I have this British friend who moved in to New York to
study photography. It's been a while since he first came here. Every time I ask him what he misses a lot about home, he would certainly answer it’s the food, particularly the Sunday Roast. Back in Britain, his family would usually eat the Sunday Roast after they come home from church. This, he said, has been a very long tradition in most British and Irish families.
The Sunday Roast is composed of roasted meat such as pork, beef, lamb, or chicken. The roast is commonly served with accompaniments that depend primarily on the
kind of meat. For instance, roast beef would usually go with a Yorkshire pudding and for the relishes they put horseradish or English mustard sauce. Roast pork is usually paired with crackling and sage-onion stuffing. Apple sauce and English mustard serve as the relishes. The roasted lamb goes with onion stuffing, sage and mint sauce, while the roasted chicken goes with pigs in blankets, chipolata sausages, and stuffing. The relishes include cranberry sauce, redcurrant jelly, or bread sauce.
The meal will not be complete without a serving of boiled or roasted vegetables. Aside from being a traditional family meal, the
Sunday roast is also served in many pubs in the country. The Sunday roast is also called Sunday lunch or Sunday joint.
