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Roast potatoes. I will happily have less meat to fit more spuds on my plate.
Just sitting here in a post roastie glow.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 2:56 pm
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Proper gravy and really buttery mash. Yummerz!


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:01 pm
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Watching the footage from the hidden camera.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:08 pm
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^ 😆


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:10 pm
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😀

+1


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:13 pm
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I'm about to sit down for my second roast dinner of the day, it's 3.15pm and not even Christmas
And in answer to the question, Yorkshire puddings


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:17 pm
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Roast potatoes and streaming live coverage ftw?


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:19 pm
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You cannot reduce a roast dinner to a single component. Heresy I tell ye.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:20 pm
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Best bit: Yorkshire puddings
Worst bit: rodding the drain that's blocked with all the fat that wasn't poured down the sink, honest


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:20 pm
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The chicken skin

Assuming you are having a chicken.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:22 pm
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I've often wondered what the crackling would be like on a rhinoceros .


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:26 pm
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Surely hippo crackling is the ultimate?


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:44 pm
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Roasts are massively overrated . There is said it.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:46 pm
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Surely hippo crackling is the ultimate?

There's only one way to find out! 😀


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:46 pm
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Leftovers! I love bubble & squeak!


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:51 pm
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Roasts are massively overrated . There is said it.

You are doing it wrong then.

Chicken - The wings and the parsons nose while carving.

Beef - A sliver of the hot fat while carving.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:52 pm
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roasties gravy and cheese sauce.....


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 3:57 pm
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The last mop of the gravy with bits of everything in with the last bit of meat and Yorkshire. And the snooze on the sofa afterwards


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 4:03 pm
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Not cooking it yourself 😉


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 4:04 pm
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Crispy roast potatoes for sure. I can never do them quite right myself though. Almost there but not quite.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 4:06 pm
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All the juicy mush left over on your plate at the end. They should put that stuff in jars and sell it as a toast topping.


 
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Roast spuds. Proper made roasted though not bought in a packet from Iceland. In fact all of it is so good. Don't get the opportunity these days to have a roast dinner but I love them.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 4:09 pm
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Somewhere in my distant past, I used to be able to just buy roast potatoes in a bag as a takeaway, then just douse in salt & pepper.

Can't remember where though, but it was a great idea!

(oh, and does anyone remember the particular jacket spud van on Torquay harbourside back in the early 2000s that served the drunken revelers? That was [b]awesome[/b])


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 4:12 pm
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All the juicy mush left over on your plate at the end. They should put that stuff in jars and sell it as a toast topping.

My thoughts too.


 
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The Parson's Nose


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 4:15 pm
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Somewhere in my distant past, I used to be able to just buy roast potatoes in a bag as a takeaway, then just douse in salt & pepper.

Some supermarkets use to have them.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 4:30 pm
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I've just found out that a place round the corner does roast beef in Yorkshire pudding wraps.

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Oh my...


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 4:44 pm
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I can't decide if that's inspired, or some decapitated monster.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 4:57 pm
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Someone else washing up


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 5:15 pm
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The hock bits on a leg of lamb when carving, the oysters in a chicken but overall super crunchy roasties done in dripping.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 5:17 pm
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Meat the well cooked bits on the outside m mmm.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 5:29 pm
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Being grateful I have a dishwasher.
I hate washing up. Love a good beef roast dinner though. Beef and mustard with gravy FTW.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 5:34 pm
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Roast potatoes
Roasted parmesan parsnips
carrots cooked in butter, honey and star anise
picking the wobbly bits off the bird whilst carving.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 5:35 pm
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Parsnips

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Posted : 31/01/2016 5:41 pm
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Crackling, properly done. Not too toothsome and just chewy enough.

It's the USP that makes me choose roast pork over beef, chicken or even lamb when I'm out for Sunday lunch.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 5:46 pm
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I can't pick a single best part of a roast. I can't even think of a not so nice but either.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 5:58 pm
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Rare roast beef, gravy, Yorkshire pudding, horseradish. The rest is just filler


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 6:02 pm
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Roast Gnarrsnip.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 6:17 pm
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I'm popping round to Pictonroads next Sunday!


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 6:19 pm
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Just about to pull a slow roast shoulder of lamb from the oven.
Sat on a bed of veg but with crispy roast potatoes & sprouts for accompaniment


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 7:28 pm
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The burnt crispy bits left on the bottom of the roasting tin. Particularly beef. It's rhick and sticky like tar, but tastes like heaven.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 7:35 pm
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Today's roast lamb was delicious. But the best bit was coming in from a chilly, wet ride to be met by the smell of said roast cooking.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 7:51 pm
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The bit at the end - a pool of gravy with all the mint sauce, bits of broccoli, red cabbage (all lamb gone by this point) and crushing the last roastie into it and mopping up. By this point the joy of this is juxtaposed with the sadness of it all being over imminently. This just happened 🙂 🙁


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 7:57 pm
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The dogs cleaning out the roasting dish afterwards n the gravy pan .
Pre wash in our house..


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 8:21 pm
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Bread Sauce.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 9:09 pm
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The farting a few hours after eating the stuffing.


 
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(oh, and does anyone remember the particular jacket spud van on Torquay harbourside back in the early 2000s that served the drunken revelers? That was awesome)

Yes, we knew him as 'the jacky P man'. (Original I know). Very fond memories, especially drinking the melted butter out of the tray at the end. Yummers!

As for the question, for me it's the combination of the chicken breast, stuffing and gravy.


 
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Crispy burnt ends on the roast parsnip.


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 9:24 pm
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Yorkshire pudding and crispy chicken skin or crackling


 
Posted : 31/01/2016 9:53 pm
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Crispy skin of chicken or lamb.
Crackling.
The warm moist fat of lamb.
The rare meat and wobbly fat bit right in the middle of a rib roast.
The well done end bits.
Proper gravy - i.e not out of a jar or packet.
Yorkshire puds.

Then afterwards:
Beef and horseradish sarnies.
Pork dripping.
Chicken broth made from the carcass.


 
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[quote=mtbfix ]Today's roast lamb was delicious. But the best bit was coming in from a chilly, wet ride to be met by the smell of said roast cooking.

This for me I reckon, although it's usually something slow cooked rather than a roast.


 
Posted : 01/02/2016 9:29 am
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The crispy edges of roast duck


 
Posted : 01/02/2016 9:32 am
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The kip on the sofa afterwards.


 
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@pictonroad - are you anywhere near The Lord Darcy in north Leeds?
Love their roast beef & Yorkshire wraps. Their sausages & mash are pretty good too


 
Posted : 01/02/2016 3:38 pm
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Has anyone ever had a roast in a restaurant that's as good as one at home?
They always slip up on the roasties and the gravy.
If you can't make gravy , you shouldn't work in a kitchen.


 
Posted : 01/02/2016 4:21 pm
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Has anyone ever had a roast in a restaurant that's as good as one at home?

Probably not.
If you can't make gravy , you shouldn't work in a kitchen.

If you can't make gravy you shouldn't attempt a roast.


 
Posted : 01/02/2016 5:57 pm
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I don't think I've ever had a decent roast potato in a restaurant. They always taste old.


 
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