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Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 1 (734g) Recipe makes 2 servings
Calories 965
Calories from Fat 480		(49%)
Amount Per Serving		%DV
	Total Fat 53.3g	82%
	Saturated Fat 32.1g	160%
	Monounsaturated Fat 15.3g
	Polyunsaturated Fat 2.6g
	Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 149mg		49%
Sodium 2043mg		85%
Potassium 773mg		22%
Total Carbohydrate 80.0g		26%
	Dietary Fiber 7.6g	30%
	Sugars 7.6g
Protein 42.3g		84%
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Typical Pub Grub: The Ploughman's Lunch

French Tart

February 2008 #2

Missy Wombat

Traditional English Pub Style Ploughman's Lunch

Recipe #250126 | 10 min | 10 min prep | add private note

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By: French Tart
Aug 31, 2007

Just the words Ploughman's Lunch, conjures up images of lazy lunches sat outside with friends, in the Beer Garden of an old Country Pub! This is one of the most famous of pub lunches - so simple and yet so satisfying, especially if taken with a pint of real ale or cider! Although the term "Ploughman’s Lunch" was first coined in the 1930’s, as part of a very successful marketing campaign, the concept behind it goes back much further. Throughout the centuries, agricultural workers would take their lunch out to the fields with them; this usually consisted of bread and cheese with ale or cider - a perfect combination! It's easy to prepare and should consist of at least the following: crusty bread and butter; a selection of English cheeses; pickled onions; chutney and pickles. This also makes excellent picnic food, and is easy to pack and transport. I have two pickle recipes on Recipezaar that would be wonderful with this lunch: A British Classic - Pan Yan Pickle and The Almost Original Branston Pickle Recipe!.

SERVES 2 , 2 Ploughman's Lunches (change servings and units)

Ingredients

4 slices crusty bread, thick slices or 2 large crusty bread rolls or 1/2 baguette
1-2 ounce fresh butter
8 ounces mature farmhouse cheddar cheese or Stilton cheese or wensleydale cheese or cheshire cheese or lancashire cheese or double Gloucester cheese or red leicester cheese
4 large pickled onions
4 tablespoons chutney or pickles (such as, branston pickle, Pan Yan Pickle or ploughman's pickle)
2 tomatoes
4 spring onions
salt
pepper

Directions

1
Arrange the buttered bread on a large platter or plate; you can also leave the bread unbuttered, and place a pat of butter on the side instead.
2
Cut 4 ozs of cheese per person, it is nice to have a choice of two cheese, such as 2 ozs Cheddar and 2 ozs Stilton - arrange these on the same platter/plate.
3
Put the pickled onions and chutney or pickles on the side of the plate, along with a fresh tomato left whole and the spring onions.
4
Make sure there is salt and pepper available, as well as some good real ale or cider!
5
Enjoy!

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From: Halcyon Eve

On Jul 23, 2009

Fabulous! I love ploughman's lunch. I made this with crusty baguette rolls (mini baguettes), a couple of locally-produced cheeses (Appel's gouda and Beecher's flagship), pickled onions, sweet gherkins, garlic & dill gherkins, plus Sunday Afternoon Tea Quick Pickled Cucumber and Onion and Méli-Mélo:a Muddle and Medley of Heirloom Tomatoes and PG Tips tea (chamomile tea with milk for DS). We all loved it--it was a wonderful light summer supper. Thanks so much for sharing, FT! Made for Everyday is a Holiday tag game.

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From: Mrs.Jack

On Oct 29, 2008

Thanks to this recipe, I was able to put together a wonderful gift basket for my English neighbors-they were thrilled! I was so lucky to find many authentic English items at a specialty store! Thank you for sharing, French Tart!

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From: Michelle S.

On Sep 14, 2007

This is wonderful. I used English Cheddar, had a nice rustic bread. I had some BRanston pickle with it as well. The only thing I did differently was to sub the tomatoes with some English cucumber slices. A glass of cider along side and it was the perfect English lunch. Also please make sure you ise REAL butter not margarine. Sometimes a bit of butter lettuce with some Heinz Salad cream is a nice addition as well.

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From: MarraMamba

On Sep 21, 2007

I love ploughmans lunch Today, i used an irish cheddar with port, regular cheddar, branston pickle, brie and duck pate with cognac and madeira. I forgot the veggies lol.