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Posted: 08-12-2002 23:19 Post subject: Deep Fried Mars bars were never a myth

I used to go to the local chip shop for my lunch (I know....healthy!) in the mid nineties or earlier. I would order Chips and Curry sauce (I know..I know) my close pal would order Sausage supper and some of my collegues would order deep fried mars bars. This quickly became a fad and the mars bars were being swapped for bounties, wispas, twix and chomps. they were dipped in batter and cooked in chip fat. They were then drizzled with salt and vinegar.

The main guzzlers of this delicacy was the vast amounts of secondary school (high school) kids who would flock to the chip shops everyday for their lunch.

At present, I know of just one chip shop in these towns that still serves this stuff but the chip shop was never very good anyway so I dont see why their deep fried mars bars would be any better than their awful fish and chips. I could however go and get pictures of the sign that I am reliably told still hangs inside the shop, which says "We serve deep fried Mars Bars"

How about that for a debunked urban legend? The legend was that they were not real and were....an urban legend! It is that myth that I can debunk and so can 3000 ex-students from kilwinning!!

P.S I have still managed to prevent one from passing my lips. Everyone always looked as if they enjoyed them and they ordered them time and time again. They also...dont laugh.....they also smelled great!! Smile

Posted: 08-12-2002 23:22 Post subject:

Didn't the chocolate just melt to icky-feck?

Posted: 08-12-2002 23:24 Post subject:

combination or melted choc and extra grease sounds adictive...i understand its seasonaly too....cram eggs at easter and now for xmas deep fried battered mince pies.

Posted: 08-12-2002 23:25 Post subject:

Posted: 08-12-2002 23:29 Post subject:

Isn't it one of those things that start out as an UL and someone decides to try it ?

Posted: 08-12-2002 23:32 Post subject:

Mmm, I was just thinking that. It's so harmless and easy to do, it's the sort of UL everyone can try at home. Assuming they live in a chip shop.

Posted: 08-12-2002 23:37 Post subject:

Well I am not sure when I first heard of it. I am sure that I found out only because I saw getting consumed everyday. I was not aware of any relevant foaf tales or ULs at the time and I was quite in tune with those circles at the time.

To be honest, I did not know that it was regarded as a myth until I read it somewhere here. Kids were eating them in the Kilwinning area nearly ten years ago. If it was a foaf, it has been perpetuated by those who consumed those arterial blocking sugar sausages for the last ten years.

Disgusting.........great! Smile

Posted: 08-12-2002 23:47 Post subject:

"Everyone knows they were invented in the Haven fish bar, Stonehaven"...

Which is true, because it used to be my local chippie! Then they closed it down because it was rubbish. Smile

I remember reading about it in our local paper in the early 90s, but my mum wouldn't buy one (and I didn't like Mars bars at the time anyway).

Posted: 08-12-2002 23:52 Post subject:

Don't forget deep fried haggis and deep fried pizza too Eek Eek

There are chip shops that'll deep fry anything within reason...

Posted: 08-12-2002 23:56 Post subject:

At last! My chance to admit that during my last visit to the wonderful land of the Scots (1996-ish) I ate and enjoyed a deep fried Milky Way (the choccy bar that is, I'm not in the habit of eating galaxies Smile

).

I'm quite surprised that this is regarded as a myth as well. They certainly existed, and probably still do oop North.

Hmmm, deep fried mince pies do sound rather nice...

Jane.

Posted: 09-12-2002 00:00 Post subject:

They still sell them in Sudbury. They don't really appeal to me though...

Posted: 09-12-2002 00:02 Post subject:

McDonalds have apparently been doing deep fried apple pie things for years, just as disgusting as the rest of their so called food I should imagine.

Posted: 09-12-2002 00:26 Post subject:

I first heard this in '95, and was told it originated in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen. Since I was living in the area at the time it could be local bias(!) I had no reason to disbelieve it. Pete makes a good point about the UL coming before the real thing, but as with a lot of ULs I guess it would be impossible to prove.

Posted: 09-12-2002 01:38 Post subject:

I always believed this was true as it was cited in every news item
which reminded us of the way Scots were digging their graves with
their teeth.

I love the idea that a splash of vinegar would somehow cut through
all the gunk. Makes it virtually organic!

I don't think I would try one, though I once had a slight urge to try one
of the peanut butter and banana deep-fried sandwiches which killed
Elvis. Well not the exact ones . . Dead / drunk

Posted: 09-12-2002 01:42 Post subject: