Picnics are sometimes family-oriented but can also be an intimate event between two folks or a large get together corresponding to company picnics and church picnics. It is also generally combined with a cookout, normally a form of barbecue ; either grilling ( griddling , gridironing , or charbroiling ), braising (by combining a charbroil or gridiron grill with a broth-crammed pot), baking , or a mixture of all of the above.
pic.nic / ˈpikˌnik/ • n. an outing or event that involves taking a packed meal to be eaten outdoors. ∎ a meal eaten open air on such an event. • v. (-nicked , -nick.ing ) intr. have or take part in a picnic. Originally, the term described the ingredient of particular person contribution every visitor was alleged to make in direction of the repast, as everybody who had been invited to social occasions styled as picnics” was anticipated …