I encountered this term in an English detective story. Actually, it sounds good to me – a simple meal.

“A ploughman's lunch is an English cold meal of bread, cheese, and onions, usually accompanied by butter and pickles.”

I’m a fan. Don’t forget the beer.

I worked for a farmer in the late 70s and we would be working ground, but at 5 we went to the house to watch MASH. He fixed us supper. It was the first time I had wilted lettuce in bacon grease. YUM That was a good ploughmans lunch

The local Kroger has Ploughman's pickles. I have never bought them, but I have thought about it. I love pickles, so I might just give them a try.



ARman

I had it in Ireland.

Yes it’s usually dark bread, cheese, various pickles and sometimes some meat like ham, and butter on a board or platter.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I encountered this term in an English detective story. Actually, it sounds good to me – a simple meal.

“A ploughman's lunch is an English cold meal of bread, cheese, and onions, usually accompanied by butter and pickles.”

Read much Dorthy Sayers?

A very important part of the meal is Branston Pickle. some grocery stores carry it, I buy it at World Market

It has been a mainstay in my fridge since my familys return from the UK in 83 while my father was stationed there

Pretty cool. I was reading about brack (aka Barmbrack). Seems it's a quick bread with sultanas and raisins (associated with Halloween in Ireland). Same (WWII) book also mentioned soda bread - made with baking soda instead of yeast. I must have been between meals as they sounded so good (slathered in butter) I wrote them down and looked them up.

Add vodka and it sounds like a Russian lunch too.

It has to be Stilton Cheese, an apple, Pickle Chutney, and the rest is less important.

In Ireland, they gave me Cashel Blue and a couple others.

This thread has me pondering lunch already...

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Originally posted by senza nome:

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
I encountered this term in an English detective story. Actually, it sounds good to me – a simple meal.

“A ploughman's lunch is an English cold meal of bread, cheese, and onions, usually accompanied by butter and pickles.”

Read much Dorthy Sayers?

Actually the book was “The Man with a Load of Mischief”, the first of the “Richard Jury” detective series by Martha Grimes. Each of her books in this series takes the name of a fictional British pub for its title.

I never heard the term "ploughman's lunch", but I have been making and eating what I call "gourmet" cheese sandwich's for decades. Toasted bread with cheese, onions, pickles, and mustard. Yummy!

For the love of God, no American cheese.

Probably also should avoid the fancy French, soft cheeses.

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Originally posted by Fenris:
For the love of God, no American cheese.

Probably also should avoid the fancy French, soft cheeses.

it's usually Cheddar

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Originally posted by PASig:

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Originally posted by Fenris:
For the love of God, no American cheese.

Probably also should avoid the fancy French, soft cheeses.

it's usually Cheddar

Mrs tac, who is from Chester, the county city of Cheshire, notes that unless it is Chesh#ire cheese, it is about as much a ploughman's lunch as Haloumi and spaghetti on rice.

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Originally posted by f2:
Same (WWII) book also mentioned soda bread - made with baking soda instead of yeast.

Soda bread is great, and really quick/easy to make at home.

Beer bread is a similar variant of quick bread using beer and baking soda.

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Originally posted by Wreckless:
It has to be Stilton Cheese, an apple, Pickle Chutney, and the rest is less important.

Stilton is a good choice, but there are others too. Cotswold Double Gloucester (has onions and chives) or any of several English cheddars.

The Fox and Goose in Sacramento lists their ploughman's lunch as:

ford farms cheddar, English stilton, corned beef, apple, hard-boiled egg, house-pickled cucumber & red onion, piccalilli relish, branston pickle, griddled wheat mini loaf

It opened in 1975, and has been popular. I've been there quite a few times over the years.

https://foxandgoose.com/

It's how I eat every day.