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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Fucking too many questions for my simple brain
Food - a superb home-made Sunday dinner - roast spuds, parnsips, Yorkies, etc. Then home-made apple crumble.
Drink - G&T or a decent bottle of red.
Films - Classic comedy - Blazing Saddles, Airplane, Animal House, etc
Music - too many to list here. Depends on what I'm doing at the time.

Alt: France in P7 for 12 days.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:28, 2 replies, latest was 10 years ago)
P7 trip to France?
Did you go to Fettes or sutin?
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:31, Reply)
Why? Did they not allow you beyond the Trossachs or summat?
It's only France Doze, not fucking Tierra Del Fuego.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:33, Reply)
nah m8
Just that my P7 trips were to Aden Country Park and that.

Battlefields tours and that were the kind of thing we did at Gordons is all.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:35, Reply)
Gordons?

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:38, Reply)
ALIVE

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:38, Reply)
Gay Gordons innit

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:39, Reply)
Robert Gordons College m8

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:39, Reply)
I see.
For one horrific moment I thought you meant Gordonstoun.

It would have explained a lot.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:12, Reply)
I've never understood why so many people are so keen on roast dinners.

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:33, Reply)
That's because you're some kind of flailing veggie who neither likes nor understands food.
HTH xxx
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:35, Reply)
Well this isn't helpful at all.

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:35, Reply)
Sometimes we don't like to hear the truth mate. Sozzers.

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:38, Reply)
I disagree, it's very helpful. He's concisely explained why you don't understand peoples' enjoyment of a roast lunch.
I can't see how it could have been more helpful, really.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:40, Reply)
Not really.
He's assumed that I have never eaten meat and has projected his dislike and misunderstanding of my diet onto me.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:47, Reply)
Big lumps of dead animals...
..with added tubers, roots and items FTW
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:36, Reply)
They are a comfort food though
A well done roast is very nice (not the greatest thing in the world) However as a comfort it is a family image thing bit like Christmas dinner being a warm family time
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:36, Reply)
this^
I made some excellent roast beef and Yorkshire puddings at the weekend. Managed some of my finest roasties too
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:38, Reply)
What's your methodology?
Roasties can be a contentious issue in my house.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:40, Reply)
^ living on the edge right here ^
(the edge of shitdull suburbia)
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:45, Reply)
he even manages to out-dull cranley, and is approaching Cranley levels of pomposity

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:46, Reply)
it is quite bizarre that nobody has killed him yet

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:49, Reply)
See QOTW for an exciting and shocking anecdote!!!
People get drunk at a wedding
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:49, Reply)
classic baggenprick!

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:53, Reply)
It's a prick from me!

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:54, Reply)
^ upset
and it's not even midday.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:59, Reply)
ha ha yeah

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:00, Reply)
It's not pomposity bumlord
It's called 'superiority'
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:00, Reply)
nah m8
Deffo pompositude.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:04, Reply)
Don't blame me for your failure mate.

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:07, Reply)
Cook spuds in oven until roasted

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:45, Reply)
I used to used goose fat
But now I just put my joint of meat on the top shelf of the oven and the roast tin for the spuds on the shelf below it. The tin collects the juice which I then use to roast the spuds. QED.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:55, Reply)
I use the juice for gravy rather than spud

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:57, Reply)
"I cook all the moisture out of it and then pour it back over it again to make it edible"

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:03, Reply)
Exactly

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:05, Reply)
I put a bit of juice to one side for the gravy but I also use the leftover water from the vegetable steamer.
^ Pro tip ^
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:09, Reply)
Maris piper + sweet potato
Peel and chop into large chunks. Boil for 5 mins until edges starting to crumble then drain and leave to dry out. Stick a roasting tray in the oven with olive oil with beef dripping in it too. Season the tray with salt and leave to get FUCKING hot. Chuck drained spuds into oil, toss it around a bit and leave it in at 230 for an hour. Crispy outsides, brown bits and fluffy inside.

WIN
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:56, Reply)
See above - I use the juices from the meat instead.
Also remember to give your spuds a bit of a shake to break down the edges if they need it.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:58, Reply)
Mix of both potato and fat. Interesting.
I always boil for much longer ... maybe 10-15 mins to try and fluff them up more.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:03, Reply)
Maris Pipers disintegrate if you boil them too long

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:04, Reply)
Maybe I'm not using the right potato. I usually just buy the bag labled 'potato'.
I'll try it your way.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:06, Reply)
^ This ^
I usually put the spuds onto boil about 1hr 10mins before I'm serving - 10 mins to start boiling, 5 mins actual boiling, rest of the time in the oven.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:08, Reply)
See you try and answer helpfully and the stupid veggie doesnt even bother to reply

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:45, Reply)
probably too busy firing up his morning dooby

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:49, Reply)
Who doesn't love a wake n bake, eh?

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:50, Reply)
My family never really bothered with Sunday lunches, so I guess that might explain my lack of nostalgic affection for them.
'Comfort food' often tends to be stodge, your view seems the most realistic 'nice, but not the greatest...'


*The questioner chose this response as the most helpful
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:54, Reply)
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(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:15, Reply)
Also its not whether you had sunday lunches
But the idea of them as a family time, the romanticised version if you will
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:17, Reply)
I ain't so mad on them, they're dull generally

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:47, Reply)
Yeah, it probably isn't going to further my point if the only consensus I get is from you and swipe.

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:49, Reply)
Yeah so far we have the 3 massive OT foodwrongs not understanding the allure of the Sunday roast.
If nothing else this will confirm to everyone else which way they should be voting here.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 11:57, Reply)
Thanks Holmez, Thanks.

(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:10, Reply)
Soz bro
For what it's worth, I agree with and appreciate your input, but see Fister's post above for how others perceive it.
(, Tue 4 Nov 2014, 12:13, Reply)

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