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The Almighty Sunday Roast
You can almost smell it, can't you? Over here by the North Sea, there is no greater pleasure than the Sunday Roast. There's some very basic components to it and woe to the wife that forgets any one of them! For my husband, it's the "roasties" (roasted potatoes) and gravy. A typical British Sunday Roast can be either roast beef, a whole chicken, or a pork roast. Each one has its own little list of "musts" to go with it. For you lot that are reading this from the states, those round things in the picture are called Yorkshire puddings. They are a savory pastry made with much precision, that sadly I haven't mastered yet. Thank goodness for Aunt Bessie's! One fills them with gravy while smiling quietly to one's self. This picture also features "Mash" or maybe "Bubble and Squeak" which I am not going to get into, because I'm not quite sure about that. I'll leave it up to you to comment on it!
I've done some major bloopers like just skipping the roasts altogether on Sunday, serving mashed potatoes instead of the roasties, and the travesty of all times . . . . . didn't make gravy. AAAahhhhhh!!!! What??? No gravy????? It was like the end of the world! So I've learned that my easy-going husband, that never bulks at whatever I put in front of him for the rest of the week, must have his Sunday Roast and prepared properly too.
We had a bloke out to repair our boiler this past fall and hearing my accent, asked some questions about how I was adjusting to living here. After a few preliminery questions, he went for the all important one. "I hope you DO know how to make a Sunday Roast!" What is it with these East Anglian men and their Sunday Roasts? E starts discussing it Friday evening. He looks forward to it all week long. No matter what else is wrong in the world, the Sunday Roast is like a little haven that sets everything right. Here is a link that explains it all! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_roast
I generally don't serve a dessert with ours, but sure would love some suggestions of traditional ones that you lot do for this aspicious occasion. I might as well get it right all way round! It's a whole chicken this Sunday in our household. How about yours?
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Hi Susie, yes, Sunday lunches .... I don't make one every Sunday especially not in the Summer but today we are having roast lamb with cauliflower cheese and roast potatoes and carrots. Defrosted chocolate gateux to follow (Cadbury's, yum!). So, its not a traditional pudding but I am rather partial to rhubarb or apple crumble with ice cream and sometimes I make a trifle which makes me rather popular in this house. Hugs, Tells x
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When I said Bread & Butter is traditional as you can get, I of course meant Bread & Butter Pudding!!!! Doh!
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There is nothing like the good old Sundary roast is there? We never have a dessert these days but when I could eat sweet things we usually had an apple or rhubarb crumble for dessert.
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Yes in true British tradition I try to cook a roast dinner each Sunday ,we had beef this week ,with home made yourkshire pud ...love Jan xx
02/03/08 13:20
Lyn
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