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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Varche on 25 March 2015, 14:23:50
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Serious question. Some good middle aged Spanish friends have expressed an interest in trying a traditional English Sunday lunch. Mrs V and I have been debating what to do for them.
So what do you do for friends or might you expect if invited including drinks/ starter (do people still do that?) and dessert?
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Glass of sherry
Prawn cocktail to start and crack on with the wine
Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, roast parsnip, peas, gravy
Sticky toffee pudding & custard or rhubarb crumble & custard
Coffee & port
Food & alcohol induced coma.
(Well, that's how it was in my parents house, anyway.. repeat the coffee & port course 3-10 times)
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any room at your parent this sunday ;D
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;D That doesn't happen for sunday lunch anymore.. even Xmas dinner is smaller than that, now!
Well, the coffee & port bit still happens..
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Swmbo usually does...
Pears with Stilton, or Smoked Salmon, or Melon or Prawn Cocktail
Followed by the Roast Beef...or Roast Chicken, Roast potatoes, and veg, Yorkshire pudding
then Apple pie and Cream/Ice Cream, or a Crumble and Custard/cream/Ice Cream
Wine obviously. And coffee.
I keep well out of the way !!!!!!!!!!!! ;D
Bit like Aarons....but that tells the way it is :y
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Wow, I feel so hungry now. ;D
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Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, roast parsnip, peas, gravy
Absolutely pointless without horseradish sauce, of course. :P
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Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, roast parsnip, peas, gravy
Absolutely pointless without horseradish sauce, of course. :P
Agreed :y
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Sherry... prawn cocktail... port. Is this a 1970s-themed party? ::) ;D
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Don't forget the fondue!
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When I visit my Mum, I always get homemade soup as a starter (quite easy to make if you go for a veggie soup)
Then its a roast meat/sprouts or leeks or cauliflower+brocolli(in a cheese sauce)/carrots/roast spuds/parsnips. Gravy is always made in meat roasting tray, so you get the juices from the roast included
Usually we skip dessert as were too full by then, but have known to have had something with custard :y
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Well you are bearing out my thoughts. Roasting joints aren't sold in Spain. You can ask a butcher to "do you one" so no problem there. I can get horseradish and Colmans mustard. Pan juice gravy (with wine added- no problem. Sprouts can get sometimes. Parsnips are really hard to get. Cualiflower cheese - great suggestion. I am ashamed to admit as a Yorkshireman that Yorkshire puddings are not my thing (why fill yourself up with batter when you can eat meat!) However for authenticity they may well feature.
So a few specific questions.
Starter. Do people really still have these in Britain? If so then some soup (cullenskink maybe).
Drinks. I am surprised no one has mentioned beer(not lager). I am prepared to try and hunt out some British tinned beer . Sherry. I have become a convert to sherry since coming to Spain. There is so much more to sherry than Harveys Bristol cream. A nice summer drink is dry white sherry with lemonade 50:50.
Do people still have a bottle of red wine with Sunday lunch?
Dessert. Custard in "Birds Eye" format is unheard of here. So a dessert with custard might feature to be true to theme. I had been thinking of a cheesecake.
Gosh it is all a bit like the "Back in time for dinner " programme on BBC2 on a Tuesday!
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Well you are bearing out my thoughts. Roasting joints aren't sold in Spain. You can ask a butcher to "do you one" so no problem there. I can get horseradish and Colmans mustard. Pan juice gravy (with wine added- no problem. Sprouts can get sometimes. Parsnips are really hard to get. Cualiflower cheese - great suggestion. I am ashamed to admit as a Yorkshireman that Yorkshire puddings are not my thing (why fill yourself up with batter when you can eat meat!) However for authenticity they may well feature.
So a few specific questions.
Starter. Do people really still have these in Britain? If so then some soup (cullenskink maybe).
Drinks. I am surprised no one has mentioned beer(not lager). I am prepared to try and hunt out some British tinned beer . Sherry. I have become a convert to sherry since coming to Spain. There is so much more to sherry than Harveys Bristol cream. A nice summer drink is dry white sherry with lemonade 50:50.
Do people still have a bottle of red wine with Sunday lunch?
Dessert. Custard in "Birds Eye" format is unheard of here. So a dessert with custard might feature to be true to theme. I had been thinking of a cheesecake.
Gosh it is all a bit like the "Back in time for dinner " programme on BBC2 on a Tuesday!
Highlight no 1 .....Red meat ...red wine ....white meat...white wine...usually....but its your preference :y
Highlight no 2 ....Birds Eye make fishy type things....think your thinking of Birds...they make custard....but I wouldn't have it with a cheesecake....maybe apple pie or similar.....cheesecake needs cream :y
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Aye aye Captain. ;D ;D BIRDS it is not Birds Eye! been a long time (over ten years since I have even seen Birds custard)
I am really looking for what people consider to be a true Sunday lunch.
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Aye aye Captain. ;D ;D BIRDS it is not Birds Eye! been a long time (over ten years since I have even seen Birds custard)
I am really looking for what people consider to be a true Sunday lunch.
You got to have Custard with every meal :) :y
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Sherry... prawn cocktail... port. Is this a 1970s-themed party? ::) ;D
Keys in the bowl, there's a good lad :P ;D
And Varche, beer? Beer with Sunday lunch? What kind of ruffian are you! :P
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Roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, roast parsnip, peas, gravy
Absolutely pointless without horseradish sauce or alternatively generous amounts of English mustard, of course. :P
Fixed.
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Aye aye Captain. ;D ;D BIRDS it is not Birds Eye! been a long time (over ten years since I have even seen Birds custard)
I am really looking for what people consider to be a true Sunday lunch.
You can buy tins of Birds custard powder in France where it is called 'Creme Anglaise', what about in more 'English' parts of Spain?
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I am quite surprised how many people have a starter and a pudding, and Wine! Sunday, in our house is where a weeks worth of washing, ironing and cleaning has to be done. However I am a lover of a Sunday roast, which we have most Sundays, and like others have said, a roast with appropriate veg and Yorkshire puddings of course. Horseradish, apple sauce, mint sauce or mustard as appropriate, to accompany the roast. We eat at tea time.......... :y :y
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I forgot to mention Lamb....your mint sauce reminded me.
To be honest we do not have lamb, because I don't like it.....but... if the kids come to lunch, then its Lamb. They seem to go potty over it. ( I get to have a turkey drumstick on those occasions ).
There are a hell of a lot of people over here that seem to go for lamb over beef ???
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I forgot to mention Lamb....your mint sauce reminded me.
To be honest we do not have lamb, because I don't like it.....but... if the kids come to lunch, then its Lamb. They seem to go potty over it. ( I get to have a turkey drumstick on those occasions ).
There are a hell of a lot of people over here that seem to go for lamb over beef ???
We all like lamb, but chops are so small and fiddly and a joint can be quite fatty, Pork tends to be the norm, with beef here and there, depending on what offers are on when we shop. We have a very popular, for miles around, slaughterhouse a couple of miles away and their meat is often much cheaper than the supermarket........... :y :y
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Sundays are all about the roast, so no starters.... none.
I lie, the starter is when the roast beef/lamb comes from the oven (That's when the potatoes go in) and after 10 mins or so, everyone gets a small slice of the roast, just to test!!!!!.
As for drinks, definitely red wine with the red meat, although white wine is acceptable for those who have no decorum.
Pudding should be an extremely stodgy affair - Us brits don't do sorbets.... A 'kin great big dollop of spotted dick or bread and butter pudding or if you are feeling majestic, a Sherry trifle.
Oh, and every roast - Chicken, Beef, Lamb, Pork etc etc MUST HAVE YORKSHIRE PUD!
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Sundays are all about the roast, so no starters.... none.
I lie, the starter is when the roast beef/lamb comes from the oven (That's when the potatoes go in) and after 10 mins or so, everyone gets a small slice of the roast, just to test!!!!!.
As for drinks, definitely red wine with the red meat, although white wine is acceptable for those who have no decorum.
Pudding should be an extremely stodgy affair - Us brits don't do sorbets.... A 'kin great big dollop of spotted dick or bread and butter pudding or if you are feeling majestic, a Sherry trifle.
Oh, and every roast - Chicken, Beef, Lamb, Pork etc etc MUST HAVE YORKSHIRE PUD!
I love to do that, it has to be tested............ ;) ;)
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I am a sod at doing that, especially if its a nice piece of topside, or a turkey. I am full after carving, before I get to the table ;D ;D ;D
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I am a sod at doing that, especially if its a nice piece of topside, or a turkey. I am full after carving, before I get to the table ;D ;D ;D
Yes that can be a problem, by the time you have cooked dinner and had a nibble here and there you don't get the full enjoyment of the meal itself......... :D :D
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My starter is a bit of bread dunked in the meat juices! :-* :y
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My starter is a bit of bread dunked in the meat juices! :-* :y
So, a bit like dripping?........... :y
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My starter is a bit of bread dunked in the meat juices! :-* :y
So, a bit like dripping?........... :y
That's it, when it's all nice and hot straight from the tray! :y
Of course there are other things to consider if El Varche is going to give his neighbours the Brit sunday lunch experience. ::)
He'll have to serve them cold meat sandwiches with cold roast spuds and pickled onions for tea, and then have them over again on Monday evening for the last of the cold meat with Bubble & Squeak!!! :y :y :y
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My starter is a bit of bread dunked in the meat juices! :-* :y
So, a bit like dripping?........... :y
That's it, when it's all nice and hot straight from the tray! :y
Of course there are other things to consider if El Varche is going to give his neighbours the Brit sunday lunch experience. ::)
He'll have to serve them cold meat sandwiches with cold roast spuds and pickled onions for tea, and then have them over again on Monday evening for the last of the cold meat with Bubble & Squeak!!! :y :y :y
Absolutely, we love that, takes longer to fry than you might think, but worth it.......