Ploughman's lunch..

[Capt Lightning]

I never take photos of food and I've seen better car crashes than some photos I've seen posted... However, I was quite impressed by this photo (not taken by me) of a meal served in the restaurant where we ate today.

 

[Lavinia]

The bread ought to be crusty home-baked and form the base. Otherwise, it's acceptable.

 

[Capt Lightning]

I thought you were going to say that it should be deep fried in beef dripping .

 

[Lavinia]

I thought you were going to say that it should be deep fried in beef dripping .

With lots of salt on it.....now that brings back memories!

 

[Gaer]

looks healthy!

 

[Pepper]

Piers the Ploughman.

 

[Bellbird]

There is enough on the plate for 2 meals.!

 

[Meanderer]

Much ado about nothing!

 

[CinnamonSugar]

There is enough on the plate for 2 meals.!

more like 3-4 meals! Makes me feel stuffed just looking at it

 

[Meanderer]

Now, this looks more like it!
(A meal fit for Piers the Ploughman!)

 

[hollydolly]

We often have ploughmans when we eat out... they're substantial but certainly not enough for more than 2 people... the cheeses are usually nothing more than a sliver. The pickles are in tiny containers... the french bread tends to be large so you end up filling up with carbs..

 

[Alligatorob]

Ploughman's lunch..​

Looks pretty good to me!

We don't use the term "ploughman" so I looked it up, a farmer or farm hand, someone who ploughs (or we'd spell it plow). So I learned a new expression.

I assume you use it to describe a hearty or big meal. That one looks a but fancy for the ploughmen I have known.

 

[hollydolly]

Looks pretty good to me!

We don't use the term "ploughman" so I looked it up, a farmer or farm hand, someone who ploughs (or we'd spell it plow). So I learned a new expression.

I assume you use it to describe a hearty or big meal. That one looks a but fancy for the ploughmen I have known.

No we don't...

 

[Lavinia]

Now, this looks more like it!
(A meal fit for Piers the Ploughman!)

Yes, that is more how it should be.

 

[Alligatorob]

No we don't...

What does it mean?

 

[hollydolly]

Yes, that is more how it should be.

however it very rarely looks like that.

 

[hollydolly]

What does it mean?

it just literally means a lunch that would have been given to the ploughman... we don't use that word for anything else...

https://www.pongcheese.co.uk/blog/a-history-of-the-ploughmans-lunch/

 

[Capt Lightning]

Beer, bread, and cheese have been combined in the English diet since antiquity, and have been served together in pubs for centuries. However, the specific term "ploughman's lunch" is believed to date from the 1950s, when the Cheese Bureau, a marketing body, began promoting it in pubs as a way to increase the sales of cheese, which had recently ceased to be rationed.

There are various references in literature to farm workers eating bread and cheese, often with ale or cider, for their lunch.

 

[HoneyNut]

In the original picture above, what is it that is in between the cheese and the egg (below the grapes in the picture)?

 

[Capt Lightning]

It's a slice of 'Gala pie', a pork pie with boiled egg in the middle.

 

[debodun]

Sweet gherkins!

 

[Meanderer]

Sometimes you're are a rough bunch.....