I just spent three leisurely hours in the kitchen making a Sunday roast: roast chicken, roast potatoes, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower & gravy. I quite like relaxed cooking with Planet Rock on the background.

I found myself wondering if people still do this. Did you make a roasttoday, and if you did, what did you cook?

  • Lady Butterfly
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    23 months ago

    I do love a roast but I’m veggie and cooking for one so don’t tend to do it. Often think of them though 🤤

  • @[email protected]
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    53 months ago

    Bought a boneless pork joint on Sunday, a few veg and already had potatoes and pumpkin ready. Heated up leftover pizza from Friday night instead.

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝
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    43 months ago

    It’s only me now, so it never seems worth the effort. I pretty much only have a roast dinner at Christmas. That said, my folks didn’t do a Sunday roast often, so perhaps I just never got it in my blood as a tradition.

    I went with a roast sweet potato with tuna and sweetcorn mayo (with a grated carrot and some seeds scattered in).

  • @[email protected]M
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    43 months ago

    Nope. We generally have more of them over winter than the warmer weather as the last thing I want to do is be in a hot kitchen for a few hours when it’s already hot. That said, it’s nice to cook a roast while I’m watching the F1.

    Yesterday I made hunters chicken in a home made BBQ sauce, with mash, carrots, peas, sweetcorn & onion rings. Went down well!

  • kindenough
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    33 months ago

    Yes I did, pork shoulder Hungarian style (inspired) with paprika and fennel, then finished the gravy with apple and pear compote.

  • @[email protected]
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    43 months ago

    Nope, I don’t enjoy food enough to justify that sort of investment in time. I’ve be schlepping in the garden all weekend

      • @[email protected]
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        13 months ago
        • be = been.

        Does that make more sense now? I know alot of people put value on food but I’ve always seen it as fuel, put whatever I can as quickly into me as I can such that I have the energy to complete the jobs in front of me.

        Losing 3hrs of work time for the sake of something tasting better is madness to me and I’d not be able to enjoy the process knowing it meant the list of jobs was growing