The Challenge of Keeping the Right Food Temperature at Picnics
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Going on picnics is always tricky. Of course, I would want to serve my family or friends with cold drinks that are cold and warm soups that are warm. Often, if the trip is too long, the ice melts or the soup cools down. Worse, the temperature could change so much so that the food spoils before I can lay it on the picnic table. Sometimes, I’ve thought of just bringing uncooked food I could grill on site but then I still have the same problem of varying temperatures. My initial solution was insulated lunch bags. The only thing is that the more commonly available picnic backpacks are either not insulated or too small for the mass of food I usually bring to fee a family of five plus friends.
The eco-collection – large cooler totes were the perfect solution. The size was just large enough to fill with stuff one person can carry. I just recently got two of those, actually. I’m surprised to note that they do really work. For one thing, the food’s temperature is as it should be. What I do is keep the drinks that need to be cold in one of the cooler totes then have the raw food packed in the other cooler. I figured that barbecues taste best when they’re freshly cooked anyway so bringing them along with us in cooked form are likely to increase the couple’s cost. With a new gas-powered portable grill as well as the tote, picnics will be tricky no longer!
Tags: picnic, Picnic Supplies