Sunday Roasts, are they still a thing?

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It was such a staple of my 70's/80's youth and not being a parent I wondered what, if anything, it has morphed into.

Definitely it was when I was growing up. Every week. Either lunch or dinner.

Now - not at all. Which makes me a bit sad thinking about it.

I don't know anyone who does this, but I'm in Scotland where it doesn't seem to be such a big thing, at least in my part. I'm sure there are lots of Scottish people who do have a roast every Sunday but I don't personally know any.

Personally I have a roast dinner only 4-5 times a year, including Christmas and that's often enough for me.

We always have something a bitspecial on Sundays and make sure we all sit down together. Not necessarily a roast though. “Sunday dinner” rather than “roast dinner” in our house.

Yep, have you been to a British pub on a Sunday lately?

Yes! We alternate Sunday roast with a Sunday casserole. I love both.

Chicken usually, with all the trimmings.

Yes. Less frequently then when I was a child because we do more at weekends but certainly once or twice a month.

We do it fairly oftenish, always a Sunday, but not necessarily the full works. We might just roast a chicken, serve it with mash and steamed veg, lots of gravy, maybe a few Yorkshires (I know). A roast was a big deal in my house as a kid, but we were not allowed lunch, had to wait till maybe 3pm or 4pm for the meal, which was torture! So we will have soup for lunch, then the lighter roast meal around 6pm.

I used to cook but now I get them delivered at £6 a head. One portion lasts two days!

Actually we tended to have soup and pudding on a Sunday when I was a child.

We have a couple a month in the winter - love them!

Nope, never been a thing in our house. We do a big English Breakfast brunch about 10am and then don't eat until the evening.

Autumn/Winter here, yes. I'm very seasonal when it comes to roasts though

Yes! Definitely for us - but tends to be in Autumn/ Winter time.....

Thanks so much for replies. I appreciate the effort by mum that I and probably others from that era took for granted. Thanks mum!

I wish it was a thing in my house! We’re always too busy.. kids parties / DIY / work stuff. I Love a roast. I’m jealous of lots of you. Especially if there was swede.

No, we never have one. Sunday is a very busy day for us. We didn't have them in my childhood either for much the same reason.

We go to a carvery every so often if we feel the need for a roast dinner with no prep or tidying up.

We have one every Sunday evening. But thinking about it I don't really know why as I'm not that excited about them! I much prefer millions of other stuff. But we have long chats over a bottle of wine while we're cooking and I like it for my son. There's just something homely and comforting about a roast.

Every single Sunday, every single week of the year - plus the occasional Wednesday & a special one at Christmas. Not down to me, DH does all the cooking, tbh I could take them or leave them, but now even if DH away the kids are so indoctrinated we go for a pub roast instead! I think we may have missed on during the heatwave, very rare occurrence though.

Still a thing.
When the DCs come to visit and when I feel like it, I'll make one for me on my own.
(Learning to make a roast for one and not have heaps of leftovers is hard tho)

I like to do them as we don't often sit down together to eat as the kids eat pretty early in comparison to DH and me during the week. Not every Sunday but I try to do them as often as possible. It's a good meal for getting lots of veg in as well so it's pretty healthy tbh. Today we had roast beef, 3 roast potatoes each, spinach, peas and broccoli. We have chicken more than red meat though.

Just finished one. Rare beef, roasts, puds, pureed carrots, sprouts, sauteed cabbage and homemade gravy followed by apple and plum crumble with ice cream. Still 28c outside!

Yup, today I did roast chicken with stuffing, roast potatoes, glazed carrots, gravy from scratch, Yorkshire pudding.

Every Sunday, DH cooks them, all love them. Went out for one today. Sometimes have them mid week too. DS is ASD and I think it maybe the only healthy meal he eats, DD is veggie but eats it minus meat.

Still a thing here. Not every Sunday and sometimes a Saturday rather than a Sunday and usually served in the evening rather than at lunchtime because of leisure activities, but yes, definitely a thing. We may be very oldfashioned, but to me a) cooking a roast doesn't feel very onerous b) using leftovers is a quick and convenient way of making new meals in the week. A smallish roast doesn't take more than an hour to cook and you can get on with the housework while it's cooking; whipping up a stir-fry from the leftovers is a 10-minute job.

When my children were growing up the Sunday roast was occasional, but too time-consuming to be a regular weekly event.

Now the kids are grown and last winter I perfected the Sunday roast. Today was the first I did since May, and it was great. I'll probably make a sort of bubble 'n' squeak with the left-overs tomorrow. But I've recently retired and now have all the time in the world, so don't mind spending the time needed to cook the roast on a Sunday.