By a stream.  In a sunny glade in the woods. On a hillside perched high over the ocean. Ireland has plenty of picnic spots to choose from! Lay out the rug. Dole out the dishes. Dig into some delicious portable food to be enjoyed in the great outdoors. Picnics are what long summer days are made for. Food can be as simple as a few sandwiches filled with your favourite things. Or an array of artisan speciality products with crusty breads and accompaniments. The Good Food Ireland Online Shop has much of this to bring to the party!  The Dairy section has farmhouse yogurts from Killowen and Cuinneog Country Butter for your bread. Cheese lists Cooleeney, Knockanore, Ardsallagh, Knockdrinna and Mossfield ranges. Meat lovers will enjoy Ummera Smoked Chicken or Duck, Ballinwillin’s Smoked Wild Boar or Venison, and Jack McCarthy’s North Cork Pancetta and home Spiced Beef. Burren Smokehouse and Connemara Smokehouse products, plus decadent Goatsbridge Trout Caviar, please fish fans. Accompany any of these with a vast array of chutneys, preserves or pickles from our expert preserve makers. Dress your leaves with some funky salad dressings from Good Food Ireland’s special selection. Fill your glasses with farmhouse apple juices from the choice of Beverages. Picnics don’t get more perfect!   Next time the sun comes out, head for the hills, the beach, the forest… just make sure you leave the area in the same state you find it. Take all rubbish home with you. Bring wasp spray, suntan lotion and basic first aid items – just in case. Enjoy Ireland’s great outdoors, with food that begins with the richness of the land and the fruitfulness of the ocean…