Time Waster
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I got a battered corned beef fritter, a large ball of corned beef in batter and deep fried. It was a chippy in Scotland that also did deep fried Mars bars. I saw one of our group eating one too. It was certainly a thing!
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I got a battered corned beef fritter, a large ball of corned beef in batter and deep fried. It was a chippy in Scotland that also did deep fried Mars bars. I saw one of our group eating one too. It was certainly a thing!
oldwheels
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It was rumoured that one in Stonehaven tried some. There were lots of reports but nobody was ever pinned down unless somebody did one as a joke and it grew from there as such things do. I lived in West Scotland when this started but never found anybody who actually saw one but lots of people had a friend who allegedly saw one.
Time Waster
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I know it was Scotland. Possibly a town in D&G, or Callander. Iirc the chippy had a white painted building front, but can't really remember. I do know I struggled to eat a portion of chips with a corned beef fritter ball. Seriously, softball size, a bit bigger than a cricket ball. The Mars bar was slightly molten so was not exactly original shape.
Slick
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It was never a Glasgow thing as far as I can tell.
Slick
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albion
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4103415.stm
Depends where the 22% of chippies in Scotland were.
The touristy ones often sold them am sure.
What came first, the news story or the legend?
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twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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Diabetes in a bottle 
Slick
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I remember the story breaking and reports of other delicacies like cream eggs getting the same treatment, but I've never personally seen it in operation.
Probably frequenting different establishments
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cookiemonster
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Invented in Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire.
Slick
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cookiemonster
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AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
You can get Tassimo pod things that do the same. I don't have one or drink them, but apparently they're pretty tasty and close to the bars.
A Ding Dong is kind of like a Tunnocks teacake.
A Ding Dong is kind of like a Tunnocks teacake.
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
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Blimey...can't they just eat the bars?
Regular.Cyclist
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Deep fried mars bars were one of the options on the desert menu in an Edinburgh bar I was in last night.
