Roast beef is a dish of

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that is

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, generally served as the main dish of a meal. In the Anglosphere, 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 Lunch meats—also known as cold cuts, luncheon meats, cooked meats, sliced meats, cold meats, sandwich meats, and deli meats—are precooked or cured meats that are sliced and served cold or hot. They are typically served in sandwiches or on ...

, 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. Roast beef is a characteristic national dish of England and holds cultural meaning for the English dating back to the 1731 ballad "

The Roast Beef of Old England "The Roast Beef of Old England" is an English patriotic ballad. It was written by Henry Fielding for his play '' The Grub-Street Opera'', which was first performed in 1731. The lyrics were added to over the next twenty years. The song increase ...

". 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 is a tradition in

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dating back to the early 1800s. Roast beef is sometimes served with

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or horseradish sauce. In Denmark, it is mostly used in open sandwiches, called'' smørrebrød.''

Roast beef sandwich

The roast beef sandwich commonly comprises bread, cold roast beef, lettuce, tomatoes, and

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, although finding cheese,

, fresh/powdered

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, and

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would not be uncommon."MyRecipes.com"
The roast beef 3 way sandwich originated on the north shore of Massachusetts and was re-invented by the Greek community.

Gallery

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Sunday roast A Sunday roast or roast dinner is a traditional meal of British and Irish origin. Although it can be consumed throughout the week, it is traditionally consumed on Sunday. It consists of roasted meat, roasted potatoes and accompaniments ...

consisting of roast beef, roast potatoes, vegetables, and

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