Sunday Roast polite discussion thread.

[High Voltage]

And if it had come as cauliflower I'd've been delighted, as:-

1. I like cauliflower
2. It is a vegetable
3. It was, as advertised, one of the four vegetables coming with the sunday roast

But it came as cauliflower cheese, which is, at best, a side dish

 

[Epona]

I love cauli cheese, will happily have either that or plain steamed or roast cauli as part of a roast dinner tbh.

 

[Elpenor]

Cauliflower cheese should be served after the roast and before dessert surely?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Cauliflower cheese should be served after the roast and before dessert surely?

It should be a starter course for vegetarians.

 

[strung out]

Cauliflower cheese should be served after the roast and before dessert surely?

Not sure if serious or not...

 

[existentialist]

It should be a starter course for vegetarians.

Nah, we want badly-adapted meat substitute variants.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Nah, we want badly-adapted meat substitute variants.

Dock Leaf Pate - sounds sort of like duck liver

 

[Elpenor]

Not sure if serious or not...

Neither am I

 

[MrCurry]

When I was back home in the U.K., living on my own, maybe ten years ago, I went through a roast dinner phase. And by phase, I mean I just decided that’s what I wanted to eat in preference to other meal options, so I really went for it and was eating roasts maybe four times a week on average for at least a couple of years.

It kind of got it out of my system and I calmed down a bit after that and only a few years ago came back to roasts as a once a week or once a fortnight thing, which is the more normal way to do it.

It wasn’t very good for my waistline, I think I put on 7-8 kg in that period and later went onto the 5:2 intermittent fasting diet when that was a fad, to get back down to fighting weight.

 

[jontz01]

Yumm!

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This is exactly what a roast should look like. Everything touching, piled almost as though it can't, but will, fit on the plate. Swimming in gravy. 20% meat 80% accessories. It should be an adventure rather than a display board.

 

[Maltin]

This is exactly what a roast should look like. Everything touching, piled almost as though it can't, but will, fit on the plate. Swimming in gravy. 20% meat 80% accessories. It should be an adventure rather than a display board.

You should get out more.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

You should get out more.

as in get out for sunday lunch more?

 

[Maltin]

as in get out for sunday lunch more?

More as in if a roast dinner dinner served on top of a computer is your ideal, you should probably get out of the house and step away from the computer more often.

 

[jontz01]

You should get out more.

I hadn't actually noticed that it was on a laptop when I posted. I was too busy looking at the roast. I don't see that it has any relevance whatsoever to be honest.

Now then, given that I recently spent nearly a year living in a bus, off grid from beach to beach, haven't followed media for nearly 20 years, work outdoors every day come rain or shine, don't actually sit from the moment I rise til the moment I fall, and don't own a laptop or a tv; may I, in the polite tone as requested by the OP suggest that maybe it's you that should get out more as opposed to making bumptious comments to randommers on the internet?

 

[8ball]

This is exactly what a roast should look like. Everything touching, piled almost as though it can't, but will, fit on the plate. Swimming in gravy. 20% meat 80% accessories. It should be an adventure rather than a display board.

On behalf of the vegan community I am outraged by the carnist dichotomy of ingredients into "meat" and "accessories"!

 

[jontz01]

I'm sure that plenty of vegans accessorize their nutroasts.

 

[moomoo]

Today we are having roast lamb stuffed with garlic and rosemary.

 

[Fairweather]

Today we are having roast lamb stuffed with garlic and rosemary.

That looks very nice, not had roast lamb for a while.

 

[clicker]

 

[Elpenor]

I’m about to put a marinated bambi in the oven, will have with roasted veg (sweet potato, rainbow carrot, parsnip, celeriac and shallot). Haven’t thought about gravy though

 

[Elpenor]

I’m about to put a marinated bambi in the oven, will have with roasted veg (sweet potato, rainbow carrot, parsnip, celeriac and shallot). Haven’t thought about gravy though

I feel like having my limited cooking prowess criticised so here’s a picture

 

[8ball]

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Good accesorising.

 

[iona]

I feel like having my limited cooking prowess criticised so here’s a picture

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Lack of gravy = instant DQ before I even get started on the rest. Roasted meat and (undercooked) roast veg doesn't make it A Roast. Needs at least one green veg imo although a really well cooked roast with all the other components, including at least two non-potato veg, might be acceptable.

 

[Elpenor]

Good job I wasn’t cooking it for you then

I don’t like gravy, the veg was fine, probably more my crap phone camera. Roasted celeriac - Aldi had them in - was a revelation

 

[8ball]

Good job I wasn’t cooking it for you then

I don’t like gravy, the veg was fine, probably more my crap phone camera. Roasted celeriac - Aldi had them in - was a revelation

The thing that looks like a sausage - is that an actual sausage?

 

[Magnus McGinty]

You'd at least have a sauce even if you don't like gravy.

 

[Elpenor]

The thing that looks like a sausage - is that an actual sausage?

Sweet potato - that’s the skin side. I told you my camera was bad!

 

[fishfinger]

...I don’t like gravy...

Burn the heretic!

 

[iona]

Good job I wasn’t cooking it for you then

I don’t like gravy, the veg was fine, probably more my crap phone camera. Roasted celeriac - Aldi had them in - was a revelation

Potatoes are traditionally cooked and served as part of the roast, not used to photograph it. Roast celeriac can be lush and would've improved the score of a valid entry. Looking at your pic again, the way the meat is lined up is also extremely disconcerting.

 

[Epona]

I think given that you've expressed lack of cooking prowess that a bit more encouragement would be helpful - I think the roast veg would have benefitted from a bit longer in the oven just to get a bit more caramelisation and crispiness going on, but otherwise it's a decent effort.

Don't be discouraged!