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Best Roast beef in Toronto

“A French nickname for the English is les rosbifs—roast beef lovers so defined by the dish they became its name.”

Roast beef

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Roast beef is a dish of beef that is roasted, generally served as the main dish of a meal. In the Anglosphere, roast beef is one of the meats often served at Sunday lunch or dinner. Yorkshire pudding is a standard side dish. Sliced roast beef is also sold as a cold cut, and used as a sandwich filling. Leftover roast beef may be minced and made into hash. Roast beef is a characteristic national dish of England and holds cultural meaning for the English dating back to the 1731 ballad "The Roast Beef of Old England". The dish is so synonymous with England and its cooking methods from the 18th century that a French nickname for the English is les rosbifs.

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Roast beef arrives at the English table with centuries of weight behind it—a Sunday ritual so ingrained that France once called the English by its name alone. Yorkshire pudding catches the meat's drippings like a secondary prayer. Whether served hot and sliced or cold between bread the next day, roast beef refuses to waste itself; even scraps become hash, a meal within the meal.

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  • culturally significant
  • adaptable across meals
  • time-honored
  • defined English cooking

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