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Deep fried Mars bars are an English thing.
They were supposedly invented in Scotland, and I've not seen them sold in an English fish and chip shop. Go to Scotland however and they're not uncommon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
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Deep fried Mars bars are an English thing.
The origins of the Deep Fried Mars Bar are disputed but all of the people doing the disputing appear to be here in Scotland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
I actually live in Scotland. I have never seen anywhere that sells deep-fried Mars bars here, but I have seen them in England.
Well, it wasn't that bad when I visited Scotland last time
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The origins of the Deep Fried Mars Bar are disputed but all of the people doing the disputing appear to be here in Scotland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
Yeah, you can't believe anything that's on Wikipedia. I actually live in Scotland. I have never seen anywhere that sells deep-fried Mars bars here, but I have seen them in England.
"They surveyed hundreds of fish and chip shops in Scotland to find out if "the delicacy" was available and if people were actually buying them. It found 66 shops which sold them, 22% of those who answered the survey. [...] Annie Anderson, from the Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research at the University of Dundee, used to send her medical students out into the city to see if they could find somewhere that sold deep-fried Mars bar. "It was not much of a challenge in Dundee," she says."
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The origins of the Deep Fried Mars Bar are disputed but all of the people doing the disputing appear to be here in Scotland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
Yeah, you can't believe anything that's on Wikipedia. I actually live in Scotland. I have never seen anywhere that sells deep-fried Mars bars here, but I have seen them in England.
The link above literally has a picture of a shop in Aberdeenshire which sells deep-fried Mars and claims to have invented the delicacy.
Consider the possibility that your experience might not fully encompass the truth and you might not have seen the whole of Scotland. It's quite a large country.
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The origins of the Deep Fried Mars Bar are disputed but all of the people doing the disputing appear to be here in Scotland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
Yeah, you can't believe anything that's on Wikipedia. I actually live in Scotland. I have never seen anywhere that sells deep-fried Mars bars here, but I have seen them in England.
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The origins of the Deep Fried Mars Bar are disputed but all of the people doing the disputing appear to be here in Scotland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
Yeah, you can't believe anything that's on Wikipedia. I actually live in Scotland. I have never seen anywhere that sells deep-fried Mars bars here, but I have seen them in England.
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The origins of the Deep Fried Mars Bar are disputed but all of the people doing the disputing appear to be here in Scotland? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar
Yeah, you can't believe anything that's on Wikipedia. I actually live in Scotland. I have never seen anywhere that sells deep-fried Mars bars here, but I have seen them in England.
Anything
God, how ridiculously hyperbolic. But we're in the midst of a debate about the origins of a deep fried candy bar with strangers on HN and just supposed to believe that you live in Scotland and have seen every possible offering in every possible shop.
Sounds stupid to decry something that people can verify to some extent then proceed to offer information that nobody can verify, doesn't it? This tired drum of Wikipedia being able to be edited by any wad off the street needs to be laid to rest, especially now in an age where misinformation is insanely prevalent in our general media and trusted sources who get paid to spread it.
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Yeah, you can't believe anything that's on Wikipedia. I actually live in Scotland. I have never seen anywhere that sells deep-fried Mars bars here, but I have seen them in England.
You can believe the references the Wikipedia article is based off, such as BBC Scotland: "They surveyed hundreds of fish and chip shops in Scotland to find out if "the delicacy" was available and if people were actually buying them. It found 66 shops which sold them, 22% of those who answered the survey. [...] Annie Anderson, from the Centre for Public Health Nutrition Research at the University of Dundee, used to se…