Meal stage
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Composition
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Antipasto
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Snacky bits that can either be eaten at the opening of the meal or any time from getting the basket to sitting to eat.
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Primo
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Sort of a light opener to the meal, like a cold soup such as Gazpacho, or a terrine.
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Secondo
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"second course", the main dish. I've been fascinated with cold savoury pies, which would fit in very well here.
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Contorno
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"side dish", may be a salad or cooked vegetables. A traditional menu features salad along with the main course. Easy for a picnic, since North Americans love their picnic salads. Or, also, a terrine here.
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Formaggio e frutta
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"cheese and fruits", the first dessert. Local cheeses may be part of the Antipasto orContorno as well. There are also my marinated chèvre balls! Ben made a good suggestion to add home-made crackers.
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Dolce
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"sweet", such as cakes and cookies
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Caffè
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I don't know yet if this is something I should include. I mean, I'd like to have wine or bubbly water or something, but coffee?
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Digestivo
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"digestives", liquors/liqueurs (grappa, amaro, limoncello, sambuca, nocino, sometimes referred to as ammazzacaffè ("coffee killer"). I need to find out about liquor permits. Is this even feasible for this kind of enterprise? There is also the possibility of non-alcoholic special drinks, like Rhubarb Water
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"I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority." — E.B. White (Letters of E. B. White)
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Stages of a Picnic
I've decided to base by picnics on the stages of an Italian meal. I figure it's a good guideline since picnics are about several dishes, this sense of abundance and luxury. I've started devising a table to help me organise my thoughts around the idea.
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