Sunday roast lunch is a big part of a lot of our weekends, it brings us all together, feeds our eyes, stomachs and as Paige says we all are so busy in the week, its a chance to be together. For a teen she constantly surprises me as she likes us to eat at the table so we can all talk about our day. Then by the end of the meal we often end up hanging around the table for longer. Seems its more of a woman thing so perhaps that is why she insists on it as much as I. I am lucky in that Chris loves cooking a roast, so I get to relax a bit too.
Shloer carried out a nationwide survey which is pretty interesting, have a read and if you stay until the end, you will spot a giveaway!
· 75% of women agree that the traditional Sunday roast lunch is still important
· Women check their Facebook and emails on Sunday more than men
Traditionally a day of rest, Sundays have changed significantly thanks to the wealth of choice we now have at our fingertips. In a recent survey published as part of their‘Love your Shloer Sunday’ campaign – the makers of the sparkling juice drink, Shloer, asked 2,000 British men and women how they spend their Sundays.
Food is the ultimate way to warm the nation’s heart, and Mum's Sunday roast is still enjoyed at least once a month by three quarters of those surveyed. This much loved British dish is cherished by a notable 75% of women of all ages keeping the Sunday tradition alive in the UK. The great British roast dinner has been passed down the generations and shows the importance of sharing a meal with family and friends on a weekly basis.
A Shloer spokesperson said, “It’s wonderful to see that Sundays still hold a special place in our hearts. The Sunday roast is a well-loved tradition that has brought British families and their friends together for years.”
Another addition to the Sunday ritual is checking social media and email accounts. The survey showed that a whopping 78% of females check their online accounts up to three times a day on a Sunday.
Historian Dominic Sandbrook comments, “How people spend their Sundays changed most dramatically when the Sunday shopping law was passed in 1994. This really opened up the different types of Sundays that we see today. What was once a day for doing very little and staying at home can now be spent doing many different things. Whether it is spending time with family and friends, relaxing at home, shopping, eating out or having some time to yourself, people have more options today and enjoy doing different things with different people.
A spokesperson from Shloer concluded, “We’re really lucky to have so many ways that we can spend a Sunday but we still need to try keep Sundays special and make it a day that family and friends can share together. With busy lifestyles and lots of commitments, it is even more important to enjoy time with the people we care about; Sundays are the perfect day for this!”
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Sundays are a lovely time to catch up on all the things you cant do in the week...
ReplyDeleteA nice day with the family enjoying a roast dinner!
ReplyDeleteI like to have a roast dinner followed by a nice relaxing day of doing nothing.
ReplyDeleteDebbie Sherratt - yorkshire puds and roast beef
ReplyDeleteTalking a walk with the dog - if it's dry!
ReplyDeletelong w.a.l.k.i.e.s with my 2 Border Collies
ReplyDeleteI love sunday dinner when the whole family sits down together and shares hoew their week has gone... oh and the lie ins!!
ReplyDeleteThe best thing about Sunday is roast dinners of course ...at least it used to be before I became the Mum and had to start cooking them myself!
ReplyDeletea big fry up
ReplyDeleteI love being able to stay in bed late and read
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ReplyDeleteI love my roast beef Sunday Roasts xx
ReplyDeleteI love a vegetarian Sunday roast and chilling out with my family :-)
ReplyDeletei love sundays because we always do something together as a family! good times :-)
ReplyDeleteAlways take my son Samuel to see my parents on Sunday so at least I get Mum cooking dinner.
ReplyDeleteIt's a day of rest
ReplyDeleteI love having a lazy Sunday where you take your time in the morning with breakfast, getting ready, reading the Sunday papers. Take the kids out to the park or for a walk/cycle in the afternoon before I put on the steak pie we get from the local butchers. We then sit down as a family and have a nice meal with all the trimmings. Total Bliss!!
ReplyDeleteSharon McGuinness
I love my roast beef Sunday Roasts
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ReplyDeleteOn a Sunday I spend most of the day playing The Sims 2 on my laptop, love that game :D
ReplyDeleteI love watching my kids play football on Sundays!
ReplyDeleteIt's a chill out day :-)
ReplyDeleteI like going to church :)
ReplyDeleteI love Sundays because they are generally a day for mooching about the house, mooching about the shops, church, going out for coffee and cake. My favourite Sunday memory growing up has to be going to have waffles and ice cream after church with my mom - I was always up and dressed by 8.30am!
ReplyDeleteI always plan a totally lazy Sunday but it never seems to work out that way.
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ReplyDeletei love roast beef and yorkshire puds, but only ever on a sunday.
ReplyDeleteOn Sundays I love cooking the roast dinner whilst the TV is on watching easy going television and having a glass of sherry.
ReplyDeleteI love spending time with the family and taking the dog out for a walk and then coming home to a yummy roast dinner
ReplyDeleteHave to say we don't do Sunday lunch anymore, everyone is out & about now, seeing friends, going racing ( one of my boys does F2 sidecar racing he's the one throwing himself around in the sidecar) etc, I was buying a piece of meat out of shopping tradition & at first it wasn't getting eaten then used for sandwiches for the next day. So I now insist if you are in this country & don't have your own home then I expect you at my table for Christmas, New Year & Easter, they came back with aslong as you make your Lemon Meringue Pie for afters they agree.
ReplyDeleteSo thats fine by me no slaving over a hot cooker on a lovely sunny day. If theres enough around I get a piece of meat out of the freeze & do the works if not its something "simples" - sorry had to say it!
Me and the kids go swimming and then come back to a lovely veggie sunday roast @kikicomp and kiki woo on facebook
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ReplyDeleteRoast dinner, nice drink, on the settee and do my knitting and watch a film
ReplyDeleteI love the fact that my husband is home all day and we get some quality time as a family.
ReplyDeleteI love sundays because I don't have to go to work. Have recently taken up Zumba and love to go to a session on a Sunday morning.
ReplyDeleteI love spending time with the family, reading
ReplyDeletelove recovering from saturday night and looking at all the photos I forgot I took!
ReplyDeletei like having a huge sunday roast with all the trimmings and then having a lazy sunday afternoon
ReplyDeleteI love relaxing Sundays when we all sit down to lunch and our evening meals together and have a really good chat.
ReplyDeleteHazel Rea - @beachrambler
I love Sundays as I get to spend time with my partner and my son .
ReplyDeleteSometimes on a Sunday we have pyjama and movie days, I love those days
ReplyDeleteIt has to be traditional Sunday lunch.
ReplyDeleteSundays we have a big roast meal and have a proper family catch up. We usually watch a family movie during the afternoon too - the kids love Sundays x
ReplyDeleteSunday is when i get to see my boyfriend for the whole day :)
ReplyDeleteI spend summer sundays in my greenhouse so relaxing
ReplyDeleteI love visiting my parents on Sunday, my mum's home made meals are the best!
ReplyDeleteI love the big family get together for the Sunday roast dinner!
ReplyDeleteLike heading out on the bikes
ReplyDelete@morrighani
Roast sirloin and organic veg
ReplyDeleteAlthough we try to sit down and eat a meal together during the week, this isn't always possible, but it it something that we make sure we do on a Sunday. This is a chance to reflect on the week gone by, and look forward to the firthcoming week
ReplyDeleteCatch up on the things I need to do.
ReplyDeletechilling out with a good book
ReplyDeleteSundays we always have a roast dinner and I enjoy seeing my grandchildren
ReplyDeleteI actually work on Sundays, but I do work with my husband and some good friends so I have a brilliant time :)
ReplyDeleteSunday has to be the only time we get to have a big fry up in the morning and a lovely roast. A simple no hassle day with a bit of gaming on the xbox thrown in :)
ReplyDeleteSince having kids we always have a big roast Sunday dinner, although if it's really hot we'll have a small family BBQ instead :)
ReplyDeleteI love nut roast on sundays! :)
ReplyDeleteI love not having to clock-watch on a Sunday and to spend some time working in the garden!
ReplyDeleteA lie in!
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ReplyDeletei love roast beef with all the trimmings, oh and a lie in...................
ReplyDeleteA day of relaxing, and enjoying a traditional Sunday roast!
ReplyDeleteI work every Sunday so I don't much like Sundays. I do make the most of them when I'm on annual leave though.
ReplyDeletethere's usually a nice family film on tv
ReplyDeleteI just love relaxing and taking it easy after a long week
ReplyDeleteI love having a lazy Sunday, take your time in the morning with breakfast,read the papers and relax in the garden.
ReplyDelete'Pottering' is a Sunday occupation! Pottering in the garden, doing a bit of gardening or just sitting out there with a cuppa! Or Pottering into town for a stroll around the park. Whatever pottering is it requires a slow and relaxed pace ;-)
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ReplyDeleteI love that Sunday is family time, be it going on a walk or having sunday lunch or just relaxing together :)
ReplyDeleteI love cleaning on a Sunday, is that strange? On Sundays I give the whole house a really good clean, change bedding etc - there's something very satisfying about getting it all done :)
ReplyDelete(Hazel Christopher)
I love Sundays because I get to spend quality time with my partner and son. Saturday's are often busy and hectic but Subdays are family day :)
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ReplyDeletelove sundays as it gives me time to spend the whole day with my 4 kids and now the nice weather is coming it means we can start going out x (kelly Hockings)
ReplyDeleteI just love having a lazy pyjama day. I enjoy a good old sunday lunch with all the trimmings and do like to go out for a carvery no and again
ReplyDeleteSundays are for relaxing - sometimes with family, sometimes just for me.
ReplyDeleteSundays for me are about a delicious roast dinner with the family and then catching up on TV or DVDs that I haven't had time to watch (my favourite progs or a good film).
ReplyDeleteA lovely roast dinner in the winter and the night curled up in front of the woodburner and a good programme like Downton Abbey on the TV
ReplyDeleteI love cooking a good Sunday roast and then enjoying it with the family. If only I didn't have the washing up afterwards!! :)
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that I usually don't have to get up early on Sundays, though usually my daughter makes sure that it's not too late. lol.
ReplyDeleteI love doing a sunday roast which I do every sunday without fail.
ReplyDeletei love sunday roast :)
ReplyDeletespenting more time with the family and a lovley roast dinner xx
ReplyDeletehas to be a nice big sunday roast
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ReplyDeletei like lamb chops and mint sauce
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