Talk:Sunday roast

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I disagree with the merge thing. a Carvery is normally like a Roast Dinner, but in a buffet form.

I disagree also. Carvery although consiting of similar food is served on any day of the week and in buffet form as mentioned above

I agree, Carvery is different. It's explicitly in buffet, in a restaurant Sunday Roast is often not served in that form. While a Carvery can have a 'Sunday Roast' menu, a Sunday Roast isn't just the food it's how it's about the ritual etc (i.e. preferably yer mum cooks it).

I also disagree. Since Carvery can be served any day, it should not be merged with Sunday roast which obviously happens on sunday.

Merge and move to Roast dinner, on the grounds that the meals can theoretically be eaten on any day of the week, they are just most common and traditional on Sunday. The two articles are almost identical, there's no sensible reason not to merge. DWaterson 12:41, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Well, I got here from a link suggesting that 'Sunday Roast' be merged with 'Sunday Dinner'... this seems like an obvious thing to do as they are exactly the same thing, and 'Sunday Lunch' should direct to the same page also. 'Roast Dinner' and 'Carvery' however should remain separate items, as a roast dinner can be taken any day of the week and a carvery is, as you say, a thing you get in a restaurant (like a buffet with hot food), even though it may well resemble a Sunday Roast. These items should also link back to 'Sunday Roast/Dinner' as they are closely related. SB 11:02, 18 February 2007

I don't think there's anything more that could be added to "Sunday roast" that couldn't be included as a paragraph within a longer article on "Roast dinner" (since as you agree they can be taken any day of the week). So, with the exception of carvery (which is obviously a quite different thing), I would merge them all and move as I suggested above. DWaterson 11:41, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree with the merge --ukexpat 12:02, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Merged

I've gone ahead an merged two sentences that were useful, however this part may also be of interest:

Historically, Sunday dinner may have originated from the time of building the great cathedrals in England and Europe. Citizens of most parishes were expected to put in an amount of work helping to build or improve the churches and cathedrals, as part of their religious duties. In payment for their labour, they received what may have been their only hot meat meal of the week. As Sunday would normally be the only day available to perform such duties, the association with a substantial meal arose.

However, as it has been tagged as unsourced for several months, I haven't included it yet but placed it here for discussion. Cheers, DWaterson 12:26, 11 May 2007 (UTC)