Interestingly (YMMV) I heard a snippet of a programme on Radio 4 a couple of days ago (The Food Programme) that seemed to credibly note that the deep fried Mars bar was more of a publicity stunt that (obviously, with hindsight) went extremely well, and was sufficiently widely reported to become apocryphal (i.e. “true”).
Presenter and interviewee concurred that nobody they knew had ever had one or seen one, or seen one on any chip shop menu, but a constant stream of tourists demanding to have one, keeps Scotland’s reputation alive in this respect.
Also, fish and chips came to Scotland from Italy? Who knew?
Found it. Get yourself a VPN (as needed) and listen. Ony 28 mins. The part I heard was fascinating and entertaining.
