whatever happened to the ploughman's lunch?

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We didn't often eat out as children but did have the occasional pub lunch. My parents would ALWAYS order a ploughman's lunch - bread, cheese, cured meats, pickle, sometimes a pork pie, salad. It was seen (in the 70s and 80s) as a culinary delight.

They appear to have disappeared - are all the ploughmen now eating Vietnamese pho or Japanese bento boxes instead?

Ooh, I love a good Ploughman's, not had one in a few years though.

All our local pubs still do it

Move to East Kent?

It was a fad invented by a publican. Nothing to do with ploughmen

Other 70s pub classics like scampi or black forest gateau are still around, but I haven't seen a ploughman's on the menu for ages!

I actually had one last week and it didn't come with a pickled onion ..... I felt robbed !

It was promoted by the Milk Marketing Board in the 60's and named the ploughmans, but people have been eating the combination for years.

Don't see many round here now most pubs are gastro and if you do they come with cornichons and sundried tomatoes.

Well done OP, I am now desperate for a Ploughman's Lunch.

I'm gonna have to settle for a supermarket sandwich, aren't I?

Ploughman’s pretty popular round here (West Lancs) and a standard lunch at home.

Any farmers care to share what's in their packed lunch? Will be very disappointed if it doesn't involve crumbly cheese and pickle.

Plenty in the Dales.

I get to satisfy my Ploughmans desire on a regular basis when we go camping!

I’m in Yorkshire and although you don’t see them in pubs as much most of the local farm shop cafe type places do them. One that is a bit more upmarket uses their own beef, ham, eggs, local cheeses etc and it’s absolutely delicious

I often see it on pub menus in summer.

Oh I love a ploughman's! They are still about in some pubs in the countryside around here. Craving one now, seriously tempting to make myself one up for lunch!

I love a ploughman's lunch.

The local pubs I go to all have Ploughman's on the menu, normally with locally produced cheese (I'm in the South).

I love a good ploughman's! I would be seriously unimpressed if I got served one without pickled onions though

The nearest thing our local pub has to a ploughman's is :

Wheatberry, apple & cranberry salad with roasted butternut squash & beetroot, spinach, avocado & roasted Omega seeds and a soy, lime & chilli dip

or

Mezze Platter chickpea & pinenut falafels, spiced red pepper dip, breaded brie, tzatziki, duo of hummus topped with Omega seeds & a stone-baked flatbread

Not quite the same....

I love a ploughman's - plenty on pub/cafe menus down here in the SW.

In those days it seemed like the only choice was Ploughman's lunch or chicken in the basket

With a lager and lime

Pineapple same here with the occasional pub lunch treat and always a ploughmans, with a small, glass bottle of lemonade with a straw in it...
There was a ham version too but I cant remember it's name.

Loads of pubs here do them!

I'm in Yorkshire - pretty standard fare from cafes to pubs etc.

See it here often in Suffolk.