WIBU about Sunday dinner?

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DH thinks I was being unreasonable in planning a roast chicken dinner without either Yorkshires or stuffing. Was I?

I am from Yorkshire and of course make my own Yorkshire puddings.
I'd serve them with every roast dinner I make and I also freeze the leftovers to be reheated a la aunt Bessie when I need a midweek pick me up.
I make stuffing every time we have chicken and I also make bread sauce too.
I make roast potatoes and parsnips but I only eat the parsnips - unfortunately the clocks changing mean the reduction in roast dinners.

Eww - Yorkshire puddings don't go with chicken. They go with beef.

So there.

YABVVVVU!

I 'heart' Yorkshire puds!!

(I am a Yorkshire lass tho!!)

Wishes I had a roast dinner today, but had no time :(

YANBU.

Although having said that I do tend to do yorkshire puddings as dd's don't realy like potatoes (roast or otherwise).

And again I tend to do stuffing with sausagemeat as dd2 will eat this but not the chicken. Will eat while I'm carving, but no her plate.

It's a roast dinner. Therefore, the meat must be roasted and there must be roast vegetables, and, if I can be bothered, roast vegetables, too. However, Yorkshire puddings have no business on a plate unless it's roast beef, in which case they are obligatory. HTH

We've had roast chicken with just cauliflower, peas and gravy.

Tis spring, which means no more roasts on Sundays, we have one on the coldest day midweek, unless we really fancy one on Sunday then it's to the carvery!!

Our Sundays rotate, curry, meatballs chips sauce, al a ikea, chicken katsu or bolognaise with salad. Maybe lamb chops if we're bbqing. I love the weekends again, and we all look forward to roasts again by October.

Who decided that Yorkies were meant for beef?

The first mention of YPs - known as dripping puddings then - was in 1737 - and the recipe actually was for it to go with mutton, not beef.

And then traditionally was actually a separate course to the meat, like a starter. Just served on its own with gravy.

This reminds me of an argument I had with my mother when I left the skins on my potatoes and roasted them, they are then not, apparently, roast potatoes....

You can't get them as crispy if you leave the skins on. You need to bar poil them til quite soft so you can then bash them up a bit before roasting them. Skins hold them together too much so they have less bashed up edges. The more edges you can get to the potatoes the more crispy they will be.

I think YABVU :)

I always do sauasage wrapped in bacon, roast garlic and bread sauce with roast chicken

Stuffing and Yorkshire puds are a bare minimum

Mash instead of roast potatoes is a sackable offence :)

Stuffing is an abomination - just shows you up as poor as you have to stretch the chicken to feed more ;-). Roast potatoes with skins on are lovely, however they're not to be had with gravy, so they're not appropriate for a roast dinner - and if the sharp edges and excessive heat are a problem, then your potatoes are done wrong.

Yorkshires could be had with any meat, no need to just be with beef, but they're not required, so long as there's enough potatoes (about 1kg each)

Your mother is correct.
Roast potatoes don't have skins.

oooh, bread sauce, yes, roast chicken needs bread sauce.
I generally never serve more than one carb, but a roast chicken dinner has many.

I have obviously stopped leaving the skins on now except when I'm feeling very lazy

Bread sauce, boak.

Though I love the smell of the clove-y onion poaching in the milk.

And parsnips - OP, you appear to have forgotten your parsnips.

Yorkshires go with Beef.

Stuffing makes the chicken dry out.

And now they are going on about bread sauce, parsnip sand roasties. What do they think this is? Xmas dinner!!!

We just had chicken casserole and cous cous. Your family are v lucky!

I had my roast chicken today with stuffing, roast potatoes, mash potatoes, carrots, green beans, brocoli and yorkshire puddings and yes, they were home made.

Our roasts also inc potatoes, parsnips, garlic, onion and carrots. Yum!

I had not forgotten my parsnips. I had turned them into delicious spicy parsnip soup :)

Yummy :)

But raise another possible area of unreasonableness

Is it not a little hot for soup and a roast? It's been like summer here

(am only jealous really) :)

You dont have Yorkshires with chicken surely?They are an accompaniment to beef!

The soup wasn't today, it was Friday after work and no it wasn't too hot for soup. However as it was spicy I propose that it would never be too hot for it, as apparently spicy food cools you down.

There is an argument that it was too hot for a roast but I don't care