Everything about Roast Beef totally explained
» This article is about the food. For the Achewood character, see Roast Beef.
Roast beef is a cut of
beef which is roasted in an
oven. Roast beef is often served within sandwiches and sometimes is used to make
hash. In
England,
Canada, and
Australia roast beef is one of the meats traditionally served at
Sunday Dinner. A traditional side dish to roast beef is
Yorkshire pudding.
In Culture
In
Europe, the
English are particularly associated with
beef-eating, which is why the
French call them
les rosbifs (the roast beefs). Another theory for the derivation of this name is a French mockery of the English: being relatively fair in comparison to the French, they easily get sunburned, resulting in red skin. The British reciprocally call the French "frogs" on account of the French dish of
frog legs.
According to research carried out by the
Museum of London amongst
Roman rubbish dumps in
London, it seems that Britons acquired their first taste of roast beef from the
Roman military as the city expanded under their occupation. Despite this, it seems not to have become popular amongst the population in general until the
Middle Ages or later, and only became a 'national
caricature' in the
18th century.
William Shakespeare suggests a reputation of the English to gorge on beef, when in the play
Henry V, act 3, scene 7, before the
Battle of Agincourt he's the
Constable of France say
» "Give them great meals of beef and iron and steel, that'll eat like wolves and fight like devils".
There is also a (much
parodied) song called
The Roast Beef of Old England.
Cooking
Roast beef is traditionally served "rare" or "pink" meaning that the centre of the joint is warmed, but not cooked so that it retains the red color of raw beef. It should be noted however that there are health concerns associated with the consumption of raw meat.
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