欧洲美食：英式周日烤肉.docx

欧洲美食：英式周日烤肉??周日烤肉?The Sunday Roast??? ?The Sunday roast is a traditional British main meal served on Sundays, consisting of roasted meat,roast potato or mashed potato, with accompaniments such as Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, vegetables and gravy.??? ?It is popular throughout the United Kingdom,the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and?Ireland. Other names for this meal are cooked dinner,Sunday dinner, Sunday lunch, Sunday tea, and Roast dinner. The meal is often comparable to a less grand version of a traditional Christmas dinner in these cultures.??? ?There are (at least) two opinions on the origins of the Sunday Roast.One holds that, during the industrial revolution, Yorkshire families left a cut of meat in the oven before going to church on a Sunday morning,which was then ready to eat by the time they arrived home at lunchtime. The second opinion holds that the Sunday Roast dates back to medieval times, when the village serfs served the?squire for six days a week.Then on the Sunday, after the morning church service,serfs would assemble in a field and practice their battle techniques and were rewarded with a feast of oxen roasted on a spit.??? ?Typical meats used for a Sunday roast are beef,chicken, lamb or pork, although seasonally duck,?goose, turkey or (rarely) other game birds may be used. Sunday roasts can be served with a range?of boiled, steamed and roasted vegetables. The vegetables served vary seasonally and regionally, but?will usually include roast potatoes. The potatoes can be cooked around the meat itself, absorbing the juices and fat directly. However, many cooks prefer to cook the potatoes and the Yorkshire Pudding in a hotter oven than that used for the joint and so remove the meat beforehand to rest and settle in a warm place.??? ?Other vegetable dishes served with roast dinner can include mashed swede or turnip, roast parsnip,boiled or steamed cabbage, broccoli, green beans and boiled carrots and peas. It is also not uncommon for left