Roast beef

Roast beef is a cut of beef Beef

Beef is meat [i] obtained from bovine [i]s, especially domestic cattle [i]. ...

which is roasted in an oven Oven

An oven is an enclosed compartment for heating, baking or drying....

. Roast beef is often served within sandwiches and sometimes is used to make hash. In England England

England is the largest and most populous constituent country [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ...

roast beef is one of the meats traditionally served at Sunday Dinner.

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Roast beef is a cut of beef Beef

Beef is meat [i] obtained from bovine [i]s, especially domestic cattle [i]....

which is roasted in an oven Oven

An oven is an enclosed compartment for heating, baking or drying....

. Roast beef is often served within sandwiches and sometimes is used to make hash. In England England

England is the largest and most populous constituent country [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ...

roast beef is one of the meats traditionally served at Sunday Dinner.

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In Europe Europe

Europe is one of the seven traditional continent [i]s of the Earth [i]. ...

, the English England

England is the largest and most populous constituent country [i] of the United Kingdom [i]. ...

are particularly associated with beef-eating Sunday roast

The Sunday roast is a traditional British [i] and Irish [i] main meal served on S...

, which is why the French France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country [i] whose metropolitan territory [i] ...

call them les rosbifs .

In fact, according to research carried out by the Museum of London Museum of London

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amongst Roman Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization [i] that grew out of the city-state [i] of Rome [i], founded in the Italian Peninsula [i] ...

rubbish dump Landfill

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s in London London

London is the capital [i] city of England [i] and of the United Kingdom [i]. ...

, it seems that Britons acquired their first taste of roast beef from the Roman Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was a phase of the ancient Roman [i] civilization characterized by an autocratic [i] ...

military as the city expanded under their occupation. Despite this, it seems not to have become popular amongst the population in general until the Middle Ages Middle Ages

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or later, and only became a 'national caricature Caricature

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' in the 18th century 18th century

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. .

There is also a song called The Roast Beef of Old England The Roast Beef of Old England

The Roast Beef of Old England is an English [i] patriotic ballad. ...

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