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 11 hours agoBtw, 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.
lovely_reader@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
TimeNaan@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
You’re right, I misremembered the article. Corrected, thanks!
svcg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours 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.
arc99@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
The pickle is probably the new aspect. Farm workers have obviously been eating cheese, bread, pasties, cold meats etc. since forever.