Picque-Nique
"Picnic" is originally a French word, "picque-nique," which first appeared at the end of the seventeenth century. It later spread to Germany and other countries, but didn’t become widely known in English until after 1800. It referred to a fashionable type of social entertainment in which each person who attended brought a share of the food. The first part may be from the French "piquer," from which we get "pick." The "nique" part may just have been a reiteration (as in English words like "hoity-toity"), but could have echoed an obsolete word meaning “a trifle” (so the term could have meant something like “each pick a bit”). The association with an outdoor meal didn’t appear in English until about the middle of the nineteenth century.
If you plan on having a family outing for your Memorial Day celebration this year, why not try this picnic recipe:
Shakin' the Shack Potato Salad
(from "Famous Dave's Backroads & Sidestreets")
3 lb. medium russet potatoes
1 1/4 C. mayonnaise
1/2 C. sour cream
1 T. prepared mustard
1 T. white vinegar
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. pepper
1/2 C. finely chopped celery
1/2 C. finely chopped red onion
1/2 C. finely chopped green bell pepper
2 T. finely chopped pimento
1 T. finely minced seeded jalapeño
5 hardboiled eggs, finely chopped
1/4 C. pickle relish
Combine the potatoes with enough water to cover in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Boil until tender but not mushy, then drain. Chill in the refrigerator.
Peel potatoes and coarsely chop. Combine mayonnaise, sour cream, mustard, vinegar, salt, sugar and pepper in a bowl and mix well. Stir in celery, red onion, green pepper, pimento and jalapeño. Fold in potatoes, eggs and pickle relish. Chill, covered, until serving time. The flavor is enhanced if chilled overnight. Garnish with paprika.
Yields 10 to 12 servings.
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Brenda Lee, mfophotos, sheldonschwartz, burnt sugar, and 28 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Hilary (curioush) (85 months ago | reply)
my goodness this is such a full service flog. recipes and everything.
like this loads. i thought it was perhaps some sort of pasta from the thumb.
beautifully lit. hope you enjoy the weekend.
Olivia Leigh (85 months ago | reply)
So amazing!!! I couldn't figure out what it was--never seen plastic cutlery so beautiful.
JessiQua (85 months ago | reply)
Wow, maybe when I learn to cook someday in the future, I will try that recipe. :) In the thumb, I thought those were french fries, and I had to try some.
think cink (85 months ago | reply)
poke. poke. :D
annappleaday (85 months ago | reply)
wow duane, i thought you had funny sliced bananas!!
what a wonderful shot and recipe....
saseki (85 months ago | reply)
interesting shot in the daily things!
Yes, i will try that recipe. ;)
thank you Duane.
aarthyr (85 months ago | reply)
At first I thought this was coral :) I like it! i love potato salad! :D Thx for the recipe, and I have a disturbing love for forks, they are just so coooool, :D
cheers, good shot!
small fry (85 months ago | reply)
Dispensable cutlery, indespensable Duane. Feeds my eyes and my belly at the same time.
Janet Leadbeater (85 months ago | reply)
wonderful lighting
Fodd (85 months ago | reply)
That sounds like a great recipe ... have to try it out sometime!!
The photo is amazing - so beautiful in an odd sort of way.
Quizz [deleted] (85 months ago | reply)
you are unbelivable with those comments under the pic - always making me smile over your unique'ity if i can say that, lol
great - you made me hungry and i want to loose 10 kilos till next friday :P
deborah d. lattimore (85 months ago | reply)
very creative -
patisfaction ~ censored [deleted] (85 months ago | reply)
fab hoity-toity macro d-tailz
have phun!
oooh caro (85 months ago | reply)
GREAT idea to give the recipe !!! i am a gourmet :-))
mfophotos (85 months ago | reply)
great shot and text!!
*CA* (85 months ago | reply)
Love the image,text and recipe. What more could we possibly ask for for the holiday.
elsakawai™ (85 months ago | reply)
love the abstract!!
Rosemea MacPherson [deleted] (85 months ago | reply)
great shot!!
Have a great weekend!!
XOXOXOOX
Derby City (Rachel Pace) (85 months ago | reply)
just in time for the holiday! I thought it was french fries too. At least I got the potato part right. Have a wonderful weekendwith your fun wife! Don't sink the boat!
mimbrava (85 months ago | reply)
Thanks, as always, for the informative commentary and the unique shot--and this time for the recipe, too. You're amazing.
artofgold (85 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the recipe and beautiful picture! Have a nice Memorial Day!
cybersooz (85 months ago | reply)
Cool photo - it took me a few seconds to even realize what I was looking at! Recipe sounds yummy too...
Lorrie McClanahan (85 months ago | reply)
great closeup. recipe sounds great
Luminuscule (85 months ago | reply)
anything with jalapeño in it is a hit with me! Excellent choice for the link of the day, by the way, I love Kenshiro's work.
judyboy (85 months ago | reply)
You have such great accompanying stories to your photos - nice how simple daily objects appear so different up close
latenightowl (85 months ago | reply)
Wow, Duane! Fantastic.
Seuny (85 months ago | reply)
lovely close up
RichardLowkes (85 months ago | reply)
Great shot! Thanks for the recipe :)
Cebhfhionn (85 months ago | reply)
That picture's so cool. Who would've thunk that plastic cutlery could be so photogenic?
Rafael Ollero [deleted] (85 months ago | reply)
Excelent comp!!!
*Perikita (85 months ago | reply)
Fabulous! The composition and light are great! Tks for the recipe :)
Andy Welsh (85 months ago | reply)
unusual shot nicely executed - took me a while to work it out!
k_turbo [deleted] (85 months ago | reply)
I am getting hungry...
Did you enjoy visiting the Pinmeup site?
Resident on Earth (85 months ago | reply)
You are feeling hungry, aren't you? ;-)
stagewhisper (85 months ago | reply)
my god,
you are entertaining *and* informative. Like PBS or something. :)
Love these plastic utensils and the way they look like tufts of grass in your photo. :)
Sweet Freak (85 months ago | reply)
interestingly abstract. that recipe sounds tasty!
burnt sugar (85 months ago | reply)
ahhh I dig this so much. thanx
Just Peter (85 months ago | reply)
great shot and wonderful recipe!!
Eartha Goodwin (85 months ago | reply)
reminds me of a night a long time ago when we bought a couple hundred forks and stuck all of them in this dude's front yard...we were so bad forkin people.
I like the fact that you saw the forks and decided to get closer and experience their beauty and texture.
simple pleasure (85 months ago | reply)
excellent, i'll skip the celery
MrTopf (85 months ago | reply)
great macro. For me it also took some time to figure out what it actually is, but cool :-)
(And a picnic would be a good idea actually :-)
Robyn's Nest (85 months ago | reply)
This is a great shot!
Marion J. Ross (85 months ago | reply)
you can take a mean picture...and make a mean potato salad...
hope you get to have a nice picinic this weekend...
Kenshiro (85 months ago | reply)
Great shot.
And many thanks for the introduction, duane!!
han_solo (85 months ago | reply)
GRRRRRRRRRRRREAT photo!!! At first it looked to me like a forest of anemones or corals! :-)
And very instructive to know the origin of the term 'picnic'... THNKS!!! :-D
Lewesrat (85 months ago | reply)
Wonderful photo and information. The recipe sounds great, too. Call me crazy, but when I see plasticware in all directions like that, I always wonder how many people have touched it before me... :D
mightymis (85 months ago | reply)
this is really fantastic... and thanks for
the recipe! enjoy your holiday weekend...
lotusutol (85 months ago | reply)
i love anything with potato. recognised the photo immediately because I was putting away some plastic 'pique-nique'-ware at home, forks and knives too!
take care =)
TheSteffers (85 months ago | reply)
Can someone pass the soda?
lifeinpixels (85 months ago | reply)
Ha! Just got back from our McPicnic, which is what we call the McFarland side's annual gathering. And yesterday was my sister-in-laws wedding. So we had plenty to do without boiling potatoes all day, and went with the Red Hot & Blue potato salad, when normally it would be my own version.
There's something about potato salad, and meatloaf for that matter. Doesn't matter what anyone else's tastes like, only mom does it right. Therefore my potato salad is really my mom's, and I was lucky enough to marry a man whose mom must not have made great potato salad, or I'm just persistent and he had no choice to pledge allegiance to mine & mom's. :)