sentences.text: A deep-fried Mars Bar is an ordinary Mars Bar normally fried in a type of batter commonly used for deep frying fish, sausages, and other battered products, although a coconut batter is also used.
sentences.text: A
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: ordinary
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: normally
sentences.text: fried
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: type
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: batter
sentences.text: commonly
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: deep
sentences.text: frying
sentences.text: fish
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: sausages
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: other
sentences.text: battered
sentences.text: products
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: although
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: coconut
sentences.text: batter
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The Mars Bar is typically chilled before use to prevent it from melting into the frying fat, though a cold Mars Bar can fracture when heated.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: typically
sentences.text: chilled
sentences.text: before
sentences.text: use
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: prevent
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: melting
sentences.text: into
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: frying
sentences.text: fat
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: though
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: cold
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: fracture
sentences.text: when
sentences.text: heated
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The dish originated at selected chip shops in Scotland as a novelty item, but was never a mainstream item.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: dish
sentences.text: originated
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: selected
sentences.text: chip
sentences.text: shops
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Scotland
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: novelty
sentences.text: item
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: never
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: mainstream
sentences.text: item
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Since various mass media have reported on the practice since the mid 1990s, in part as an ironic commentary on urban Scotland's notoriously unhealthy diet, the popularity of the dish has spread.
sentences.text: Since
sentences.text: various
sentences.text: mass
sentences.text: media
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: reported
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: practice
sentences.text: since
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: mid
sentences.text: 1990s
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: part
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: ironic
sentences.text: commentary
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: urban
sentences.text: Scotland
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: notoriously
sentences.text: unhealthy
sentences.text: diet
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: popularity
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: dish
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: spread
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It is said to have been invented in the Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen on Scotland's North-East coast, in 1995.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: said
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: invented
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Haven
sentences.text: Chip
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Stonehaven
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: near
sentences.text: Aberdeen
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: Scotland
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: North-East
sentences.text: coast
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1995
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The first recorded mention of the food was in the Daily Record, August 24, 1995, in an article titled " Mars supper, please ".
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: first
sentences.text: recorded
sentences.text: mention
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: food
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Daily
sentences.text: Record
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: August
sentences.text: 24
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: 1995
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: article
sentences.text: titled
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: supper
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: please
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Deep-fried Mars Bars were already a gag food item, with the mention being unrelated to their actual preparation or consumption, in Rod Quantock's cooking segment parody " How to cook a Mars Bar " on the 1983 Australian sketch comedy series Australia You're Standing In It . " Cooking with Mars Bars " was a regular segment on Quantock's earlier 1981 " Ratbags " series, with the segment presented by John Derum in which all the recipes were consumed.
sentences.text: Deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bars
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: already
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: gag
sentences.text: food
sentences.text: item
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: mention
sentences.text: being
sentences.text: unrelated
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: their
sentences.text: actual
sentences.text: preparation
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: consumption
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Rod
sentences.text: Quantock
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: cooking
sentences.text: segment
sentences.text: parody
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: How
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: cook
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: 1983
sentences.text: Australian
sentences.text: sketch
sentences.text: comedy
sentences.text: series
sentences.text: Australia
sentences.text: You
sentences.text: 're
sentences.text: Standing
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Cooking
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bars
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: regular
sentences.text: segment
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: Quantock
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: earlier
sentences.text: 1981
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: Ratbags
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: series
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: segment
sentences.text: presented
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: John
sentences.text: Derum
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: recipes
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: consumed
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In a study published in The Lancet in December 2004, David Morrison (Greater Glasgow NHS Board, UK) and Mark Petticrew (MRC Social &amp; Public Health Sciences Unit) surveyed around 300 Scottish fish and chip shops: 22% sold deep-fried Mars Bars, while an additional 17% of those surveyed had sold them in the past.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: study
sentences.text: published
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Lancet
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: December
sentences.text: 2004
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: David
sentences.text: Morrison
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: Greater
sentences.text: Glasgow
sentences.text: NHS
sentences.text: Board
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: UK
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Mark
sentences.text: Petticrew
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: MRC
sentences.text: Social
sentences.text: &amp;
sentences.text: Public
sentences.text: Health
sentences.text: Sciences
sentences.text: Unit
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: surveyed
sentences.text: around
sentences.text: 300
sentences.text: Scottish
sentences.text: fish
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: chip
sentences.text: shops
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: 22
sentences.text: %
sentences.text: sold
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bars
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: while
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: additional
sentences.text: 17
sentences.text: %
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: those
sentences.text: surveyed
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: sold
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: past
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Of the shops selling deep-fried Mars bars, three-quarters had only been selling them for the past 3 years.
sentences.text: Of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: shops
sentences.text: selling
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: bars
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: three-quarters
sentences.text: had
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: selling
sentences.text: them
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: past
sentences.text: 3
sentences.text: years
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Average sales were 23 bars per week, although 10 outlets sold between 50 and 200 bars a week.
sentences.text: Average
sentences.text: sales
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: 23
sentences.text: bars
sentences.text: per
sentences.text: week
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: although
sentences.text: 10
sentences.text: outlets
sentences.text: sold
sentences.text: between
sentences.text: 50
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: 200
sentences.text: bars
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: week
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The average price per bar was 60 pence, and the younger generation were the main purchasers--three-quarters were sold to children and 15% to adolescents.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: average
sentences.text: price
sentences.text: per
sentences.text: bar
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: 60
sentences.text: pence
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: younger
sentences.text: generation
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: main
sentences.text: purchasers
sentences.text: --
sentences.text: three-quarters
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: sold
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: children
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: 15
sentences.text: %
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: adolescents
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Deep-fried Mars Bars were featured in a March 2003 Time for Kids article which addressed the popularity and health concern of these treats.
sentences.text: Deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bars
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: featured
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: March
sentences.text: 2003
sentences.text: Time
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: Kids
sentences.text: article
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: addressed
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: popularity
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: health
sentences.text: concern
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: these
sentences.text: treats
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: With the decline of the fad, and the waning of media attention on it, actual frying of Mars Bars has become less common.
sentences.text: With
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: decline
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: fad
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: waning
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: media
sentences.text: attention
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: actual
sentences.text: frying
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bars
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: become
sentences.text: less
sentences.text: common
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It can however still be found in some fish and chip shops around the country, and in England and Northern Ireland.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: can
sentences.text: however
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: found
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: some
sentences.text: fish
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: chip
sentences.text: shops
sentences.text: around
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: country
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: England
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Northern
sentences.text: Ireland
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: A number of chip shops catering to tourists (particularly the legions of backpackers who visit Edinburgh's Royal Mile) still proudly declare they sell deep-fried Mars Bars, along with other treats such as deep-fried pizzas and kebabs, plus haggis pakoras.
sentences.text: A
sentences.text: number
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: chip
sentences.text: shops
sentences.text: catering
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: tourists
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: particularly
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: legions
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: backpackers
sentences.text: who
sentences.text: visit
sentences.text: Edinburgh
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Royal
sentences.text: Mile
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: still
sentences.text: proudly
sentences.text: declare
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: sell
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bars
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: along
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: other
sentences.text: treats
sentences.text: such
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: pizzas
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: kebabs
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: plus
sentences.text: haggis
sentences.text: pakoras
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The deep-fried Mars Bar is mentioned in UK quarterly The Idler's book Crap Towns II: The Nation Decides in the article on Glasgow.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: mentioned
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: UK
sentences.text: quarterly
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Idler
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: book
sentences.text: Crap
sentences.text: Towns
sentences.text: II
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Nation
sentences.text: Decides
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: article
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: Glasgow
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: 'SJ' writes: " They aren't an urban myth: they are available in both Glasgow and Edinburgh.
sentences.text: 'SJ'
sentences.text: writes
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: They
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: n't
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: urban
sentences.text: myth
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: they
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: available
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: both
sentences.text: Glasgow
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Edinburgh
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: I ate one on a cold December night.
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: ate
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: cold
sentences.text: December
sentences.text: night
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It was quite nice.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: quite
sentences.text: nice
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Then I was sick . "
sentences.text: Then
sentences.text: I
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: sick
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: The Deep-fried Mars Bar has also travelled far across the seas, and makes an appearance at Sydney's Bondi Surf Seafood fish and chips shop on Bondi Beach's beach-front road, Campbell Parade.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: travelled
sentences.text: far
sentences.text: across
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: seas
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: makes
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: appearance
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: Sydney
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Bondi
sentences.text: Surf
sentences.text: Seafood
sentences.text: fish
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: chips
sentences.text: shop
sentences.text: on
sentences.text: Bondi
sentences.text: Beach
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: beach-front
sentences.text: road
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Campbell
sentences.text: Parade
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In this version, the Deep Fried Mars Bar is fried in a coconut batter and served with sprinkled powdered sugar soon after removal from the deep-frier.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: version
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Deep
sentences.text: Fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: fried
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: coconut
sentences.text: batter
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: served
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: sprinkled
sentences.text: powdered
sentences.text: sugar
sentences.text: soon
sentences.text: after
sentences.text: removal
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: deep-frier
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: In Wellington's Strathmore Park, deep fried Moro bars are available at Acropolis fish and chip shop.
sentences.text: In
sentences.text: Wellington
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Strathmore
sentences.text: Park
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: deep
sentences.text: fried
sentences.text: Moro
sentences.text: bars
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: available
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: Acropolis
sentences.text: fish
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: chip
sentences.text: shop
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The deep-fried Mars Bar has also given rise to the frying of other confections, for example, Reiver's Fish Bar in Duns annually advertises an 'Easter Special' of deep-fried Creme Egg, although this is available all year.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: given
sentences.text: rise
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: frying
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: other
sentences.text: confections
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: example
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Reiver
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: Fish
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Duns
sentences.text: annually
sentences.text: advertises
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: 'Easter
sentences.text: Special
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: Creme
sentences.text: Egg
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: although
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: available
sentences.text: all
sentences.text: year
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Deep Fried Snickers have also been reported.
sentences.text: Deep
sentences.text: Fried
sentences.text: Snickers
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: reported
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The " deep fried chocolate bar " idea is also fairly popular in New Zealand, however the most common bar is not Mars, but instead Moro.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: deep
sentences.text: fried
sentences.text: chocolate
sentences.text: bar
sentences.text: "
sentences.text: idea
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: fairly
sentences.text: popular
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: New
sentences.text: Zealand
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: however
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: most
sentences.text: common
sentences.text: bar
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: not
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: but
sentences.text: instead
sentences.text: Moro
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Deep fried Moro bars are a standard item in most fish and chip shops in towns or cities that have large universities or are popular with tourists.
sentences.text: Deep
sentences.text: fried
sentences.text: Moro
sentences.text: bars
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: standard
sentences.text: item
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: most
sentences.text: fish
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: chip
sentences.text: shops
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: towns
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: cities
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: large
sentences.text: universities
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: are
sentences.text: popular
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: tourists
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The most common place to find deep fried Moro bars in New Zealand is the southern town of Dunedin (which itself has a strong Scottish influence, however this is likely unrelated).
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: most
sentences.text: common
sentences.text: place
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: find
sentences.text: deep
sentences.text: fried
sentences.text: Moro
sentences.text: bars
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: New
sentences.text: Zealand
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: southern
sentences.text: town
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: Dunedin
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: which
sentences.text: itself
sentences.text: has
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: strong
sentences.text: Scottish
sentences.text: influence
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: however
sentences.text: this
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: likely
sentences.text: unrelated
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Deep fried Moro bars have been available in New Zealand fish and chip shops since at least the late 1990s.
sentences.text: Deep
sentences.text: fried
sentences.text: Moro
sentences.text: bars
sentences.text: have
sentences.text: been
sentences.text: available
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: New
sentences.text: Zealand
sentences.text: fish
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: chip
sentences.text: shops
sentences.text: since
sentences.text: at
sentences.text: least
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: late
sentences.text: 1990s
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It is known that the deep-fried Mars Bar was preceded by the deep-fried pizza.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: is
sentences.text: known
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: Mars
sentences.text: Bar
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: preceded
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: deep-fried
sentences.text: pizza
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: It was common practice in Angus to deep fry frozen pizza from as early as 1980.
sentences.text: It
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: common
sentences.text: practice
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Angus
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: deep
sentences.text: fry
sentences.text: frozen
sentences.text: pizza
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: early
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: 1980
sentences.text: .
text: A deep-fried Mars Bar is an ordinary Mars Bar normally fried in a type of batter commonly used for deep frying fish, sausages, and other battered products, although a coconut batter is also used. The Mars Bar is typically chilled before use to prevent it from melting into the frying fat, though a cold Mars Bar can fracture when heated. The dish originated at selected chip shops in Scotland as a novelty item, but was never a mainstream item. Since various mass media have reported on the practice since the mid 1990s, in part as an ironic commentary on urban Scotland's notoriously unhealthy diet, the popularity of the dish has spread. It is said to have been invented in the Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen on Scotland's North-East coast, in 1995. The first recorded mention of the food was in the Daily Record, August 24, 1995, in an article titled " Mars supper, please ". Deep-fried Mars Bars were already a gag food item, with the mention being unrelated to their actual preparation or consumption, in Rod Quantock's cooking segment parody " How to cook a Mars Bar " on the 1983 Australian sketch comedy series Australia You're Standing In It . " Cooking with Mars Bars " was a regular segment on Quantock's earlier 1981 " Ratbags " series, with the segment presented by John Derum in which all the recipes were consumed. In a study published in The Lancet in December 2004, David Morrison (Greater Glasgow NHS Board, UK) and Mark Petticrew (MRC Social &amp; Public Health Sciences Unit) surveyed around 300 Scottish fish and chip shops: 22% sold deep-fried Mars Bars, while an additional 17% of those surveyed had sold them in the past. Of the shops selling deep-fried Mars bars, three-quarters had only been selling them for the past 3 years. Average sales were 23 bars per week, although 10 outlets sold between 50 and 200 bars a week. The average price per bar was 60 pence, and the younger generation were the main purchasers--three-quarters were sold to children and 15% to adolescents. Deep-fried Mars Bars were featured in a March 2003 Time for Kids article which addressed the popularity and health concern of these treats. With the decline of the fad, and the waning of media attention on it, actual frying of Mars Bars has become less common. It can however still be found in some fish and chip shops around the country, and in England and Northern Ireland. A number of chip shops catering to tourists (particularly the legions of backpackers who visit Edinburgh's Royal Mile) still proudly declare they sell deep-fried Mars Bars, along with other treats such as deep-fried pizzas and kebabs, plus haggis pakoras. The deep-fried Mars Bar is mentioned in UK quarterly The Idler's book Crap Towns II: The Nation Decides in the article on Glasgow. 'SJ' writes: " They aren't an urban myth: they are available in both Glasgow and Edinburgh. I ate one on a cold December night. It was quite nice. Then I was sick . " The Deep-fried Mars Bar has also travelled far across the seas, and makes an appearance at Sydney's Bondi Surf Seafood fish and chips shop on Bondi Beach's beach-front road, Campbell Parade. In this version, the Deep Fried Mars Bar is fried in a coconut batter and served with sprinkled powdered sugar soon after removal from the deep-frier. In Wellington's Strathmore Park, deep fried Moro bars are available at Acropolis fish and chip shop. The deep-fried Mars Bar has also given rise to the frying of other confections, for example, Reiver's Fish Bar in Duns annually advertises an 'Easter Special' of deep-fried Creme Egg, although this is available all year. Deep Fried Snickers have also been reported. The " deep fried chocolate bar " idea is also fairly popular in New Zealand, however the most common bar is not Mars, but instead Moro. Deep fried Moro bars are a standard item in most fish and chip shops in towns or cities that have large universities or are popular with tourists. The most common place to find deep fried Moro bars in New Zealand is the southern town of Dunedin (which itself has a strong Scottish influence, however this is likely unrelated). Deep fried Moro bars have been available in New Zealand fish and chip shops since at least the late 1990s. It is known that the deep-fried Mars Bar was preceded by the deep-fried pizza. It was common practice in Angus to deep fry frozen pizza from as early as 1980.