Are Sunday roasts still a thing in your house?

[Bobje]

Will be picking up a lovely piece of beef rib today from the butchers.
It will be our first roast of the season and I'm looking forward to it already!
<greedy guts> 😆

Do you still do Sunday roasts?

I’ve got enough work and enough hassle already without cooking when I’ve got to go to work the following day. I’m more likely to be ironing on a Sunday, or helping DC finish homework. I can’t do everything.

We aren’t always together either - different people are in or out depending on their schedules. Maybe DH is at golf in the afternoon and then we hand over the kids and I go to my fortnightly bridge game.

I think the Sunday roast comes from a period when mums didn’t work and everything was closed on a Sunday so nobody was busy. Life isn’t like that any more. Mums work so we don’t have time to cook roasts.

It is a lot of effort when you don't have a dishwasher and only have an absolutely tiny kitchen to cook in.

We eat roasts a lot, but not particularly on Sundays, could as easily be any day of the week. I work shifts so quite often work on weekends and have days off in the week.

I love roasts, probably my favourite type of dinner.

@sunsetsandboardwalks

I do take pride in my cooking which is why we don't do roasts often!

You say it's just the veg to focus on, but most veg for a good Sunday dinner takes 2 stages of cooking I.e. par-boil/steam then roast/sauté etc it does become a faff.
I know a lot of people boil their veg but that's so bland I'd rather not!

Surely having pride in your cooking relates to the overall meal and nothing to do with a roast which is just one type of meal? Never understand why cooking a roast is seen as something good - there are much nicer things to eat.

I’ve been cooking roasts for 30 years and boil my veg.

no one has told me my dinner is bland

but thats for your input

Yes we do! Most Sundays!

Yes. I don’t find it much work after lots of practise: you have to be in the house/garden for a couple of hours as the oven is on, but it’s only about 20-30 mins of actual work for me (with 4 different vegetables and homemade Yorkshires).

I usually read in the next room while it’s cooking.

then at least the next day dinner uses leftover roast meat, so cooking on Monday is much easier.

I don’t parboil any veg except potatoes. Everything else just gets chopped and added to oven at right time to roast from raw.

I absolutely love a roast, we have one most Sundays all year round.

We had one every single Sunday growing up and a lot of my childhood memories are linked to eating a Sunday roast round the table. My mum started teaching me how to make one when I was small and I could make a basic roast from 11, it feels like muscle memory now!

It was @CraftyGin who said all those things, not me

Every Sunday. Usually eat half a roast chicken on Sunday with roast potatoes, stuffing and veg.
Monday is cold chicken, reheated stuffing, roast potatoes and veg.
Unfortunately I can only make the chicken last for 2 meals and I bin the carcass.

@sunsetsandboardwalks sorry!!

@Sheknowsaboutme some people like it like that... which explains places like Toby Carvery... each to their own 😀

Yes we do, I find it a lot less effort than some other meals and the children like it.

My kids are out all day on Sundays don't get back until 7 then need to get them through the shower, sort stuff for school etc so we usually have pasta.

I love the idea of it, and grew up with a roast every Sunday but it's not workable for us right now.

Haha no problem @obsessedwithfreshbread ☺️

Every few weeks yes

Not every weekend.

But on Sundays in the colder months, if we're at home I like to cook something traditional/English or homely on Sundays.

So roast or toad in the hole type thing.

It's only a faff if you make it a faff.

Most cooking involves chopping, sauteeing, etc. The beauty of a roast dinner is that you can just boil your veg.

Yes we do. If we ever have anything else on a Sunday it’s just tastes wrong 😂

Yes, most weeks through autumn and winter.

How dare you not make it last two weeks😂😂

Yes virtually every Sunday, especially in the cooler months. I tend to go for the cheaper cuts, such as shoulder of lamb or pork. They are delicious cooked on a low heat for about four hours. I make the meat last well into the week, with different recipes.

Pretty much If not we'll have one in the week. I don't think we go longer than 10 days witha roast. Even in summer .
It's the only meal guaranteed everyone eats with no fuss besides pizza. And is the most requested

Yes but not every Sunday. In the colder months we'll have them a couple of times a month.