Ploughman's lunch way countries and people re-write their own history to suit the needs of the present". The title is a reference to the way the supposed traditional meal was apparently used as a way to get people to eat meals in pubs. Ploughman's lunch A ploughman's lunch (often abbreviated to just ploughman's) is an English cold meal which is based on bread, cheese, and onions, and usually accompanied by butter and some form of pickle. Additional items such as ham, green salad, hard boiled eggs and apple can be added. As its name suggests, a ploughman's lunch is most commonly eaten
Barley bread Barley bread Barley bread is a type of bread made from barley flour derived from the grain of the barley plant. In the British Isles it is a bread which dates back to the Iron Age. Barley flour may not be as commonly used singly for baking as it once was, but it can be found at health food stores and specialty baking stores, and it is commonly blended (in a smaller proportion) with wheat to make conventional breadmaking flour. A loaf of barley bread features in a dream mentioned in : a Midianite man dreamt that "a loaf of