Sunday Dinner

Yo, don't mess with my Sunday dinner

The tradition of Sunday dinner in England is very grounding.   Families gather around the table for a traditional roast meal--some type of meat, roast potatoes, yorkshire pudding, brussel sprouts or broccoli, mashed root vegetables.  The meal varies a bit each week, but the general predictability of the food provides a sense of warmth and stability.  Hectic Mondays are cushioned by cold roast leftovers in the evening whether in sandwich form or reconfigured into bubble and squeak (leftovers fried together).

Sunday dinner is a nice way to slow down before the rush of the next week, and a good excuse to get together with family on a regular basis.  We occasionally invite relatives over for a Sunday meal here (and vice versa)--the wonderful thing is, there's no decision about what day of the week and limited decisions about what we should make or what people will eat.

Similarly, when invited to someone's house, you are always offered a cup of tea and you are never asked what type.  Life is much easier.