Pub Ploughman’s Salad with Crisps

It doesn’t get much more British than a ploughman’s lunch. I have long suspected that there is some brewing federation byelaw requiring this rather wonderful creation to appear on every pub menu the length and the breadth of Blighty.

The concept binds chunky cheese with chutney, pickled onions, bread and some sort of garnish. For the hungry wayfarer, or bar-propping regular, or, one presumes, actual bona fide ploughman, it is a veritable (if fattening) feast. For the uninitia