# The English Sunday Lunch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 17, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353 "2007-06-17T12:01:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/1 "2007-06-17T12:01:11Z")
I have just scarfed down : Roast Lamb Roast Spuds Jersey Royals Baby Carrots Fresh Garden Peas Oxo Gravy Mint Sauce. Followed by: Apple and Blackberry Crumble Thin Custard. Proof indeed that if there is a God he invented The English Sunday Lunch. Proof also that yours truly is a pig šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/2 "2007-06-17T12:21:38Z")
You have made an ex-pat very jealous. But where were the sprouts? ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/3 "2007-06-17T12:22:29Z")
What are Jersey Royals? (Sounds like a sports team, but Iā€™m guessing thatā€™s not what it is!) ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/4 "2007-06-17T12:27:04Z")
Jersey Royal are the Emperor of potato. A taste unlike any other spud, if you have never tasted a Jersey Royal you have not lived. Regretably there is a short season for them **SPROUTS!!!** with lamb? are you mad sir? Anyway it aint sprout time, winter is best for those foul tasting buggers ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/5 "2007-06-17T12:34:28Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Anyway it aint sprout time, winter is best for those foul tasting buggers [/QUOTE] Boil them in salty water. Very salty. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/6 "2007-06-17T12:40:04Z")
So you had two kinds of potato at one meal? Sounds heavenly, though it would appall my mother, who would never serve bread or rolls at a meal if she were serving potatoesā€¦she said two starches were too much. Why that rule didnā€™t apply to other vegetables, I donā€™t know. ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/7 "2007-06-17T12:48:19Z")
[QUOTE=kittenblue] So you had two kinds of potato at one meal? Sounds heavenly, though it would appall my mother, who would never serve bread or rolls at a meal if she were serving potatoesā€¦she said two starches were too much. Why that rule didnā€™t apply to other vegetables, I donā€™t know. [/QUOTE] I did consider having mashed spuds as well but Iā€™m on a diet šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/8 "2007-06-17T14:31:08Z")
I had the great fortune to go to a Quaker boarding school in my late teens. The schedule there was (optional) breakfast around 7, lunch at 12, dinner at 6. But on Sundays the schedule was (optional) breakfast (donā€™t remember when), then dinner at 1, and supper at 7. I learned that ā€œdinnerā€ means the main meal of the day, whenever it is, and a light midday meal is ā€œlunchā€ and a light evening meal is ā€œsupperā€. ā€œBreakfastā€, of course, is the first meal to break a fast, at least in origin. I always liked this and still enjou taking a midday dinner some weekend days. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/9 "2007-06-17T14:35:03Z")
[QUOTE=Napier] I had the great fortune to go to a Quaker boarding school in my late teens. The schedule there was (optional) breakfast around 7, lunch at 12, dinner at 6. But on Sundays the schedule was (optional) breakfast (donā€™t remember when), then dinner at 1, and supper at 7. I learned that ā€œdinnerā€ means the main meal of the day, whenever it is, and a light midday meal is ā€œlunchā€ and a light evening meal is ā€œsupperā€. ā€œBreakfastā€, of course, is the first meal to break a fast, at least in origin. [/QUOTE] ā€˜For breakfast, eat like a king. For lunch, eat like a prince. For dinner, eat like a pauper.ā€™ ---
**Author:** ![GuyNblueJeans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e9bcb4/32.png) [@GuyNblueJeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuyNblueJeans)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/10 "2007-06-17T14:43:17Z")
I always heard that Enlgish food is horrible. That which you ate sounds pretty good, especially the lamb. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/11 "2007-06-17T15:31:27Z")
[The Moody Blues] Sunday roast is something good to eat. Must be lamb today cause beef was last week. [/The Moody Blues] ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/12 "2007-06-17T15:33:11Z")
[QUOTE=GuyNblueJeans] I always heard that Enlgish food is horrible. That which you ate sounds pretty good, especially the lamb. [/QUOTE] English food is damn good my friend especially our curries which are world famous for taste and ā€¦oh hang on. Seriously, lamb is my fave meat, there is little you can do to serve up a meal of roast lamb which is less than scrummy. Done properly the outside of the joint is crispy while inside the meat is just ever so slightly pink. Shoulder is the sweetest and by far the most tender. Now then, shall I have a cold lamb sandwich or what? Decisions, decisions ---
**Author:** ![Electrical\_Storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac8455/32.png) [@Electrical\_Storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electrical_Storm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/13 "2007-06-17T15:42:30Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] \ Followed by: Apple and Blackberry Crumble Thin Custard. [/QUOTE] ::looking at my waistline:: So, **chowder**. What is this ā€œthin custardā€ of which you speak? šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/14 "2007-06-17T15:47:39Z")
You can find the classic English Sunday Lunch at a number of pubs in Bangkok. Oddly enough, the best seems to be an Irish pub called The Dubliner. But IS that the same, or is there some variation in the Irish version? ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/15 "2007-06-17T15:49:54Z")
Well itā€™sā€¦ ermā€¦ thin custard as opposed to thick custard. Couple of tablespoons Birds Eye Custard Mix, pour over a pint of hot, not boiled milk (preferably semi-skimmed), stir and add a pinch of nutmeg and a pinch of cinnamon ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/16 "2007-06-17T15:51:52Z")
Iā€™ve got my roast in the oven at the mo. Pork Roast spuds Jerseys Sweetheart cabbage Stuffing Yorkshire puddings Followed by lemon gateaux with fresh scottish strawberries and cream. Yes I am a fat bastard šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/17 "2007-06-17T15:55:22Z")
šŸ˜ƒ [QUOTE=BunnyTVS] ---
**Author:** ![BunnyTVS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BunnyTVS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyTVS)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/18 "2007-06-17T15:57:11Z")
Itā€™s not the spirit thatā€™s the problem. Itā€™s all the beer. ---
**Author:** ![Annie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/858c86/32.png) [@Annie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/19 "2007-06-17T16:03:01Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] **SPROUTS!!!** with lamb? are you mad sir? Anyway it aint sprout time, winter is best for those foul tasting buggers [/QUOTE] I request some Brit-Doper edification: Is what yā€™all call the ā€˜sproutā€™ what we in the New World call the [Brussle Sprout?](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_sprout) (there was a Harry Potter passage where he and Ron had to peel a shitload of ā€˜sproutsā€™ and I was trying to figure out how youā€™d peel them). ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353/20 "2007-06-17T16:06:37Z")
Yes and they still taste bloody awful no matter what you call 'em. They also make you fart and boy do they stink. Some sprout addicts have been known to bottle the farts and sell it as paint stripper [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-english-sunday-lunch/408353.md?page=2)