Since then have you had the courage to taste one?

But now, after thousands have been sold in Scotland where they were first concocted, Glasgow University researchers say the fat, the frying, the carbohydrates and the heavily processed bar all chucked in together has to be bad.

They claim the bars can raise the risk of having a stroke because they’re so full of fat they slow the supply of blood to the brain. Seems extreme.

But what the heck? The battered bars taste delicious and eating one is a scrumptious adventure so it’s a missed opportunity that nobody in Orange is still willing to contradict the healthy food buffs and put them on the menu.

They’d certainly be a unique money-spinner and would liven up dull food week.

Bondi Beach Seafoods sells deep-fried Mars bars and owner George Dimitrios reckons people can't get enough of them. He says his shop is the only one approved by Mars who did laboratory tests for bacteria levels before giving him the go-ahead.

But for those of you game enough to have a go at battering your own because you can’t get them in Orange, here’s a recipe:

Chill but don’t freeze the bar in a fridge for a short time. Mix milk, flour and egg in a bowl and whisk to create a creamy batter.

Coat the Mars bar in the batter, lower it into hot oil (around 175-190 Celsius) and fry until it’s golden brown.

Then forget ridiculous things like a healthy diet and enjoy the most unhealthiest thing you can eat.

THE State Emergency Service is doing a great job promoting us in the metropolitan media, although it’s unintentional.

The service’s advertisements are headlined ‘See Yourself in Orange’ and then list an email address for people to apply.

The ads are aimed at attracting volunteers who, if they join, are dressed in the SES uniform of orange overalls.

But in the meantime, it’s a good plug for us and it isn’t costing us a cent.’

HAS our crazy weather fooled the wattle – our national floral emblem – because it’s coming out weeks early in the Orange district and in places like Elephant Park in Woodward Street.

Wattle Day is not until September 1 but would have been on cue if it had stayed on August 1 where it was celebrated in NSW since 1916.

That enabled the Red Cross to send the earlier flowering Cootamundra Wattle overseas during the war and present it to homecoming servicemen and women.

But wattle still represents a big part of our life, especially in sport, since green and gold officially became our national colours with a proclamation by the Governor-General in April 1984 and then becoming our national floral emblem on September 1, 1988.

Blue and gold had also been put forward as national colours because blue represents a clear Aussie sky as the background to flowering wattle.

Wattle and Wattle Day can be anything we want it to be but generally relates to the beginning of spring although this year someone forgot to tell the wattle that we’ve still got weeks to go.