Roast beef /

Roast beef is a dish of beef which is roasted in an oven. Essentially prepared as a main meal, the leftovers can be and are often served within sandwiches and sometimes is used to make hash. In the UK, Canada, Ireland, and Australia, roast beef is one of the meats traditionally served at Sunday dinner, although it is also often served as a cold cut in delicatessen stores, usually in sandwiches. A traditional side dish to roast beef is Yorkshire pudding. In the UK, roast beef is the signature national dish which holds cultural and nationalistic meaning for the English. The French use "rosbif", meaning roast beef, as an insult to the English because of their association with the dish.