Sunday roast at lunchtime or in the evening?

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I prefer main meal at lunchtime if I can, hate going to bed with a full stomach but DH and DC prefer picky sandwichy food at lunchtime and a big feed before bed.

My ideal Sunday would actually just be an eggy brunch at 10 then a roast at 4 but my children are so resistant to anything other than 3 meals at weekday times.

As I became an adult my mum started doing a Sunday roast for 6pm rather than lunchtime. That’s earlier than we would usually have supper.

As a parent of teens I do an early evening roast and then we tend to watch some TV together. Itks early enough that we don’t have the full feeling at bedtime.

Growing up we alway had “Sunday lunch” which was a lovely roast. We didn’t do any activities or sports though. My own kids usually have football matches during the day so we always have roast dinner on Sundays and we all go to bed very stuffed! I normally sleep best on a Sunday night though so maybe it’s a good thing!

Nice to have at 3pm and then a walk afterwards.

Evening roast here. 5pm ish usually.

We have ours in the evening around 5 or 6. I like a last start to a Sunday if I can and don't feel ready for a big roast at lunch time:

Evening.
A big dinner in the middle of the day blocks up the whole day so no one can go anywhere or do anything.

I prefer lunchtime personally, but my DC have sports matches so it usually has to be evening.

Evening.

Takes up too much of the day at lunchtime.

Prefer Sunday lunch and somewhere between 12 and 1o'clock.
I like to be all washed up and tidy kitchen ready for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
We have sandwiches and the like for our 'tea' at around 5:30.

Entirely depends on what everyone is doing that day. Sometimes at lunchtime and sometimes later but we do all sit down together at the table and eat.

We also tend to have a roast one night in the week too (generally Wednesday since it’s sports afternoon at school and the teens come back ravenous)

Lunchtime on a Sunday.

Evening here. Usually 6.30ish. Used to be earlier when DS was little but he’s an adult now.

I like to do it about 4ish particularly with these earlier dark nights. Gives you plenty of time during the day to go out etc and then don’t feel as full when I go to bed.

Growing up it was always 2/3pm but on the rare occasion I do them it's normal evening meal time (6pm-ish) this includes Christmas dinner.

If we go out for a roast (even more rare than me cooking one!) then it's 3/4pm and when we are guests for a Sunday roast (usually in-laws) it's a similar time.

If we have a roast earlier than our usual meal time we normally need a snack later - toasted cheese sandwiches etc.

My DP and half the kids aren't roast fans hence me rarely cooking them. Although I'd say we have one a month at inlaws.

usually have it around 6 here, although growing up it was always lunchtime as parents invariably invited people to lunch and then had to drive us back to school

Whenever it's ready!!

Anytime from 1.30pm till 6pm - if we are having a roast - I'm usually doing other stuff around the house like gardening etc That's the joy of a Roast - you can leave it to cook and just check on it every now and again

Going to be 18-18.30 here today and that's a bit early for some of the family.

We always eat dinner in the evening, Sunday is no exception. It would just feel odd to eat a roast at lunchtime now. We’ve noticed that many carverys finish at about 3pm, which doesn’t suit us. There’s a carvery near Sidmouth in Devon, The Hare and Hounds, that operates well into the evening. You have to book and it’s always packed, so obviously some people do want to eat their roast in the evening. The food there is excellent.

It varies for us depending on what our plans are but it usually ends being sometime between 3-5. We’ll have a more substantial late breakfast or a very light, snacky lunch.

If we go out for a roast (like today!) we’ll go earlier and have it for lunch.

7pm ish here.

Growing up it was always 1830 of a Sunday. I don’t often do them now as I’m not keen on them, but if I do it’s always in the evening. We are usually out and about at weekends so it would cut up the day.

I like Sunday lunch around 4 pm. Particularly in winter.

But none of us have any sporting activities or other hobbies around that time so i can cook, we eat, then a chilled out evening watching tv or preparing for the week ahead. The DCs will sometimes have a supper of buttered crumpets and tea around 7 pm.

Ooh I love a midweek roast but don’t get in until 1800 and it’s too late to start one.

Ours have morphed over the years. I hated them as a child since my memory was of overboiled veg which made the house reek. We had one last night because ds2 is out all day today and it was marinated roast pork with sausage meat stuffing, hasselback potatoes, spiced red cabbage with apple, baby carrots and tenderstem broccoli roasted with Parmesan. Nothing at all like the roast dinners of my youth.

I could never eat a main meal at 3pm or 4pm. I eat breakfast, lunch and tea/dinner at the standard times so 3-4pm is neither lunch nor dinner for me and I just wouldn’t have the appetite unless I’d shifted other mealtimes around. And surely if you eat at 4pm you still need something before you go to bed? The exception is Christmas day with organised chaos, visitors or visiting and eating nibbles and treats at funny times.

Years ago If you were eating out the kitchens at lots of places wouldn’t be open at that time or they wouldn’t be serving then but I guess with pubs having to make more money from food these days they’ve moved to the concept of all day dining so you can get it any time. But I’m alway surprised if I go somewhere for tea and cake in the afternoon if I’m on holiday or out for the day and see people tucking into full dinners at 3.30 while I’m having my scone.

Anyway to answer the actual question! It’s at night usually. I like a long lie in on a Sunday and breakfast when I get up. Teens are the same. No-one would be in the mood for a big lunch and they’re often out meeting friends anyway.

My childhood Sundays were very traditional. Roasts were ALWAYS at lunch. Any other time would have been unthinkable to my parents. But they changed it to evening when we became students with hangovers and boyfriends on Sunday mornings and asked if we could have it in the evening instead when we visited in the afternoon.