Roast beef facts for kids
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| Course | Main course |
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| Place of origin | England |
| Serving temperature | Hot or Cold |
| Main ingredients | Beef |
Roast beef is a classic dish made from beef that has been cooked by roasting. It's often served as the main part of a meal. Any leftovers are great for making sandwiches or a dish called hash. In many countries like the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, New Zealand, and Australia, roast beef is a popular choice for Sunday lunch or dinner. You can also find it served cold in delicatessen stores, often sliced thin for sandwiches. A common side dish with roast beef is Yorkshire pudding.
Roast beef is a special national dish of England. It has been important to English culture for a long time, even inspiring a song from 1731 called "The Roast Beef of Old England". This dish is so connected to England that the French sometimes call the English "les Rosbifs."
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The History of Roast Beef
Even though there's a famous song about it, roast beef wasn't a common meal in England during the Middle Ages. It became much more popular later on.
How Roast Beef is Enjoyed
In western New York, a special sandwich called the beef on weck sandwich has been a tradition since the early 1800s. Roast beef is often served with horseradish or a creamy horseradish sauce. In Denmark, roast beef is mostly used in open sandwiches, which are called smørrebrød.
The Roast Beef Sandwich
A common roast beef sandwich usually has bread and cold roast beef. The beef might be leftovers from a home-cooked meal or sliced meat from a deli. Other ingredients often include lettuce, tomatoes, and mustard. Sometimes, you might also find cheese, horseradish, chili pepper, or red onion in a roast beef sandwich.
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Sunday roast with roast beef, roast potatoes, vegetables, and Yorkshire pudding
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Some people like their roast beef cooked "medium"
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A roast beef sandwich
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Roast beef
See also
In Spanish: Rosbif para niños
