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A '''Sunday roast''' or '''roast dinner''' is a traditional meal of [[British cuisine|British origin]]. Although it can be consumed throughout the week, it is traditionally consumed on [[Sunday]]. It consists of [[Roasting|roasted]] meat, [[Potato#Uses|roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes]] and accompaniments such as [[Yorkshire pudding]], [[stuffing]], [[gravy]], and condiments such as [[apple sauce]], [[mint sauce]], or [[redcurrant sauce]]. A wide range of vegetables can be served as part of a roast dinner, such as [[broccoli]], [[Brussels sprout]]s, [[cabbage]], [[carrot]]s, [[cauliflower]], [[parsnip]]s, or [[pea]]s, which can be boiled, steamed, or roasted alongside the meat and potatoes.
The Sunday roast's prominence in [[British culture]] is such that in a UK poll in 2012 it was ranked second in a list of things people love about Britain.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swnsdigital.com/2012/02/bacon-butty-best-of-british/|title=Bacon Butty Best of British|newspaper=SWNS digital|date=3 February 2012|access-date=27 April 2020}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Other names for this meal include ''Sunday lunch'', ''Sunday dinner'', ''roast dinner,'' and ''full roast''. The meal is often
Besides being served in its original homelands, the tradition of a Sunday roast lunch or dinner has been a major influence on food cultures in the [[English-speaking world]], particularly in [[Australia]], [[Canada]], [[South Africa]], the [[United States]], and [[New Zealand]]. A [[South Africa]]n Sunday roast normally comprises roast pork, beef, lamb or chicken, roast potatoes or mashed potatoes,
==Origin==
The Sunday roast originated in the British Isles, particularly [[Yorkshire]], as a meal to be eaten after the [[church service]] on [[Lord's Day|Sunday]].<ref name=Hill2007/> Eating a large meal following church services is common to most of Europe, but the Sunday roast variant developed unique to the British Isles. On Sundays, all types of meat and dairy produce are allowed to be eaten; this is unlike Fridays, where many Christians of the Roman Catholic, Anglican and Methodist denominations traditionally [[Friday Fast|abstain from eating meats]]
* Only eating fish on Friday resulted in a British tradition of 'fish Fridays', which is still common in [[fish and chip]] shops and restaurants across the United Kingdom on Fridays; particularly during [[Lent]].
* To mark the end of not being able to eat meat, the Sunday roast was created as a mark of celebration.
There are two historical points on the origins of the modern Sunday roast.
There are two historical points on the origins of the modern Sunday roast. In the late 1700s, during the industrial revolution in the United Kingdom, families would place a cut of meat into the oven as they got ready for church. They would then add in vegetables such as potatoes, turnips and parsnips before going to church on a Sunday morning. When they returned from the church, the dinner was all but ready. The juices from the meat and vegetables were used to make a stock or gravy to pour on top of the dinner.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/aug/19/britishidentity.lifeandhealth | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Amelia | last=Hill | title=How Friday saved the Sunday roast | date=19 August 2007|access-date=30 January 2011}}</ref>▼
The second opinion holds that the Sunday roast dates back to [[medieval]] times, when the village [[serf]]s served the [[squire]] for six days a week. Then, on the Sunday, after the morning church service, serfs would assemble in a field and practise their battle techniques and were rewarded with a feast of oxen roasted on a spit.▼
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▲* The second opinion holds that the Sunday roast dates back to [[medieval]] times, when the village [[serf]]s served the [[squire]] for six days a week. Then, on the Sunday, after the morning church service, serfs would assemble in a field and practise their battle techniques and were rewarded with a feast of oxen roasted on a spit.
==Typical elements==
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[[Image:A roast lamb dinner at Black Horse Inn, Nuthurst, West Sussex England.jpg|thumb|A Sunday roast with roast lamb, roast potatoes, carrots, green beans and Yorkshire pudding]]
[[File:Sunday Roast Rib of Beef.jpg|thumb|A Sunday roast with roast [[beef ribs]], roast potatoes, various vegetables and Yorkshire pudding]]
Typical meats used for a Sunday roast are [[Chicken as food|chicken]], [[lamb and mutton|lamb]], [[pork]], or [[roast beef]], although seasonally [[Duck (food)|duck]], [[Goose as food|goose]], [[Gammon (meat)|gammon]], [[Turkey (food)|turkey]], or (rarely) other [[game bird]]s may be used.<ref>[http://www.ivillage.co.uk/food/tools/recipefinder/display_recipe/0,,4102,00.html Classic Roast Dinner<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212231744/http://www.ivillage.co.uk/food/tools/recipefinder/display_recipe/0,,4102,00.html |date=12 February 2010 }}</ref>
===Vegetables===
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The potatoes can be cooked around the meat itself, absorbing the juices and fat directly (as in a traditional Cornish under-roast).<ref name="Persey1993">{{cite book|author=Amanda Persey|title=Favourite Cornish Recipes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odwqAAAACAAJ|year=1993|publisher=J. Salmon|isbn=978-0-906198-97-1}}</ref> However, many cooks prefer to cook the potatoes and the Yorkshire pudding in a hotter oven than that used for the joint and so remove the meat beforehand to rest and "settle" in a warm place.<ref name="Smith1992">{{cite book|author=Delia Smith|title=Delia Smith's complete cookery course|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLKTQQAACAAJ|year=1992|publisher=BBC Books|isbn=978-0-563-36249-4}}</ref>
Other vegetable dishes served with roast dinner can include mashed [[Rutabaga|swede]] or [[turnips]], roast [[parsnips]], [[cabbage]], boiled or steamed [[cabbage]], [[broccoli]], [[green bean]]s, and boiled carrots and [[pea]]s. It is also not uncommon for
===Accompaniments===
Common traditional accompaniments include:
* ''[[roast beef|beef]]'': [[Yorkshire pudding]], [[suet]] pudding; English [[Mustard (condiment)#English mustard|mustard]], [[Gravy|gravy sauce]] or [[horseradish sauce]]. Roast beef with Yorkshire pudding accompanied by "roast potatoes, vegetables, and horseradish sauce" is considered by ''[[National Geographic]]'' as the national dish of England.<ref>{{cite web|date=2011-09-13|title=Top 10 National Dishes -- National Geographic|url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/national-food-dishes/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161014060413/http://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/top-10/national-food-dishes/|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 October 2016|access-date=2020-08-08|website=Travel|language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[pork]]'': [[Pork rind#United Kingdom|crackling]] and [[Salvia officinalis|sage]]-and-onion [[stuffing]]; [[apple sauce]] or English mustard.
* ''[[lamb and mutton|lamb]]'': [[mint sauce|mint sauce or jelly]] or [[redcurrant sauce|redcurrant jelly]].
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==See also==
{{portal|Food|United Kingdom|Canada|Australia|New Zealand|South Africa}}
* [[Carvery]]
* [[Pub grub]]
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