A traditional Sunday roast...

[mobertol]

Something I just read on another thread by Marg P about roast pork with crackling, apart from making my mouth water, made e realise that despite living for 25 years in Italy I always do a proper roast of some sort on Sunday for lunch. It is possibly the only "English" style meal of the week but I always do it even though it's not the custom here.
Have just finished clearing up after stuffed roast veal today, last week it was a hand-reared duck which a friend gave us and the week before that a really nice piece of beef with yorkshire pudding and all the trimmings. I have a lovely boned leg of lamb in the freezer for next week and I will stuff it as my mum taught me with her special stuffing mix which has chopped dried apricots in it. It's delicious.
Does anyone else still follow this old tradition? What is your favourite?

I think I would be struggling to choose between beef 'n yorkshires and pork with apple sauce myself...but then there are lots of other possibilities!

[susie123]

Chicken with garlic lemon and tarragon or shoulder of lamb (prefer it to leg) with garlic and rosemary. My favourites when we get round to them, but in the evening not lunchtime.

With roasties, braised leeks and spring cabbage.

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes....I do. I cook a roast every week......I don't often do lamb because I can't eat it.
(I do sometimes cook raost lamb for himself my next door neighbour and Ma...as the all love roast lamb - when I do this I just have the veggies and a bit of beef gravy - I always have some frozen cubes of beef gravy in my freezer)
My sister lives in Brisbane and if she is not working(she is a nurse) she cooks a roast...and on christmas day they have Turkey, christmas pud and all the trimming...this despite the temperature there being in the high 30's and sometimes over 40 degrees.

At the moment there is a goodly sized chunk of pork leg in the oven - I have just made the stuffing and the apples are in the bottom of the oven roasting for the apple sauce (some eating apples with wrinkly skins - I feared they would not get eaten, but they will as apple sauce).

[Margaret Pilkington]

Yes we have ours in the evening...with steamed cabbage, cauli and carrots...a yorkshire pudding...apple sauce and stuffing.

There should be some pork left for a butty as well.

[DaveinGermany]

Not so much the Sunday roast although we do have them, but at least one morning of the week-end there'll be a sizzlin' of frying Sossys or Bacon, along with some variation of egg, all packed on toast lathered with salty butter & of course it goes without saying, a rather large dollop of HP, a proper "Manwedge".

And when folk stop over after an evenings supping & socialising it's the "Full English" the next morning. Introducing the Congtinongtals to this finest of British traditions has certainly raised a few eyebrows, but once tasted ................ converts all, British culture creeping through the reich.

[cashman]

Always had sunday roast up to last couple of years, now sometimes have,Depends somewhat on how the chef is.

[tommiasfc]

I love a sunday roast and will be making a beef roast today. Im always disapointed on a sunday if im not having a roast.

[steve2qec]

'Tis the season of the Brussel Sprout...!!!
Roast Chicken is my fave....bunging it in the oven in about an hour.

[Mick]

Just made slow cooked ox cheeks with mash and sprouts in a thick onion gravy
The cheeks where cooked for 4hours but it just fell apart did not need a knife really good and tasty

[heth]

This is making me well hungry!
I love doing a roast for us, it is very satisfying sitting down to eat.

Esp as the other half has to wash up!

My fave is either chicken or beef mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Gordon Booth]

My favourite Sunday roast is the one the boss makes, doesn't matter what it is.
Still recovering from my attempt last Sunday.

[Margaret Pilkington]

You managed to get some ox cheeks then Mick.
Glad it was worth the wait.

[accyman]

having a sunday roast tonight but admitidly sundays are more often akash nights these days

traditional sunday madrass often prevails

[Eric]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

Yes....I do. I cook a roast every week......I don't often do lamb because I can't eat it.
(I do sometimes cook raost lamb for himself my next door neighbour and Ma...as the all love roast lamb - when I do this I just have the veggies and a bit of beef gravy - I always have some frozen cubes of beef gravy in my freezer)
My sister lives in Brisbane and if she is not working(she is a nurse) she cooks a roast...and on christmas day they have Turkey, christmas pud and all the trimming...this despite the temperature there being in the high 30's and sometimes over 40 degrees.

At the moment there is a goodly sized chunk of pork leg in the oven - I have just made the stuffing and the apples are in the bottom of the oven roasting for the apple sauce (some eating apples with wrinkly skins - I feared they would not get eaten, but they will as apple sauce).

Tabenac' ... will you quit it. Here's me looking at leftover pizza ... not to mention I'm so hungover my hair hurts ... and I got lotsa hair

But I do have my sunday joint ... all rolled and ready to spark up

[Mick]

Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington

You managed to get some ox cheeks then Mick.
Glad it was worth the wait.

Yep Tesco in Accy