Our picnic

baskets can help make your picnic happen anywhere. From our picnic baskets and picnic backpacks to our picnic blankets. We have what you need to make any picnic, anywhere, perfect.

Before we had our modern concept of picnics where we used specifically-designed picnic baskets, the use of woven baskets to carry food to eat in an outdoor setting had indeed been around for hundreds of years.

From Medieval times to the early part of our century the concept of eating in an outdoor setting and the use of picnic baskets existed when hunting parties small and large would take along food and drink to enjoy while taking a break from the hunt. These picnic baskets were built with hinged lids to cover the top. Gaston de Foiz, in a work entitled Le Livre de Chasse (1387), gave a detailed description of this sort of event in France.

Picnic Baskets for Two Is A Beautiful Thing!
Picnic baskets for two (or four) are an excellent choice for that romantic date. An excellent wine, terrine, pate, cheese, fruit and baguette picnic would be a special moment.

The actual word 'picnic' derives from the French verb piquer (pee kay), which has the same root in Latin as the English word 'pick'. A 1692 edition of Legacy Collection Origines de la Langue Françoise de Ménage mentions 'piquenique' and marks the first appearance of the word in print.

The French penchant at that time while at dinner parties or among the general populace was for exemplifying wittiness and for rhyming prose and by coupling 'piquer' with 'nique' (a term used to describe something small and of little value), the double barrelled word "piquer-nique" (peeka neek) was created. This term became used to signify a fashionable social gathering or a party where everyone would contribute by bringing some of their own food and drink. It is only more recently that the term has become synonymous with an outdoor meal brought in a "picnic basket".

Ironically the first french events were really more like "Pot Luck" suppers and held indoors. The transition to outdoor gatherings for groups to more intimate moments between friends and or lovers occured much later.

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