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  1. #1
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    Jul 2005
    Rural NSW
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    Roast chicken is so easy... you can rub almost anything onto it... and making your own stuffing is sooo easy too... I like to experiment with using nuts (walnuts work well) with the stuffing... it's a great way to use up stale bread... just dry it out even more in the toaster or hot oven then blend into crumbs in the food processor. I use 1 egg to keep the stuffing 'together'. I can't post a recipe because I don't follow one! I also use an old lidded roaster Kande brand.... I'd say it's circa 1950 but it really saves having to clean the inside of the oven too much (from baked on spitting juices).

  2. #2
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    Nov 2008
    Perth, WA
    2,315

    We do a roast about once a week in winter, less often in Summer. Usually lamb or pork, but I like kangaroo too (just buy it in Woolies, cheap as!). Occasionally roast a chicken and we're having Christmas in July next weekend, so we'll do a turkey.

    DH usually cooks the lamb or pork, I'll do the kangaroo or chicken and the veges too. I love experimenting with stuffing int a chicken or turkey (breadcrumbs plus lots of fresh herbs, walnuts or pinenuts, sultanas, onions or shallots, dried apricots, garlic etc - delicious!).

    Such an easy dinner! Just remember to always make enough for leftovers!

  3. #3
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    Oct 2006
    Perth
    3,299

    My mum has been doing a Sunday roast for as long as I can remember! My Dad's mum (nanna) used to it frequently and all us grandkids had a ball playing. Now mum's been doing it for years and we go there every weekend with my brothers and sister and our partners and kids. It's a family tradition! I love it! If it's Mum or Dad's birthday or Mother's Day or Father's Day, then I will tend to stick my hand up and do the Sunday roast for the family.

  4. #4
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    Sep 2005
    In the middle of nowhere
    9,362

    I buy a roast once a fortnight with the shopping. I try and alternate, but the lamb out here is so fresh and much nicer than beef IMO. I do pork, turkey and chicken too.
    No particular night though as what is Sunday really to a shiftworker lol?
    Always me that cooks though...DH wouldn't even know where(or what for that matter) the roasting tray was...

  5. #5
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    Jan 2007
    East Kurrajong
    522

    we have a roast several times a week.

    because its cheap and easy to cook, just chuck it all in the oven and steem some vegies. and only 1 pan and 1 pot to wash. (plus plates etc)

    we buy bulk and cut one roast beef into 3-4 smaller ones about 600g per roast.

  6. #6
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    Jul 2009
    12

    i do a bake dinner about twice a week kids love my bake dinners

  7. #7
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    Dec 2005
    In Bankworld with Barbara
    14,222

    We usually have one once a week - no specific day. Mostly lamb, followed by pork, chicken and beef. But not so much lately as we haven't hung any sheep for a while so the freezer is looking a bit poor atm.

  8. #8
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    Jul 2009
    12

    bake dinners are the best yum

  9. #9
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    Apr 2008
    The Purple House, Sydney
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    Once a week here- either chicken (I just rub garlic, rosemary and sea salt into the skin), beef or lamb.

    I do the most boring roasts Just the meat, three veg, seasoned with garlic, rosemary and salt and pepper. But that's the way we like 'em.

    I no longer trust dh to cook roasts after he mixed in soy sauce with the oil for the vegies and then laid them on newspaper once they were done. My taters had adds on them.

  10. #10
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    Feb 2006
    Newcastle, NSW
    4,219

    I love to cook a lamb roast in the slow cooker as often as I can. Lamb roasts are a favourite here. I must do a pork roast again some time for my poor neglected DH who loves pork, but I hate it.

  11. #11
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    Mar 2009
    N.S.W
    1,197

    Once a fortnight. Normally pork, occasionlly beef or lamb. Dh cooks them, I have never cooked a roast in my life.

  12. #12
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    Dec 2007
    349

    My taters had adds on them.
    hahahaha

  13. #13
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    Sep 2006
    1,223

    We have roast lamb or chicken here sometimes once a week or once a fortnight.Usually on a Wednesday night as its the day I'm home from work early enough to get it all ready. I'm the only one here who cooks. DH wouldn't know where to start
    We have a friend who is a sheep farmer so we get the freshest yummiest lamb when ever we go visit If we have chicken I just go to RedLea and buy a ready to cook one that is pre seasoned and ready to cook. I also cook it in an oven bag to eliminate the splatter while its cooking. Oh and a large chook takes about 1.5 to 2 hours to cook.
    We usually have a banana split or apple pie and icecream for desert.YUMMMMM!!!!!

  14. #14
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    Mar 2008
    North Northcote
    8,065

    we have roast once a fortnight. i throw it in with the shopping. we would like it more often, but we only get organic, free-range (farm killed if possible). and it appears that if you want that, you gotta own a gold mine LOL!

    we generally have chicken or pork (depending on what the butcher has...ie if his farms that he buys off have it...

    i do the roasts. DH has NO idea when it comes to roasting. once he decided to 'surprise' me and cooked a roast chicken...upside down, no seasoning, nothing. just threw it in and pumped up the gas LOL! it was horrid!!

    i LOVE doing Jamie Olivers roast chicken. it is just yummy.

    for pork, i do the basic, rock salt in the cuts and grinded salt on top and on the meat, stuff the cuts with rosemary/sage...and maybe a bit of honey...

    usually have a side of apple sauce that i have cooked with a cinnamon stick. yum! oh and roast taties and sweet potato...

    BUT no gravy. dont know how to make it!!!

  15. #15
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    May 2009
    SEQLD
    2,308

    I would love to do roast every week but I just havent had the time, we go through stages where its once a week for a few weeks, then nothing for months

    Once things settle down and if/when we move I want to get back into the sunday roast thing.

    my grandmother always did it and its nice to bring that into my new family