/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>14076587
Exactly. It was either wrapped in paper from their own trouser pockets, or served up in a pub. The collection of humble, cheap sustenance predates the sandwich by a few hundred years.

For me the point of a Ploughman's isn't just an excuse to make a cheese and onion sandwich. It should be savoured and so each ingredient needs to be eaten separately to get maximum enjoyment.

So when you have a Ploughman's make sure you buy the best wholemeal bread, or make your own to avoid any chemicals and additives that would've been alien to the boys in the fields. Only an organic grassfed cheese will do as that is the only sort the poor ploughman's would've known. Some onion, if you like it. But if you're going to include apple make sure apples are actually in season, Mr Plough wouldn't have had access to them all year round. I would go for Kent's oldest brewer Shepherd Neame and their flagship ale to wash it all down.