Wasps are a subject on which I diverge from the environmentalist line: I would be pleased if they became utterly extinct.
13 August 2012 at 12:42
dearieme said...
Quite: the old-fashioned wasp and jam sandwich was an overrated treat.
13 August 2012 at 14:14
Anonymous said...
This is not the right place for this comment but I couldn't find a better alternative. Also my apologies for commenting anonymously in spite of your stated aversion to such things.
Today I found and read your essay "Human capability peaked before 1975 and has since declined". It is one of the most perceptive and intelligent analyses that I've read in a long time.
@BB - It has been known - Apricot or Bramble (Blackberry) work well.
31 August 2015 at 13:53
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I have been having a lot of picnic lunches since I was 12; and this has been our major family activity.
I love the independence of of carrying lunch with me, so I can sit down anywhere to eat at anytime I fancy (usually earlier than other people).
The minimum basic requirements can be reduced to a few elements, numbered in order of importance - elements can be added, in sequence, from lower in the list as time and need allow.
The following is what I personally like - naturally, when other people come along, their preferences also need taking into account.
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1. A drink. A bottle of tap water is probably as good as anything when you are out and about.
2. Sandwiches (plenty of). Four slices (min) of normal bread, or (better) a couple of doorstep slices (each about an inch thick). Filling - (i) Peanut butter, (ii) Cheese and chutney.
3. Crisps.
4. Fruits: washed and in a polythene bag: e.g. grapes, small tomatoes, an apple.
5. Something sweet, preferably with chocolate or chocolate, or buy an ice cream when you return to civilisation.
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And, of course, a book - always carried (but not necessarily read).
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So the minimum picnic lunch would be water and peanut butter sandwiches - although some could include a bit of jam as well, for variety.
"A perfect picnic lunch"
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Wasps are a subject on which I diverge from the environmentalist line: I would be pleased if they became utterly extinct.
13 August 2012 at 12:42
Quite: the old-fashioned wasp and jam sandwich was an overrated treat.
13 August 2012 at 14:14
This is not the right place for this comment but I couldn't find a better alternative. Also my apologies for commenting anonymously in spite of your stated aversion to such things.
Today I found and read your essay "Human capability peaked before 1975 and has since declined". It is one of the most perceptive and intelligent analyses that I've read in a long time.
Joe
13 August 2012 at 15:26
@Joe - if you e-mail me, I could send you a draft copy of my forthcoming mini-book where I expand on the argument in that piece.
13 August 2012 at 16:24
5. Something sweet, preferably with chocolate or chocolate, or buy an ice cream when you return to civilisation.
I agree with this one even more than all the others. I need an ice cream right now! I won't get one though.
13 August 2012 at 19:38
WhenIwasaboy, you could get a bright red syrup on your ice cream: we knew it as "monkey's blood". Yum, yum.
13 August 2012 at 23:46
Do Englishmen eat jam on their peanut butter sandwiches?
31 August 2015 at 12:04
@BB - It has been known - Apricot or Bramble (Blackberry) work well.
31 August 2015 at 13:53