Sunday Lunchtimes........

Dominic

How many families sit down to a traditional Sunday Lunch these days and what do they have ?............
 I don't mean once in a while or even often but with regularity given these days of Sunday shopping when the Local Tesco is busier than any day in the week or the nearest big Mall is teeming with people ............and I don't mean going to a Carvery or the Nearest decent Gastro-pub .............I mean at HOME.
  I t was almost ritual when I was a kid with a beef joint / yorkshire or Lamb the leftovers of which became either a Cottage or Shepherds pie on Monday having been minced served with bubble and Squeek ( Not Sooty and Sweep ! )
   Whilst on subject of TV ..who is old enough to remember that Sunday lunchtime classic " Out of Town " with Jack Hargreaves ....
.......a lovely old boy who would enthrall us with Fly-tying a Mayfly Nymph ,laying a blackthorn hedge or treating Chickens for Sourcrop whilst puffing away on his Pipe .
    It was only the late 60s/early 70s but I think even the lunch is something from a bye-gone era  ..........and then best of all at 3pm on a Sunday ,replete from lunch , it was time for the best TV of the whole week .............KUNG- FU with David Carradine 
........My name is Kane - I come in Peace 
 Enjoy your Sunday Grasshoppers !

Col_Decker

Every Sunday in our house. Usually a pork or beef joint, roast tatties and parsnips, lots of greens, yorkies, and all the wrong sauces. All washed down with bottles of ale. LOVE IT. 

TheBlueWolf

It's been several years since I've enjoyed a regular, traditional Sunday lunch, partly because my more elderly relatives have passed away and those who are still with us live too far away to make it practical.

rlw

Lunch?  No
Sunday?  Not a chance

cruxiform

One of the most endearing memories of my childhood was playing out and the smell of roast dinners being made from all the surrounding houses. It was the smell of a Sunday. I grew up in the North East so it was part and parcel of a normal Sunday. We used to have bubble and squeak for supper. I still have a home cooked Sunday roast, in fact my son is staying with me this weekend so that's what I'm cooking later. 

WezV

Why does it have to be at Sunday lunch?

why do people get excited about pancakes once a year?


i roast a big chunk of meat on a regular basis, but it's rarely on Sunday lunch.


we always eat as a family, the same meal around the same table... no phones or tv, every day.

Strangefan

I love a good Sunday roast and do one at least twice a month, mainly due to the memories as above and it tastes so bloody good,  the reason it's on a Sunday........ It takes ages to cook so not practical on any other day due to work and shopping and swimming in a Saturday. 

Axe_meister

Due to various food intolerances in my family a roast is the most common meal we cook. And it's piss easy to make

randella

God I do love a roast, but it's a pain in the butt just for two of you. We often have something in the slow cooker on a Sunday. Always eat at the table too, every day. 

Dominic

We would have roasts more often but I am starting to find it difficult in these parts to find the peasants to turn the spit and ,of course,it's also getting more difficult to hunt down a decent size Stag .

Col_Decker

randella said:

God I do love a roast, but it's a pain in the butt just for two of you. We often have something in the slow cooker on a Sunday. Always eat at the table too, every day. 

When we're doing a roast for just me and the boss we swap the roasting joint out for a couple of chicken breasts. Bish bash bosh 

Dominic

I don't think roast chicken,whole or otherwise really counts .....
 It has to be something far less healthy 

mike_l

Mum, Dad and my sister have a roast every sunday.

I don't join as I find it shit having to see a table full of food and all I can have is some chicken and mash....


Before I got Crohn's, every sunday, without fail.

stickyfiddle

We work Sundays but will often have a roast dinner on a Saturday night. Chicken usually, loads of veg and proper gravy.  

randella

Col_Decker said:

randella said:

God I do love a roast, but it's a pain in the butt just for two of you. We often have something in the slow cooker on a Sunday. Always eat at the table too, every day. 

When we're doing a roast for just me and the boss we swap the roasting joint out for a couple of chicken breasts. Bish bash bosh 

Good stuff, I like it!

Flink_Poyd

Sunday is one of the few days were all at home together at a time we all want to eat so we make at least 3 out of the month. I work days and the wife works nights so in the week it a rarity to eat together. I'll cook a Sunday roast, but if like today I can't be arsed, I'll do something like spaghetti and meatballs. 

@WezV I don't get the fuss over pancakes once a year either, they're at least twice a month in my house. 

stickyfiddle

Dominic said:

We would have roasts more often but I am starting to find it difficult in these parts to find the peasants to turn the spit and ,of course,it's also getting more difficult to hunt down a decent size Stag .

I don't buy that. Leftover chicken is great for making the rest of the week's food easier. Veg is hardly a pain. Skip the yorkshires, stuffing, bread sauce if needed to save on work and washing up - without those it's not labour intensive.

RandallFlagg

Most Sundays, I cook, full roast, chicken or pork usually.

Just had pork with crackling, roast potatoes; par boiled and fluffed up and roasted in lard, Yorkshire puds (frozen), sprouts, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower with gravy cooked in the meat juices. 

It's a meal we all enjoy and one of the only times we all sit down as a family at the same time to eat. A tradition in our house and an integral part of our home and family life.

octatonic

Virtually never these days- at least not at home.
Today I had a bowl of homemade haddock chowder, some of Mrs Oct's sourdough and salad.

If we are out with friends I might indulge but usually not.

boogieman

I used to do a roast every Sunday when my kids were little but it's a habit that's long gone. I think it was more that Sundays used to be the only day where we could really take time to cook. I think the last roast I did was Xmas day, can't remember having one before that except in a pub.

These days Mrs B and me usually have a light lunch and proper dinner in the evening. We've just had homemade pea and ham soup and rolls.  I made a beef and beer stew this morning and that'll sit in the slow cooker all day. Nom. 

Dominic

Do any other oldies like me remember Jack Hargreaves on "out of Town " on sunday lunchtimes in the old days or Kung Fu on sunday afternoons for that matter - my grandma ,who didn't have a TV, used to come round specially to watch it .