What time do you have your Sunday Roast?

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When I was a kid we had a Sunday roast most weeks especially in the winter, and it was always served around 3pm ish, maybe an hour earlier or later.

That for me is 'normal' time to have a roast. In fact a lot of pubs and carveries round us only open until 3 or 4 for lunch and then close Sunday evening.

DH's family though consider 'Sunday Dinner' to be dinner and serve between 6 & 7 which for me seems really late!

So, out of nothing more than curiosity, what time would you serve a Sunday roast? (Also what part of the country are you in, in case it's a regional variation?).

In Ireland and we have ‘Sunday dinner’ which is a roast at about 1pm. I wouldn’t do it every week though. My kids love it, the older ones will drop everything and come home if they hear there’s a roast dinner on.

1pm or very latest 2pm
dh has a 1pm mindset for dinner (Irish farmer background)

North London area, if I do a roast it’s always at what I’d call dinner time - 5:30-6ish. Would be a bit later if we didn’t have children. A cooked meal at lunchtime takes up too much of the middle of the day and I have very routine oriented children who’d struggle with suddenly eating their main meal at lunchtime. Eating at 3, which isn’t a regular mealtime at all, would probably result in mutiny!

Most of the time I can’t be bothered with roasting anything on a Sunday, it tends to be pizza night. Roasts if they happen are a Saturday thing, but not every week.

We aim for 1 or 2 depending on how the morning goes. I think of it as Sunday lunch so any later would feel odd.

Never cook one but when we go out for one, it's about 3pm

Growing up we had one every Sunday, at around 1pm. I now do one every Sunday for my dcs and we have it in the evening, around 7pm.

If on a Sunday, it would be at tea time 18.00.
We seem to have ours on a Monday though. Because I work at the weekends.
So my answer would be Monday at 17.00!

About 6pm
We're all busy doing various things on a Sunday -work,shopping, gym,out for a walk etc

6pm is the perfect time and everyone is home by then.

Midday is far too restrictive

In the 70s and 80s, 2pm would have been the norm.
But now that shops are open, there is more to do on a Sunday, people are more likely to have a work shift etc, we go for 5.30pm.

Bacon sandwich at 8
Sunday roast at 3
Crumpets at 8

We have dinner at 8pm every night.

The massive fried/roasted main meals that the British can put away in the first part of the day... Is like a chronic culture shock to me - and probably to the majority of the population on The Continent.
It's definitely a lunch-time meal here. Though I'd rather eat or do something else between 1-2pm on a Sunday. Particularly in summer.

7.30pm here. To fit in with Dh meds. I'd prefer more like 8 but 🤷🏻‍♀️.

Used to have it around 1.30pm to 2pm growing up.

London and south east.

When it's ready.

Between 5 and 6.

Scotland. A little earlier than normal so 5pm.

Between 6 and 7pm. Any earlier and it takes up the day meaning we can't go anywhere or do anything

@PPTorPDF do you mind me asking what roast you are cooking that takes all day?

Around 6.30 ISH if OH is at work, maybe earlier if he's not

I haven't had Sunday lunch around the 1pm mark since I left home 40 odd years ago, and we don't always have a roast on Sunday's, sometimes in the week

Working patterns are so different from years ago plus there was nothing to do on a Sunday

Obviously it doesn't take all day but if it's cooked for 1pm it takes a couple of hours to cook so that's the morning gone. By the time we've eaten it and tidied the kitchen , filled the dishwasher etc it would be mid afternoon. No time at all to do anything for the day.

I love a roast to be at around 2pm ish (give or take an hour). It’s so filling that it usually means I only need the one meal and maybe a light snack in the evening. If I eat it too late I’ll be stuffed at bed time!

Varies depending on who's here and what plans are. When the dc lived at home we had one every week about 5.30pm, but when we go out for one it's always about 1pm after a walk. I'll take one any time of day! 😂

We have it at anywhere between 3-5pm, depending on what's happening in the morning and how that affects when we can start prep/cooking.

edited to add - SW England.

As a child we had a roast at lunchtime, 12.30-1pm. I cook it as dinner around 7pm as we don't have the time for lunch with DD's riding lesson.

3pm is time for tea and cake, I don't fancy a large hot savoury meal.

7-7.30pm is normal dinner time for us and 6/7 days we cook from scratch.

Varies but usually evening 7ish, would much prefer to eat at lunch time and go for a walk afterwards but due to other commitments on a Sunday it is more convenient to eat in the evening.