SUNDAY ROAST DINNER IN THE MICROWAVE The Roast Dinner on a Sunday, Mid-Week or even Christmas Day can be quite a task. The trick is to make sure that everything on the plate is piping hot and your onto a winner. Older generations have the view that the Roast Dinner is something a bit special, especially those who lived through the years where food was on the ration, where plates were rarely filled up for over a decade as rationing continued for nine years after the end of world war 2. Due to the respect of the Roast Dinner, it is considered to be Englands National Dish. The french actually refer to us as Ros Bifs (Roast Beefs) The origins of the Roast Dinner are from people basically cooking a large meal for after church on a Sunday. Some families would fast before going to church, and would required a large meal for later. The meat would cook while the family were at the church service, and the veg was cooked when they returned. During the reign of