What is your roast dinner meat of choice?

With it having just been Christmas, many of us will have eaten a roast dinner yesterday (and indeed, may have eaten leftovers today!). Across Britain and the world, roast turkey is a Christmas staple, with millions of people having one each year. Earlier today, I was having the discussion with my family over some roast turkey leftovers from yesterday about what your roast dinner meat of choice is, so with that in mind, I’d be intrigued to know; what is your roast dinner meat of choice?

If I were to pick, I have to say that I think I’m a poultry person when it comes to the meat on a traditional roast dinner plate; I’d definitely pick either chicken or turkey if I had the choice of any meat. If I had a gun to my head, I’d probably pick turkey because we only seem to eat it at Christmas whereas we seem to have chicken all the time, but I really like both as roast dinner meats!

I’m not 100% sure whether this would translate to a traditional roast dinner, but I have to say that beef has also grown on me as a meat recently; I would never have said I overly liked steak, but in something like steak and ale pie or a chow mein, I’ve recently been finding that beef is lovely (although I’ve always liked beef burgers and minced beef, so who knows?)! I used to really like a lamb shank, but I found the last one I ate a bit too fatty and have gone off lamb a bit as a result. I like pork, but I find it a bit too tough at times (although I do absolutely love a good sausage, possibly more so than any “regular” roast dinner meat!).

But I’d be keen to know; what is your roast dinner meat of choice? Of course, it is worth me noting that vegetarian/vegan is also a perfectly valid option (not one I choose myself, but each to their own)!

I’ve always enjoyed lamb, but the problem is that it’s quite expensive, so I only ever have it as a treat. The only roast I’ve ever done for myself was lamb at Easter, and I managed to do a pretty decent job of it, including getting all the timings right, so I was pretty happy!

The flesh of my enemies.

Or, you know, any of the above animals. I'll happily eat any of them.

I am waiting for somebody else to say it but...

Well roasted Goose.


But in truth...barbied lamb, rather overcooked and crunchy.

On a campsite.

After coasters.

With beer.

Historically, beef. But recently, pork. Especially a nice mouthful with cabbage and apple sauce.

I’m a sucker for a good bit of gammon as well.