Ploughman's lunch a character comment that "A rural labourer who sits on the ditch-side with his bread and cheese and an onion has more enjoyment out of it than any Lucullus". The "Oxford English Dictionary" notes the first recorded use of the phrase "ploughman's lunch" as 1837, from the book "Memoirs of the life of Sir Walter Scott" by John G. Lockhart, but this stray early use may have meant merely the sum of its parts, "a lunch for a ploughman". While farm labourers usually carried their food with them to eat in the fields, similar food was for a long time
Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel Let's Do Lunch with Gino & Mel was a British daytime television programme which aired LIVE on ITV from 2011 until 2014 as part of ITV Food. It was presented by Gino D'Acampo and Melanie Sykes. D'Acampo cooks various food items, whilst Sykes does the main presenting of the show. The show mixed food with celebrity chat. In each episode, a celebrity guest appeared to assist the hosts and chat to them about their latest projects. Alongside the main show aired a pre-recorded Christmas series known as "Let's Do Christmas with Gino &