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Deep fried confectionaries

rainbowtrout · 2008-04-28 14:11:22

I was in the local chipper at home at the weekend (it's a new chipper) and I noticed that they had deep fried mars bars on the menu. It's not something i've ever felt the urge to try, and while they are not commonplace i have seen them on the menu in a few places before. Anyway,while waiting for my order I spotted another…

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I was in the local chipper at home at the weekend (it's a new chipper) and I noticed that they had deep fried mars bars on the menu. It's not something i've ever felt the urge to try, and while they are not commonplace i have seen them on the menu in a few places before.

Anyway,while waiting for my order I spotted another notice behind the counter. 'Deep fried jammy dodgers'!!!! WTF?! As intrigued as I was it's not something I could be tempted into eating. Battered biscuits don't sound that appealing.

So I guess my question is - does your local chipper have any odd deep fried confectionaries or otherwise on the menu - and have you tried them?

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#2 28-04-2008 3:14pm
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Seashell used to be one of the last places in Dublin to get battered curly whirleys (amongst others).

*sniff*

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#3 28-04-2008 3:17pm
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I heard about the Mars bars but no way in hell am I going to eat that. Battered sausages are enough for me, and then only one.

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#4 28-04-2008 3:17pm
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Not something i've tried yet.

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#5 28-04-2008 3:18pm
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You have to try the battered mars bar, they're gorgeous

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#6 28-04-2008 3:25pm
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Melion wrote: »

You have to try the battered mars bar, they're gorgeous

Does the chocolate melt inside the batter?

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#7 28-04-2008 3:33pm
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rainbowtrout wrote: »

Does the chocolate melt inside the batter?

Yep. But it hardens again fairly quickly. They're best eaten fresh on your way out of the chipper. It's not the kind of thing you wait to get home to tuck into.

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#8 28-04-2008 4:04pm
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battered mars bars are so good. but not something i'd eat ore than a couple of times a year. i've pics here from a bgrh thread.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=55617865&postcount=31

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#9 28-04-2008 4:19pm
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Lived in Glasgow for a while and you could get anything battered. Strangely, the only thing I found truly disgusting was the battered haggis. No thank you.

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#10 28-04-2008 9:17pm
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I used to live in North-East Scotland, and some of my local chippers would do any choc bar you brought in. They'd also have some stocked (Mars, Snickeds, Double-Becker etc), generally keeping them in a fridge/freezer so they'd melt less when being cooked.

Also a local butcher made Steak and Chocolate Sausages!!!

Don't believe me?

http://www.meatinfo.co.uk/articles/19904/A-talent-for-marketing.aspx?categoryid=9037

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#11 28-04-2008 9:22pm
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Had one once. Couldn't finish it. I liked the taste of it, but it seriously made me feel like dying.

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#12 28-04-2008 9:38pm
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b.ie curious wrote: »

Had one once. Couldn't finish it. I liked the taste of it, but it seriously made me feel like dying.

aye, i had that feeling

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#13 28-04-2008 10:47pm
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Yeah, it was tasty enough but my heart felt like exploding after my second bite. I wouldn't mind having another bash at it though, may call into Lennox's at lunchtime tomorrow.

I think Mars bars are pretty difficult to eat anyway.

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#14 28-04-2008 10:56pm
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I was always saying I should deep fry me todger til I realised it'd probably bubble away to nothing

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#15 28-04-2008 10:56pm
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I had a battered ice-cream in Scotland years ago - wasn't bad.

Reading this reminds me of the nappy that went missing in "The Van".

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Melion wrote: »

You have to try the battered mars bar, they're gorgeous

Get thee back to Scotland you heathen.

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#17 28-04-2008 11:03pm
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Had a battered mars bar a few weeks ago while i was in Edinburgh. After a days boozin, it tasted great.
Next day, we went for a deep fried Burger, ah jaysus it was greasiest thing ever. But Lovely...wow id recommend it 2 anyone.

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#18 29-04-2008 12:11am
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Saw a show on Food Network with a English chap who has a chip shop in New York and sells deep fried Mars Bars, Twix, Snickers and Twinkies. Very tempted to try something myself.

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#19 29-04-2008 12:17am
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Deep fried Twix sounds lovely. Wouldnt get as sick of it as you would with a Mars bar. Twinkies are awful though and even batter couldn't improve them.

I've said it in another thread and I'll say it again: Deep fried mars bar rice crispie cakes sound lovely. I'm going to try to make myself one soon.

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#20 29-04-2008 12:35am
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Maybe a deep fried Freddo would be enough, not as sickening as a Mars bar. I think the combination of batter, chocolate and caramel would just be too much for me.

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#21 29-04-2008 1:01am
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Stonner kebab ftw...

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#22 29-04-2008 1:27am
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Chiquitos Mexican restaurants in England used to do deep fried icecreams covered in corn flakes, they stopped doing em before I was old enough to remember what they were like though...

A deep fried Kinder Bueno perhaps? Although that'd prob just crumple.

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#23 29-04-2008 10:23am
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Kold wrote: »

Chiquitos Mexican restaurants in England used to do deep fried icecreams covered in corn flakes, they stopped doing em before I was old enough to remember what they were like though...

They do deep fried ice cream covered in corn flakes in the Chinese I worked in in Cork. I wasn't a fan, much preferred the battered ice cream I got in Portugal once.

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