Roasting facts for kids

Sunday roast consisting of roast beef, roast potatoes, vegetables and yorkshire pudding

Roasting is a way of cooking. Something gets roasted if it is put over a fire, and some is burnt. The same effect can also be attained with a grill at a barbecue.

Meat

In different countries people like to roast different things. People usually roast meats such as pork, beef, chicken, lamb, and duck. The roasted meat, along with its accompanying vegetables, is often called a roast.

Most meat being roasted has to cook for a relatively long time, to ensure that it is cooked through. Variations to this include lamb and beef, which may be left "pink" or partially uncooked towards the centre.

Other

Other things can be roasted too. For example, vegetables, coffee and chocolate. Coffee and chocolate are always roasted.

Images for kids

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  Tudor style roasting meat on a spit

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  Whole roast chicken

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  Shawarma prepared on a rotating spit

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  Roast vegetables

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  A 3 kilograms (6.6 lb) top round roast of beef, tied and ready to be browned and roasted

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  Untrussed (untied) and trussed chicken for roasting

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  Roasting of burbot with scallops (France) to be cooked