Memorial Day is the traditional start of picnic season, which often feels like a cruel joke in Ohio and New York; more often than not it's drizzly and cold. We're curious - what are your Memorial Day cooking plans? Are you eating outside or in? Is it high time to fire up the grill, in a ceremonial unveiling? Or are you safely inside until, say, July?

Take our survey then jump below for some good summer menus for both outside and inside cooking.

Menu: Cook Outside (The Meat!!)
• Old-Fashioned Juicy Burgers
• Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Herbed Cornmeal Rub
• Grilled Mint Chicken
• Mini Lamb Burgers on Roasted Potato Rounds
• Tomato, Corn, and Basil Bean Burgers

Menu: Cook Outside (The other stuff)
• Bean and Vegetable Salad
• Mixed New Potato Salad with Sweet Basil and Shallots
• Peanut Butter Oatmeal Monster Cookies
• Mint Chocolate Chip or Old-Fashioned Cocoa Ice Cream

Menu: Stay Inside (and pretend to grill)
• Oven-Broiled Steak
• Broccoli and Feta Pasta Salad
• Braised Radishes with Vinegar and Mint
• Meyer Lemon Shaker Pie

Menu: Stay Inside (and forget about grilling)
• Goat Cheese with Parsley and Lemons
• Stuffed Artichokes
• Spring Lemon Risotto with Asparagus and Fiddlehead Ferns
• Lemon Spongettes

(Image: Cutting the pies and cakes at the barbeque dinner, Pie Town, New Mexico Fair (LOC) from the Library of Congress' Flickr stream. Public domain.)