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When Do You Cook A Roast?

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SunshineLollipopsAndRainbows · 07/08/2022 12:59

I’m on a ( strangely addictive) Facebook page called “ Rate My Roast” & lots of people have roasts in the week as well as Sundays. I quite like a mini midweek roast. For some reason have never done one on a Saturday. How about you guys?

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ZeroFuchsGiven · 07/08/2022 14:04

Every sunday without fail and normally at least once through the week.

petitdonkey · 07/08/2022 14:04

See, delicious as that sounds, I wouldn’t term that A Roast!! I’d often roast a chicken and serve similarly but when I read the OP I took it to mean a traditional roast with gravy, roast potatoes, yorkshires etc…

petitdonkey · 07/08/2022 14:05

sorry, that was supposed to be in reply to @Geranium1984

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IncompleteSenten · 07/08/2022 14:05

Whenever we want one.

More often in colder months than warmer ones.

Bootothegoose · 07/08/2022 14:06

illiterato · 07/08/2022 13:11

Strictly weekends only. Usually Sunday and only in winter . I’m a traditionalist!

This is us. It takes HOURS!

goldfinchonthelawn · 07/08/2022 14:07

Only on Sundays, Christmas day or if we have lots of family coming over. unless it's a chicken, i would happily roast a chicken at any time of the week and then use the left overs for risottos or curries or pies.

MotherofPearl · 07/08/2022 14:18

Oven cleaning puts me off frequent roasts. My oven always gets so splattered with fat when I cook a roast. Then when I turn it on to cook something else a day or two later I really dislike the smell of burning fat. Do people clean their ovens each time they roast?

pastabest · 07/08/2022 14:26

MotherofPearl · 07/08/2022 14:18

Oven cleaning puts me off frequent roasts. My oven always gets so splattered with fat when I cook a roast. Then when I turn it on to cook something else a day or two later I really dislike the smell of burning fat. Do people clean their ovens each time they roast?

I never clean my oven. A man comes and does it every six months for £40. I live with it being dirty for 5 months and 2 weeks in between.

it's on the list of things that I have decided life is too short to worry about. Along with ironing piles (I just iron items as needed) and window cleaning .

tobee · 07/08/2022 14:29

Love to cook a roast here, find it quite therapeutic!

Happy to do roast most days of the week but started doing them more strictly on a Sunday during first lockdown to give us a) something to look forward to b) structure to the week.

TheBikiniExpert · 07/08/2022 14:32

Never in the summer as we don't turn the oven on - strict rule as it gets too hot to eat in the kitchen!Otherwise normally Sunday but sometimes do roast chicken midweek as it's quick.

AclowncalledAlice · 07/08/2022 14:36

I think the last one was January.

WaitingForWinter1 · 07/08/2022 14:37

Never! My husband sometimes cooks a roast when the GC are here, and it's usually on a Sunday. I hate cooking but do quick meals like spag bol, curry, chilli, shepherd's pie.

MissyCooperismyShero · 07/08/2022 14:39

pastabest · 07/08/2022 13:37

We have them pretty regularly during the week but not with all the trimmings. That's saved for special occasions or lazy sundays

I find them a pretty straightforward meal to make. Chuck salt, water a stock cube and whichever meat in to a roasting tray then into the oven.

Peel potatoes, chop, boil in salted water (in my case with a few Rosemary sprigs from the garden too) chuck in another roasting tin with butter and lard and into the oven.

15 mins before eating take the meat out of the oven to rest, whack the heat up to finish off the potatoes, pour off the juices into a pan and thicken with cornflour. Boil veg. Eat.

The roast potatoes are the only bit that take some effort and can be replaced with pre-prepared ones if you don't want to do that bit.

you then have leftovers for sandwiches or salads etc the next day too.

Exactly. I find them one of the easiest meals. Meat, potato, 2x veg, gravy. I would find say a cooked breakfast much more fiddly

70billionthnamechange · 07/08/2022 14:42

pastabest · 07/08/2022 13:37

We have them pretty regularly during the week but not with all the trimmings. That's saved for special occasions or lazy sundays

I find them a pretty straightforward meal to make. Chuck salt, water a stock cube and whichever meat in to a roasting tray then into the oven.

Peel potatoes, chop, boil in salted water (in my case with a few Rosemary sprigs from the garden too) chuck in another roasting tin with butter and lard and into the oven.

15 mins before eating take the meat out of the oven to rest, whack the heat up to finish off the potatoes, pour off the juices into a pan and thicken with cornflour. Boil veg. Eat.

The roast potatoes are the only bit that take some effort and can be replaced with pre-prepared ones if you don't want to do that bit.

you then have leftovers for sandwiches or salads etc the next day too.

I always parboil my potatoes the day before and then roll in hot fat then stick in fridge over night. They are perfect and crispy every time and no work on the actual roast day so feels like a roast is no effort at all.

OriginalUsername2 · 07/08/2022 14:45

Sundays here, but only in winter from Christmas to maybe late Feb. (This is also referred to as “cheese season” because we’re still replacing the cheese or the crackers from Christmas until we finally get sick of it).

NiqueNique · 07/08/2022 14:48

I think some people are natural roast cooks for whom there’s a sort of instinct to it and they don’t find it difficult/fiddly/stressful/tiring or a hassle at all. Others seem to find it a really difficult meal to cook and more trouble than it’s worth. Which is also related to how much you enjoy the end result, I suppose - if you’re not actually that keen you probably won’t want to cook it much, if ever.

For me it’s one of the easiest/most convenient meals I do. And I cook everything from scratch (except stuffing, tbf, that’s almost always out of a packet!) including Yorkshire puddings, and often do 4 or 5 sides. Today’s roast, for example, is extra easy and no effort at all as I’m only doing 2 veg sides so not much to do or think about, really.

purplecorkheart · 07/08/2022 14:51

A couple of times a week. Admittedly with one veg and potatoes may or may not be roasted. If find roast dinners are not a huge amount of work if you are only doing one veg and potatoes. I find the leftovers make an easy meal the next day for dinner and a handy lunch box too. I do make my own gravy but would love to hear any instant premade gravies that people have tried and find good.

orbitalcrisis · 07/08/2022 15:08

I do one whenever I feel like it! Usually when I've found a short dated chicken in the supermarket so not often on a Sunday, shopping at the weekend is a massive pain in the backside! I've never understood why people will only have a roast on a Sunday, do you also have steak on Thursday and only like chips and egg on a Tuesday?

Maramo · 07/08/2022 15:11

Ever Sunday, only occasionally in the week.
It's actually one of my favourite meals and the easiest to cook. I normally prefer spicy food but a roast with good gravy is always welcome. Hate carverys though.

A roast dinner was always the meal that even the fussiest of my DC would eat, providing there was gallons of gravy.

AuntyMabelandPippin · 07/08/2022 15:15

MotherofPearl · 07/08/2022 14:18

Oven cleaning puts me off frequent roasts. My oven always gets so splattered with fat when I cook a roast. Then when I turn it on to cook something else a day or two later I really dislike the smell of burning fat. Do people clean their ovens each time they roast?

Tin foil is your friend. Just a wee bit over the top stops the splats.

Hbh17 · 07/08/2022 15:17

I am 57 years old. I have lived away from the parental home full-time since I was 21. I have never cooked "a roast".

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 07/08/2022 15:20

orbitalcrisis · 07/08/2022 15:08

I do one whenever I feel like it! Usually when I've found a short dated chicken in the supermarket so not often on a Sunday, shopping at the weekend is a massive pain in the backside! I've never understood why people will only have a roast on a Sunday, do you also have steak on Thursday and only like chips and egg on a Tuesday?

Is your name Shirley?

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 07/08/2022 15:21

Very rarely do 'a roast' except an occasional 'lazy' one on Sundays (maybe once every couple of months) and for Christmas dinner.

MotherofPearl · 07/08/2022 15:33

Thanks @AuntyMabelandPippin I'll give the tin foil a go. I worry about it not going crispy but perhaps if just laid loosely on top it would be okay. Worth a try and better than oven cleaning!

BigWoollyJumpers · 07/08/2022 15:36

Even in the Summer, I regularly do roast chicken mid week, but not in the traditional way. I roast it up, let it cool a bit, and then serve with mixed oven roasted vegetables and fresh baguette. Easy as it all goes in the oven at the same time.

In the winter I will do a more traditional "Sunday" roast, but not necessarily on a Sunday! With roast potatoes, a couple of root veg, and gravy.