My Dutch boys also have British nationality so I want to make sure they have some idea of what being British means. It’s a tough idea to put into concrete actions and a topic I have touched upon a few times before. But the small things are easy to share with them – like a British roast dinner.
Right now as I write there is a chicken roasting in the oven, roast potatoes cooking, sprouts and broccoli ready to be cooked and stuffing balls ready to be put into the oven shortly. The whole lot will be finished off with gravy. It’s a very traditional Sunday British roast.
Childhood Memories
British roast dinners are something that I miss and something that makes my childhood memories of Sundays particularly poignant.
Growing up we sat down as a family on a Sunday lunchtime to eat a roast dinner almost weekly. Always with a pudding, which was usually the only day of the week that my mum made a dessert. A crumble, or home made rice pudding, or a fruit pie. And today, as a tribute to my Britishness, our meal will be topped off with an apple crumble and custard.
It’s a little bit of Britishness that I can easily pass on to my children. And make our own family tradition at the same time. Ideally, in twenty or thirty years time, I would love for my sons to be able to look back pn Sunday lunchtimes with the same amount of fondness as I do.
Helaas, that won’t happen. Any idea how much work a traditional Sunday British roast dinner is? Today is an unusual occurrence. The only time they can be sure of a traditional roast is at Christmas…..
Over to You
What food do you cook at home to share the tastes of your birth country with your children?
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