wine, cinnamon liquor, chocolate rum cake with whipped cream, and cuccidetti, these little iced cookies with candied green squash fillings.
Anyway-it was a lot of fun, and once we all got there and sorted out what was available, etc, and after people found seats, our big terrace looked so small! Most of these pictures were taken by neighbor Lillo since I was a little busy, so you can see for yourself the way Italians ham up their shots! They do not go for the informal shot-hey, why leave to chance the possibility of a bad picture?
It was not a true American picnic in that we did not have corn on the cob, since it has not proved very good the few times we tried it here. We also did not have baked beans or watermelon since I prefer cantaloupe and yellow melon. And we forgot to bring back marshmallows!! But we did have barbecued chicken legs and hot wings, hot dogs with chili sauce, potato salad, tuna macaroni salad, green salad, green bean-tomato-onion salad, baked macaroni, and American coffee and melon for dessert. The guests were told not to, but ran back to their houses for more treats, and brought all kinds of things-canapés with olive pate, bruschetta, whole fresh almonds and walnuts, wine, cinnamon liquor, chocolate rum cake with whipped cream, and cuccidetti, these little iced cookies with candied green squash fillings.
Anyway-it was a lot of fun, and once we all got there and sorted out what was available, etc, and after people found seats, our big terrace looked so small! Most of these pictures were taken by neighbor Lillo since I was a little busy, so you can see for yourself the way Italians ham up their shots! They do not go for the informal shot-hey, why leave to chance the possibility of a bad picture?
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