No cheese? That is as ridiculous as saying "Coffee with milk, please - and I'd like it black"

This is the history "The phrase ‘Ploughman’s Lunch’ was coined in the 1950s by the Cheese Bureau, but wasn’t popularised until the 1960s when the Milk Marketing Board began using it to increase sales for cheese. It was created as a marketing tactic to sell more cheese"

Personally I'd give the people who write this blah turnips - they could use them for brains! I am glad that you liked it, but frankly I would call it a Charcuterie Plate.