Comments on: Ploughman’s Lunch http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch Food - Photography & More Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:35:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11598 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:37:52 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11598 Hi Laura, Lovely to hear from you. A cool day in June in England? Never!! Try August :) Sage Derby can be both wonderful and plastic, you have to get a decent one but isn't the colour intriguing? It's great that you can still recall a meal in such detail and attach it to a memory of a day away, that's the magic of food isn't it? Nice to hear from you again. Miles Hi Laura,
Lovely to hear from you. A cool day in June in England? Never!! Try August :)

Sage Derby can be both wonderful and plastic, you have to get a decent one but isn’t the colour intriguing?

It’s great that you can still recall a meal in such detail and attach it to a memory of a day away, that’s the magic of food isn’t it?

Nice to hear from you again.
Miles

]]> by: Laura Kelley http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11534 Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:07:02 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11534 Oh Miles: That post brought back some wonderful memories of my first visit to your country. My husband and I were down in Portsmouth for the day looking at the Mary Rose and other things historical and it was a cool and almost cold day in June with a fair amount of fog covering the island - which sharpened the sounds whilst dulling the sights. The weather kept the crowds away and it seemed like we were the only two people around. We went to go eat a late lunch at a nearby pub and were treated to a ploughman's lunch featuring the last of a homemade stilton - that remains the best I've ever had. It was still firm and amazingly flavorful even if almost the last bite. Bread was light and a bit sour. Speaking of good English cheese, I had a really good Sage Derby last week bought here in the US at the local market. Oh Miles:

That post brought back some wonderful memories of my first visit to your country. My husband and I were down in Portsmouth for the day looking at the Mary Rose and other things historical and it was a cool and almost cold day in June with a fair amount of fog covering the island - which sharpened the sounds whilst dulling the sights. The weather kept the crowds away and it seemed like we were the only two people around.

We went to go eat a late lunch at a nearby pub and were treated to a ploughman’s lunch featuring the last of a homemade stilton - that remains the best I’ve ever had. It was still firm and amazingly flavorful even if almost the last bite. Bread was light and a bit sour.

Speaking of good English cheese, I had a really good Sage Derby last week bought here in the US at the local market.

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11514 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:31:42 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11514 Xenny, You're a sly old African fox!! What are you doing scoffing our Kendal Crumbly-stick to the biltong :) Seriously though, I'm going to do a fancy cheese on toast with it, more of that later. Woolworths? They've all gone over here. Miles Xenny,
You’re a sly old African fox!! What are you doing scoffing our Kendal Crumbly-stick to the biltong :)

Seriously though, I’m going to do a fancy cheese on toast with it, more of that later.
Woolworths? They’ve all gone over here.

Miles

]]> by: Xenny http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11502 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:35:25 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11502 I've a terribly soft spot for cheese; in fact, it runs a very very close second to seafood. The mention of Kendal Crumbly brings back memories of the first and only time that I was fortunate enough to sample some of that excellent cheese, in an old Italian restaurant/deli which shut its doors about 20 years ago. Ah well, all this talk of cheese means that I'll be off to Woolworths tomorrow to buy a pack of their delicious assorted cheeses :) I’ve a terribly soft spot for cheese; in fact, it runs a very very close second to seafood. The mention of Kendal Crumbly brings back memories of the first and only time that I was fortunate enough to sample some of that excellent cheese, in an old Italian restaurant/deli which shut its doors about 20 years ago. Ah well, all this talk of cheese means that I’ll be off to Woolworths tomorrow to buy a pack of their delicious assorted cheeses :)

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11453 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:43:58 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11453 Dave, Forget or knew in the first place...at the end of the day it comes down to wether you can be bothered to cook good food or not, there's no in between. Miles Dave,
Forget or knew in the first place…at the end of the day it comes down to wether you can be bothered to cook good food or not, there’s no in between.

Miles

]]> by: Dave http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11446 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 14:21:28 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11446 Ahhhh, but how many forget? The preponderance of mediocre food in Manhattan is amazing. Ahhhh, but how many forget? The preponderance of mediocre food in Manhattan is amazing.

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11417 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:48:51 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11417 Cid, Knew you'd be in for the poacher like a rat up a drain pipe :mrgreen: Miles Cid,
Knew you’d be in for the poacher like a rat up a drain pipe :mrgreen:

Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11416 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:48:02 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11416 Elsie, The weather is a turning :) Miles Elsie,
The weather is a turning :)

Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11415 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:47:28 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11415 Melissa, I must confess that I didn't know that about blue cheese and I really do thank you for that. Miles Melissa,
I must confess that I didn’t know that about blue cheese and I really do thank you for that.

Miles

]]> by: miles http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11414 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 21:45:55 +0000 http://www.milescollins.com/wordpress/ploughmans-lunch#comment-11414 Greedydave, Know Scarfell mate, get yourself a pint or two of Jennings finest down you when you've finished. Great stuff! Taylor's is bloody good though. Miles Greedydave,
Know Scarfell mate, get yourself a pint or two of Jennings finest down you when you’ve finished. Great stuff!
Taylor’s is bloody good though.

Miles

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