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Goal of the Season: Farmers’ Market Fresh Picnics!

 

 

 

Picnicking: Make Your Own Memories!

 

You have to find your own enjoyment in life and that enjoyment cannot be found by doing nothing and/or sitting in front of the T.V.  </span />(Do you even remember what you watched last Monday?)  </span />You find enjoyment by doing special things, planning special events and going to a bit of extra trouble to have something that gives a large return.  </span />One way to do this is to plan a picnic with friends or family.  </span />Now, when is the last time you had a picnic?  </span />This is something I would encourage you to do more often – or at least once.  </span />This fourth of July Andy and I planned a picnic with some friends on the top of </span />Mt.</span /></placetype /> </span />Wachusett</span /></placename /></place />.  </span />We packed fresh lobster sandwiches (hand picked by Andy – though you will never eat a restaurant lobster roll again if you try this) on homemade “hamburger” rolls, goat cheese with Wasa crackers, fresh vegetables, a bottle of wine and a homemade rhubarb crisp for dessert.  </span />Now, you can imagine that the food, the location and the company of our friends could not be surpassed.  </span />We sat on the ski-lift-disembarking thing at the summit and watched as fireworks were lit off from here to Monadnock (Wyman’s wins out as having the most Independence Day spirit between here and </span />New Hampshire</span /></place /></state />).  </span />Everyone shared in the preparation so it was not much work.  </span />

 

 

 

With Autumn creeping it’s way south from the Canadian border and into the trees in our swamps and on our hillsides there will be many opportunities for picnics.  </span />Forget the quick stop for fast food and make your meals part of your destinations.  </span />(And I encourage you to read the ingredient list in the fast food we eat and give our children.  </span />Should we really be eating and feeding our children </span />dimethylpolysiloxane in chicken nuggets? – no kidding, click on those links.  </span />You can tell me it’s safe and I will tell you it is not food.  </span />And is an “angus beef patty” really beef after you add 18 non-food ingredients??? And why do you need 18 non-food ingredients????)</span />

 

 

 

Last weekend, my sister told me about “cupola dining” which is being offered by the Newburyport Lighthouse Preservation Society.  </span />Diners have an elegant meal in the lighthouse lens room and enjoy a luxurious (and very expensive) dinner with a million dollar view.  </span />It sounds incredible, but there are places around here that are just as beautiful for your picnicking pleasure:

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