Deep fried Mars bar

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The practice of deep frying a Mars bar in batter, producing a deep fried Mars bar (DFMB), is one reported in various media from the mid 1990s. Largely confined to chip shops in Scotland, the "dish" was never a mainstream item, and its popularity with the media is in part an ironic commentary on urban Scotland's notoriously unhealthy diet. Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject: Deep frying Deep frying is a cooking method whereby food is submerged in hot oil or fat. ... The Mars Bar is the name of two different candy bars manufactured by Mars Incorporated. ... Batter can have several meanings: In cooking, batter is a thick or thin mixture, usually made of a ground grain, a liquid, and a fat. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Fish and chips in wrapping paper Fish and chips is deep-fried fish in batter with deep-fried potatoes, and a popular take-away food. ... Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Scottish Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ... A recipe is a set of instructions that show how to prepare or make something, especially a culinary dish. ... In nutrition, the diet is the sum of the food consumed by a body. ...

A deep-fried Mars bar consists of an ordinary Mars bar dipped in the batter usually used for fish. This is then fried in the same deep-fat-frier as the chip shop's usual fare (including fish, chips, black and white pudding, sausage, and often haggis). Doing this successfully poses the fry-man something of a delicate challenge - if the Mars bar gets too hot it will melt, and the whole assemblage will disintegrate, contaminating the fryer with an inappropriate chocolate flavour. For this reason the Mars bar is typically chilled, but this too leads to problems, as an overly cold bar can also disintegrate (in this case from stresses imposed upon it by the differences in internal temperature when it is plunged into the boiling oil). British and Irish name for blood sausage. ... White pudding or Oatmeal Pudding is a meat dish popular in Scotland and Ireland. ... Some of the many varieties of Sausages A sausage consists of ground meat and other animal parts, herbs and spices, and possibly other ingredients, generally packed in a casing (traditionally the intestines of the animal), and preserved in some way. ... an uncooked small haggis a cooked small haggis content of a haggis Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish. ...

Potential contamination of the friers is often avoided by using a consumer deep-fat frier specifically for confectionary. The smaller quantity of oil is cheaper and easier to replace, and does not threaten other foods being cooked.

Many (perhaps the majority of) Scottish chip shops still fry in beef dripping; this lends the exterior of the battered bar something of a beefy flavour. For a time the DFMB was a popular lunch for schoolchildren (particularly those rebelling against the healthy eating messages they were shown at school), who joked that the savoury exterior and dessert interior made the DFMB a complete, balanced meal. Beef is meat obtained from a bovine. ... Tallow is rendered beef or mutton fat (suet). ...

The origin of the practice is unclear, with some reports claiming it began in Stonehaven or nearby Aberdeen. The Stonehaven report states that the practice originated in 1995 at The Haven chip shop (now renamed under new ownership) as the result of a bet between the owner and a customer during a promotion in which the owner offered to deep fry any food item that customers cared to bring along. Dunnottar Castle Location within the British Isles. ... Aberdeens location in Scotland Aberdeen (Obar Dheathain in Scottish Gaelic) is Scotlands third largest city, with a population of 212,125. ...

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 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 haggis pakoras. Irn-Bru is a common drink accompanying Scottish fish suppers and their kin. Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area  - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1... Edinburghs location in Scotland Edinburgh viewed from Arthurs Seat. ... Royal Mile The Royal Mile is the popular name for the succession of streets which form the main thoroughfare of the Old Town of Edinburgh. ... A supreme pizza such as this one includes many different toppings, such as pepperoni (one of the most popular toppings on American pizzas), green peppers, olives, and mushrooms. ... Pakora is a type of Indian food created by deep-frying the ingredients. ... Irn Bru Irn Bru is the most popular caffeinated soft drink in Scotland. ...

The deep fried Mars bar has also given rise to the frying of other confections, such as the Snickers bar and (especially at Easter) the Creme Egg. Such deep fried candy bars are often available at state fairs in the United States. The term confectionery refers to food items rich in sugar. ... Snickers (original) Snickers (original) Snickers (original) Snickers is a chocolate brand, produced by Mars, Incorporated. ... Easter is the most important religious holiday of the Christian liturgical year, observed in March, April, or May to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus from the dead after his death by crucifixion (see Good Friday), which Christians believe happened at about this time of year around AD 30-33. ... The Creme Egg is a brand of chocolate eggs produced by Cadburys. ... State Fair is the title of a 1933 movie directed by Henry King and starring Janet Gaynor, Will Rogers, and Lew Ayres. ...

It is known that the deep fried Mars bar was preceded by the deep fried pizza. It was common practise in the area east of Dundee to deep fry frozen pizza from as early as 1980.

The computer game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on the PC has a cheat code "DEEPFRIEDMARSBARS", a reference to the little known Scottish origins of the game. This cheat code makes the in-game character fatter. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (released in October 2002) is the fourth video game in the hit Grand Theft Auto series. ... PC may stand for: Coastal Patrol, according to its US Navy hull classification symbol P Chidambaram, finance minister of India Parsec, written pc PC, a Mazda piston engine Penn Central - a railroad in the United States (AAR reporting mark PC) Percent or per cent, written Personal computer is a computer... Cheat codes are codes that can be entered into a video game to change the games behavior. ...

Recipe

• Mars bars or Milky Way bars
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 pinch baking soda
• milk
• Beef dripping or oil (for deep frying the bar)

1. Chill the chocolate bar by keeping it in the fridge, but don't freeze it. British chocolate bars are different from North American bars, even under the same brand and name, you may want to try and get British Mars bars
2. Mix the flour and baking soda together.
3. Add milk until you get a batter with the consistency of cream.
4. Heat the fat or oil until a small piece of bread will brown in a few seconds, but don't allow to smoke.
5. Remove wrapper from chilled chocolate bar.
6. Coat completely in batter.
7. Carefully lower into hot oil and fry until golden brown.
8. Serve, with ice cream or french fries.

External links

Wikibooks Cookbook has more about this subject:

Deep fried Mars bar

• BBC story about DFMBs
• A CBS News piece about DFMBs