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 周日美食食谱大全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 seasona
lly 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 leftover composite vegetable dishes一such as cauliflower cheese and stewed red cabbage. 



      周日烤肉是传统的英式周日菜肴.由烤肉、烤土豆或土豆泥组成,可与约克郡布丁、馅、蔬菜和肉汁配食。 
      周日烤肉在英国、美国、加拿大、澳大利亚、新西兰和爱尔兰都非常流行。这种美食因此也不乏其他名称,例如烹饪晚餐、周日晚餐、周日午餐、周日茶、烤肉晚餐等。这顿饭往往被认为是传统圣诞晚餐的压缩 
版本。 
      关于周日烤肉的起源,至少有两种说法。一个认为,工业革命期间,约克郡的各家各户都会在星期夭早上离开家去教堂前,切一块肉放在烤炉里。然后午餐时间他们回到家中时,这块肉刚好可以吃。第二种意见认为,周日烤肉的历史可以追溯到中世纪时期,当时村里的农奴每周要为乡绅服务六夭。然后周日。早晨的教会服务结束后,农奴会在空地上聚集起来并练习自己的战斗技术,胜者会获得用铁杆串着的烤牛宴的奖励。 
      典型的星期夭烤肉用的有牛肉、鸡肉、羊肉或猪肉,但有时时令性的鸭、鹅、火鸡和其他猎禽也可能被用来烹饪。周日烤肉的配菜有一系列经过煮,蒸和烧烤的蔬菜。蔬菜的供应根据季节和地区变换而不同,但通常会包括烤土豆。土豆可以被裹在肉的外面进行烹饪,直接吸收肉的汁液和脂肪。然而,许多厨师都喜欢用比烤混合肉所用的热炉更热一些的热炉来烹制土豆和约克郡布丁,所以会提早将肉拿开并放置在一个温热的地方。 
      其他烤肉晚餐的蔬菜配菜还包括甘蓝泥或萝卜泥、烤防风草根、水煮或是清蒸白菜、西
兰花、青豆和煮熟的胡萝卜和豌豆。同样利用剩余的食材制作的菜也很常见—如花椰菜奶酪和红烧红卷心菜。 
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