Spring and Summer Catering Menus

Our newest summer menus should make you a bit excited about making your next party a “Picnic” — be it a formal sit-down dinner or a blanket and barbecue in the woods. As always, the following are simply sample menus. We’re more than happy to custom plan your ideal party.

Classic Barbecue

Burgers (our secret recipe, and we make a mean burger)
Dogs (from the Swiss Pork Store in Fair Lawn, the best of the best)
Veggie burgers (some people just don’t eat meat)
Relish tray — lettuce, beefsteak tomatoes, pickles, relish, mayo, mustard, ketchup and chili
Salad bar — our classic Mac, new potato and purple slaw. All homemade, of course.
Chips and dip

Deluxe barbecue

All above with the addition of the following
Our fall-off-the-bone barbecue baby back pork ribs
Lemon grilled chicken
Cuke and tomato salad

Meat lovers grillfest

Marinated flank steaks
Beef burgers
Baby-back ribs
Potato bar — foil roasted baked potatoes with all the fixin’s — sour cream, scallions, bacon, shredded Tillamook cheddar cheese
Grilled chicken and shrimp Caesar salad
Pretzels, chips and dip

The Best of Picnic

When I host a backyard bash at my lake house, this is frequently my menu.

Grilled filet mignon, cooked rare and served on toast points with butter sauce
Grilled tuna served with a niçoise salad (haricot vert, hard cooked egg, olives, new potatoes and a herb de provence vinaigrette)
French potato salad (no mayo, but lots of goodies and a champagne vinaigrette)
Classic mac salad
Platter of heirloom tomatoes (in season) with fresh mozzarella and basil
Platter of grilled veggies: asparagus, eggplant, red onion, summer squash
Portabello mushrooms stuffed with spinach and boursin cheese

The real deal clambake

Mussels
Clams (pissers, if I can get ’em)
1.25 - 1.5 lb lobsters
corn on the cob
Tossed salad

Hint of New England

The flavors of Colonial New England, updated.

Classic Salt Cod cakes over corn cakes with bacon
Smokey barbecued pork chops maple sauce
Boston Baked beans
Classic salad trio:slaw, mac and potato
Devilled eggs
Green salad

The Midwest

This menu is a delightful change from the ordinary — a real big old helping of comfort food

Classic Mac and Cheese — five cheeses
An assortment of grilled wursts — all homemade from the Swiss Pork Store
Classic braised sauerkraut
Shaker-stuffed flank steak
Sauteed Swiss Chard

Virginia, Carolina Low Country

Southern, elegant, simple and delicious.

Chesapeake Crab cakes, oyster sauce
Yams, cooked soft and charred on the grill
Slow cooked pulled pork butt with a choice of three sauces
cornbread
Sauteed greens

The Deep South

Who doesn’t love the thought of a nice checked table cloth on a picnic table piled high with classic goodies?

Buttermilk fried chicken, biscuits and gravy
Slow cooked barbecue ribs
Hoppin’ John (black eyed peas and such)
Braised Collard Greens
Big old bowls of mashed potatoes

The Gulf Coast

In honor of our friends who were hurricane victims, I’ll donate 10 percent of the profits on this menu to the United Way Hurricane relief fund!

A big old bowl of gumbo (and rumor has it we make a pretty spectacular gumbo at Picnic!)
Crawfish Étouffée
Dirty Rice
Salt-crusted pork loin with mustard sauce
Green beans and carrots

Deep in the heart of Texas

Barbecue Beans
Texas barbecue ribs
Big old salad
Tex-Mex taco and burrito bar

Pacific Coast

Cedar Planked Salmon with Zinfandel Sauce, fresh berries
Au Gratin Potatoes with Tillamook Cheddar cheese
Grilled Veggies
Warm grilled chicken salad tossed with artichokes and peppers
Salad with warm Ranch dressing, bacon, cukes and tomatoes

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