Comment on A succulent meal

Stern@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• arc99@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Try a ploughmans meal - bread, cheese and pickle. Awesome as a lunch.

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  • TimeNaan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Btw, that “ploughman’s lunch” was created in the 1960s by british politicians. It has nothing to do with medieval times, it’s just meant to evoque that vague feeling.

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    • svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The branding of ploughman’s lunch was invented in the 60s but that same Wikipedia page states it had been a common meal for rural labourers for centuries.

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      • arc99@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The pickle is probably the new aspect. Farm workers have obviously been eating cheese, bread, pasties, cold meats etc. since forever.

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    • lovely_reader@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you for this info. I wouldn’t have thought to look into such a thing. It reads to me like it was created by marketers, though, not politicians. It says “the Cheese Bureau, a marketing body affiliated with the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency” created it in the '50s.

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      • TimeNaan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re right, I misremembered the article. Corrected, thanks!

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  • lovely_reader@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is that a pickle or some pickle?

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    • arc99@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tangy pickle yes. Branston, piccalilli. Or pickled onions, relish, or somesuch.

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    • LordPassionFruit@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Neither. It’s just pickle.

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  • Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And a wineskin full of barley water, chilled in the stream

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    • arc99@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nah, just a pint of beer

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