Planning The Perfect Picnic

   This is more about the perfect cook-out, but that didn't have the alliterative quality.The cook-out dates back to prehistoric times and is our most important human activity. It is what separates us from the beasts. More so than even the spoken or written word, fire and meat bring people together like nothing else.
   For the cave man, those two ingredients (fire meat) were all it took for a successful cook-out. Modern man has developed the pot-luck, so the appetizer, the salad and  the desserts soon followed. Fermentation, brought the hollerin' and eventually , the cops.
    Civilization and suburbanization are wonderful things. Let's not forget our history this summer season. We wear white and sip chablis and smile at one another and chat about the kids and the real estate and the excersise. Not that long ago, we chased that antelope down across the savannah and sent out the call for the jello salad with the mini marshmallows.