what sort of string for tying a roast?

[time4tea]

of course I should have asked the butcher but need to get on with it first thing tomorrow.

would undyed cotton thread (ie sewing thread) do the job?

thanks

T4T

probably - I tend to use whatever's in the cupboard. I don't recommend using deep blue wool though - it left lovely stripes on the joint

Would have thought that sewing thread would be too thin and narrow

But any old string that you can get from the corner shop should be fine.

hiya, Squonk - love the festive name

Roskva - thanks for the heads up on the knitting yarn. was thinking about using some cotton yarn I have hanging about. want to avoid the striped effect, that's for sure.

MSQandW - I was in a shop last week and Sir Cliff's Xmas anthem was on. Given how I sneered at it as a narky teenager, it was unsettling to think - "ooh what lovely words"
"Children singing Christian rhyme" still has that "what? surely you could think of a better line" factor about it.

you are queens - thanks for the tip