Is it a Gulf Coast thing (and Jamaica, obviously)? I have never ever heard of this. I have at least heard of Cornish pastys, which are Finnishisized in Michigan’s UP, but haven’t actually had one. Also empanadas, which I guess are kind of a general term. Sometimes Mexican places have them, but not the most common. Getting way out there from the “pie” definition are pupusas, which are wonderful.
Perhaps it is. You can always find them in Tampa at the kind of gas station/convenience store that also sells fried chicken and things.
I thought it did.
Depends on how Scotland votes (jk the rest of GB isn’t far behind).
That is the best thing about a full English breakfast, especially for the traveler. After that, you’re good until tea-time.
Well, they were intended for the working classes, weren’t they, when a man would go out all day and actually burn up all those calories riveting ships together or whatever? As far as I could see when I was in GB, most people nowadays eat a fairly light breakfast (e.g., corn flakes, toast, tea) that better suits their sedentary jobs.
I used to love having full British breakfasts several times a month, but since I hit 50, I can barely eat two meals a day (and sometimes get by on nothing but juice and black coffee). If I do a proper fry-up these days, I slice the sausages, black pudding rounds, and bacon rashers into quarters and consume them over two or three days, cooking a single egg to go with them every time.
As for Jamaican patties, I had never heard of them until I ended up living in Canada. Toronto, at least, has a very diverse ethnic mix, and JPs are just some of the culinary delights on offer there.
Well, quite, my breakfast today was a banana and an espresso.
We don’t eat a full english anymore often than I imagine Americans tuck into a huge pile of pancakes, maple syrup and bacon. It’s mostly for hangover days, holidays and the odd stay in a hotel.
Nah. A fry-up is pretty much what you do to cure a hangover, preferably eaten in a greasy caff.
Cue jokes about it being a daily thing then …
Because they don’t serve American portions 
(Aaieee! No throwing hard pointy things!)
Oh, God, yes! Especially if the pancakes are made with buttermilk and blueberries and drenched in butter, and served with bacon and sausage links on the side!
One serving like that, and I’m set for the next 24 hours at least! :o
I don’t know if we’re FAMILIAR with Jamaican patties. I found them by happenstance years ago in a hole in the wall place in downtown Atlanta, and luuuurved them. But I moved on, got another job, and have not seen or heard of them since reading your post. And no one I know personally has heard of them. In Atlanta I would say that “obscure” just isn’t the word for Jamaican patties.
It seems that around here (the Albany, NY area) every single pizza joint sells some sort of meat patty. And I know I’ve seen the Jamaican ones in the frozen section of normal grocery stores.
I’m watching the latest season of UK MasterChef and there’s the oddest combination of cooking from the contestants. Some are doing ethnic (mostly Indian and South Asian) food. Some seem to go more haute cuisine and there’s a lot of what appears to be classic British cooking as well. What I can’t figure out with this season is where all the venison is coming from. The only time I ever eat venison (not being a hunter) is when someone has shot a deer and then shares. Obviously there must be some sort of difference with retailing it between the US and the UK. There are just some weird ingredients and dishes in that show from an American perspective.
Sounds like the next big foodie trend, hot on the heels of bacon in everything, spaghetti sauce with vodka, and red velvet cake.
You can get venison at some open-air markets and upscale butcher stores. I don’t think it’s any rarer than, say, buffalo steaks or tasso ham.
Hipster restaurants love it.
Buffalo (bison) is common. Walmart has it. Many places have bison hamburger, and many have steaks. The cuts are not nearly as wide a variety as beef though. I don’t know if I’ve ever seen venison in a regular supermarket. But places that serve it also are more likely to serve bison.
Venison is fairly common in supermarkets in the UK.
Talking about weird ingredients and dishes in the current UK Masterchef, have you seen the episode with a guy called Carl in it yet? 
In HS I went to Australia & New Zealand with a youth group one summer and did a short homestay in each county. Kiwi Host-Mom made these huge English breakfasts and like an everyday thing (I could tell it wasn’t by the looks on Host-Dad and Host-Bro’s faces). Afterward Host-Bro said the last time she did that was at Christmas.
(Do Brits eat that? It certainly ought to be greasy enough for them.)
If I remember my The Supersizers… correctly goose was a traditional English Christmas dish (& something the rich would’ve eaten year round), but it was displaced by turkey in the 20th century. Meanwhile the Royal Family used to have swan for Christmas dinner; all swans in the UK being the property of the reigning monarch.
I’m not sure. I’m about a week behind. Is that the guy who did something weird with like lamb and banana?
I saw some in the freezer section of a not very fancy grocery store (< Safeway or Publix). I think it might’ve been seasonal (Christmas/New Year). Other stuff in that section include duck, Cornish game hen, and livers/kidneys/gizzards/whatever.
And of course, boiled goose is among the least-cool foods, ever.