Family friends around for dinner Saturday night- can i do a roast?

I love a roast and wouldn’t care if it was a Saturday night.

OP what have you decided to cook tomorrow night ?

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It's just too dull @hmmmwhattoeat
I wouldn't invite friends for a roast unless it was Sunday and I often do. But you do something like a curry or paella or chilli. A little less everyday food. It's Saturday after all. Have fun 🙂

Depends for me. If its a dinner party eith a lot of wine then no. I wouldnt want to eat a roast and booze. Would prefer something lighter

If its a dinner party with 1 glass at dinner and not a boozy one then for sure. Before we had a kid mine and DPs treat was a carvery on a Saturday night. Its quiet, no mad queue to get what scraps were left! Then home for a glass or two and a cosy night in with a film.

How about roast chicken or 70s classic chicken supreme with spicy / cajun potatoes and some roasted veg. Although I will eat a proper roast dinner on any day of the week and do when there are leftovers.

It wouldn’t occur to me not to serve one on Saturday night if I fancied it.

I’d do roast Guinea fowl Normande, Delia recipe here
Roast potatoes, roast parsnips and red cabbage - it’s not too far into spring yet to ditch my favourite vegetables.

I love a roast dinner and would never turn one down. To be honest if somebody else was cooking it ,I'd probably eat it for breakfast

How about roast duck, dauphinois potatoes and french beans? Kind of like a roast, but with more of a dinner party vibe. Maybe followed by a nice sharp tarte au citron.

Yes please.. what time shall I be there!!

Whatever you do, do not make a Sunday roast on a Saturday. Strictly verboten. However, you could make a lovely Saturday roast.

I am not sure how many people have a roast on Sunday these days. I think originally prople had roasts on Sunday so they could have an easy cold meat meal on Monday. Monday was traditionally wash day for laundry and seemingly an exhausting all day affair before people had washing machines and hot water at the turn of a tap. I think you can have a roast any day you want unless you are boiling water in a kettle for washing and operating a mangle.

Just because you roast meat doesn't mean you have to have roast vegetables as well.

Me too. I hate everything about it, except for the roast potatoes.

For me i'd not be too keen on a saturday night.

If you are after something you can prep in advance do a lasagne.

Also why are you doing all preparing food & doing clubs, where's husband in this?

Exactly. How to miss the point ...

I'd eat a roast any day of the week. I'd go for it.

I do think say yorkshire puddings are more a Sunday thing. But roast potatoes or a roast chicken - any time, no problem! And LOL that roast is any heavier than a lasagne - yeah right…

Ask them. I’d love it - but I guess if they have plans for a big roast the following day as well they may prefer something else 🤔

I don't care what day I eat a roast but it would be a bit heavy for me for a dinner party.
Some of the meals I cook for friends that can definitely be done earlier in the day : lasanga, fish pie, chicken pie, carbonara, chicken and bacon creamy tagliatelle, jambalaya. You could also just do roast meat, potatoes and veg as a halfway point to a full roast.

I don't think we know anyone who has a full roast dinner on Sundays. Even when I was a kid I didn't know many people who did a roast every Sunday, my family never did it and most people I knew only did so occasionally. Didn't this tradition mostly die out in the 1970s? I'm surprised so many posters are horrified by the idea of a roast on a Saturday.
A roast has never been associated with Sundays for me so I see no issue with having it any day of the week that suits you.

I am actually going to do these next week. They sound well lush!!! 😍

I would hate a roast on a Saturday night dinner party. Like a pp for me a roast is lazy afternoon meal. I do enjoy one occasional but would be disappointed to have one on a Saturday night. It's a bit boring and bland for a Saturday (even though my DH makes a fantastic one)

For some reason, to me Saturday night food should be more fun and a bit more interesting. Or something like a takeaway with a film when feeling lazy (not with guests obviously).

Might not make sense to others but it's just the way I feel about Saturday (and Friday) night food

LOL! We actually eat like this quite often as DP and I don’t eat carbs but the kids do. And we rarely eat processed foods now as a result. Usually do a meat with salad and veg plus a carb

But for the potatoes we par boil baby new potatoes, squash them, add olive oil, garlic cloves, rosemary, salt and pepper and then roast them till a bit crispy. Super easy. The kids love them! Perfect to dip into tzatziki. I consider them a healthier option than normal roast potatoes because of the extra fibre from the skins and the healthy fat from the olive oil - and they just get more of a reaction from guests who have had them too

I’d be delighted.