Roast beef is a
dish of
beef
Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle (''Bos taurus'').
In prehistoric times, humankind hunted aurochs and later domesticated them. Since that time, numerous breeds of cattle have been bred specifically for the quality or quantit ...
that is
roasted, generally served as the main dish of a meal. In the
Anglosphere
The Anglosphere is a group of English-speaking nations that share historical and cultural ties with England, and which today maintain close political, diplomatic and military co-operation. While the nations included in different sources vary, t ...
, roast beef is one of the meats often served at
Sunday lunch or dinner.
Yorkshire pudding
Yorkshire pudding is a baked pudding made from a batter of eggs, flour, and milk or water. A common British side dish, it is a versatile food that can be served in numerous ways depending on its ingredients, size, and the accompanying compon ...
is a standard side dish. Sliced roast beef is also sold as a
cold cut, and used as a
sandwich
A sandwich is a food typically consisting of vegetables, sliced cheese or meat, placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein bread serves as a container or wrapper for another food type. The sandwich began as a po ...
filling. Leftover roast beef may be minced and made into
hash
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Substances
* Hash (food), a coarse mixture of ingredients
* Hash, a nickname for hashish, a cannabis product
Hash mark
*Hash mark (sports), a marking on hockey rinks and gridiron football fiel ...
.
Roast beef is a characteristic
national dish
A national dish is a culinary dish that is strongly associated with a particular country. A dish can be considered a national dish for a variety of reasons:
* It is a staple food, made from a selection of locally available foodstuffs that can be ...
of England and holds cultural meaning for the English dating back to the 1731 ballad "
The Roast Beef of Old England". The dish is so synonymous with England and its cooking methods from the 18th century that a French nickname for the English is "les Rosbifs".
History
Despite the song, roast beef was not generally eaten in medieval England: "no medieval feast featured ... roast beef, even in England".
Culinary arts
The
beef on weck sandwich
A beef on weck is a sandwich found primarily in Western New York State, particularly in the city of Buffalo. It is made with roast beef on a kummelweck roll, a roll that is topped with kosher salt and caraway seeds. The meat on the sandwich i ...
is a tradition in
western New York
Western New York (WNY) is the westernmost region of the U.S. state of New York. The eastern boundary of the region is not consistently defined by state agencies or those who call themselves "Western New Yorkers". Almost all sources agree WNY i ...
dating back to the early 1800s. Roast beef is sometimes served with
horseradish or horseradish sauce. In Denmark, it is mostly used in open sandwiches, called''
smørrebrød
(; originally , "butter and bread") smørbrød "butter bread" (Norwegian language, Norwegian), is a traditional open-faced sandwich in the cuisine of Denmark, cuisines of Denmark, Cuisine of Norway, Norway and Cuisine of Sweden, Sweden that usua ...
.''
Roast beef sandwich
The roast beef sandwich commonly comprises bread, cold roast beef, lettuce, tomatoes, and
mustard, although finding cheese,
horseradish, fresh/powdered
chili pepper
Chili peppers (also chile, chile pepper, chilli pepper, or chilli), from Nahuatl '' chīlli'' (), are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus ''Capsicum'', which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for ...
, and
red onion would not be uncommon.
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The roast beef 3 way sandwich originated on the north shore of Massachusetts and was re-invented by the Greek community.
Gallery
File:Sunday roast - roast beef 1.jpg, Sunday roast consisting of roast beef, roast potatoes, vegetables, and Yorkshire pudding
Yorkshire pudding is a baked pudding made from a batter of eggs, flour, and milk or water. A common British side dish, it is a versatile food that can be served in numerous ways depending on its ingredients, size, and the accompanying compon ...
File:Roast beef in Tulsa.jpg, Some prefer roast beef to be served "medium"
File:Roast beef, Iran.jpg, Roast beef sandwich
File:Roast beef 1.jpg, Roast beef
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