What time do you have your Sunday lunch/dinner/roast?

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Growing up if a roast was being done at home, it was served between 1500 and 1700 which probably sits outside 'lunch' hours. I've noticed that at pubs and restaurants that this is the gap between food services. I just can't imagine eating a Sunday roast any earlier than 1400. If we have a roast it's one main meal for the day. I'm told that it should be served at midday, 1pm at the latest. (I don't want to introduce the meal names debate but the correct terms are; Breakfast, Lunch, Tea.)

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DimiRPG@reddit

If am at home around 1pm, if I go to a pub around 12:30. I usually wake up early and skip breakfast, so by 12 I am ready to eat :-) .

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Civil_opinion24@reddit

Usually about 4pm

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raccoonsaff@reddit

We always started our roast sometime between 2 and 5! Christmas dinner would normally be a bit later, between 3 and 6.

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mog_goblin@reddit

I don’t necessarily have one on a Sunday. I live alone and so just cook one whenever I fancy one tbh and it’s usually a Lamb Roast in the evening around 1800 ish. When I was younger however my parents always timed it with Heartbeat on a Sunday haha

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siblingrevelryagain@reddit

I prefer lunch time (1/2pm), as I don’t want to be doing dishes all evening before work on Monday

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Gadgie2023@reddit

About 4:00pm. Can’t get my head around having one at Noon. You’ll be done in after it and the afternoon is a write off.

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starsandbribes@reddit

I wake up at noon. Fuck having a full roast for breakfast before i’ve had the chance to have coffee/something sweet.

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Gadgie2023@reddit

Agreed. I like an easy morning, a decent coffee and maybe some fresh air. Something small and sweet to tide you over until 4:00pm for the main event.

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CheesyLala@reddit

>You’ll be done in after it and the afternoon is a write off. Result

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OriginalPlonker@reddit

Ours is Macdonalds now. We (me, partner, mum) take the dogs for a run on the beach and eat on the way home around 4pm.

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SkullKid888@reddit

I don’t make a roast often but when I do I make an afternoon of it. Few tinnies in the kitchen with the football and/or music on as I cook away and by the time its ready i’m a bit tipsy and excited to get it down me. Then have a nap on the sofa. Great way to spend a rainy Sunday afternoon.

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Whole-Sundae-98@reddit

Growing up it was usually at 13:00hrs. If I'm cooking one, it's about 15:00hrs. It is the main meal of the day & and we're hungry by then.

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Martinonfire@reddit

Breakfast, dinner and tea actually …and Sunday dinner should be served at dinner time, 12 noon obviously.

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Independent_Range171@reddit

Sorry no. It’s breakfast, lunch and dinner 🤣

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Novastar171@reddit

All I can think about is the song breakfast dinner tea (idk it's actual name)

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ClevelandWomble@reddit

13:00 - 13:30

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LondonLeather@reddit

It used to be that pubs closed at 2pm on Sunday lunchtime so lunch was at 3pm in our house. These days I do lunch at 1pm but I don't go to the pub.

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blurdyblurb@reddit

When i was growing up, it was at dinner time, not tea time, 1 o clock.., but I'm from the north. These days, i have it at about 4, so i can have a good glug of red wine with it and not feel too bad on Monday

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Pebbley@reddit

4 - 6 on a Sunday, then chill for the evening, late ice cream maybe.

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WealthMain2987@reddit

I am with you or will eat leftovers if I am hungry later on in the evening

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Traditional_Cress561@reddit

12:06

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abfgern_@reddit

Midday, after church traditionally

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jeremyascot@reddit

6pm

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AdrenalineAnxiety@reddit

Either 12-1pm if we're doing lunch or 4-5 pm if we're doing tea (probably 80% of the time).

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SaltPomegranate4@reddit

2.30pm

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vcockle@reddit

We used to have a full English at about 10, then wouldn't need a roast until 4ish. Sundays were a good day

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imminentmailing463@reddit

About 4pm. Perfect time to eat, let it sit for a bit, do some washing up and then reconvene early evening for dessert in front of the TV.

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PatserGrey@reddit

ehhhh, xmas time

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Inevitable-Height851@reddit

If it's not served by 1.15 pm the very fabric of the universe is torn to shreds

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randomdiyeruk@reddit

12:30 to 1pm

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YchYFi@reddit

My mum likes it dead on 12. I prefer it like 7pm.

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bornleverpuller85@reddit

Dished up by 1.

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