What? Don't post your shit on here without your name, numbnuts!
Kinda thought the name gives it away - Jaffa "cake."
Also:
Cakes - cooked low oven heat for a long time = soft
Biscuits - cooked hign oven heat for a short time = crunchy
Jaffa cakes are cooked by the first method.
Uncle Mart (formerly known as Mr Kipling)
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Though it says that it is a cake, and in your reply, you say it is a cake, why is it marketed in the section of biuscuits? This point must not be over looked!!
Simply
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But one must be careful not to pigeon-hole things by virtue of their physical characteristics. They are placed on the biscuit section merely because their size is comparable to that of actual biscuits. Hence from a stacking point of view it is more efficient to place similar sized boxes in the same section (you can fit more in that way.)
However just because jaffa cakes are "mixing it with the biscuits" does not take away the fact that intrinsically it is a cake. If I cut a potato into the shaped of a fish and then fried it, is it now a fish? No it is still a chip!
In years to come you'll learn that physical appearances do not define one's character, but that it is what is on the inside that counts (fluffy cake and orange jam).
Peace out my confused (but now enlightened) jaffa cake-loving brother.
Uncle Mart (Head of Supermarket layout and design - Sainsburys)
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Uncle Mart makes an interesting point about what's on the inside that counts. I'm thinking along the lines of fluffy white coconut surrounded by a thin (and cracking) shell of BROWN chocolate
Mmmmmmmmmmm
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I think you maybe getting confused with Vican's penis, chocolatey foreskin on the outside, coconutty flakes of thrush on the inside, not quite so tasty I would have thought!
Simply
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Cheers for that lucas, though you may be surprised by how pleasurable Vicann's penis is (although you will never find out)
Us negros have a saying which 90% of women will vouch for- once you go black you never go back
sorry to digress from what is a fascinating discussion about biscuits
2Black for y'all
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Whilst perusing the clooooob site, I stumbled on your little predicament. Let me set the record straight. Jaffa cake are indeed classed as cakes. This is in fact, as so many things are, a tax dodge. You see, a jaffa cake, as you may have noticed is chocolate covered. If, in the original plan, it were classed as a biscuit, then it would be a LUXURY biscuit. Crispy should know of these. These fall in a higher tax bracket, also in Crispy's particular field. Hence the definition as a humble cake.
I hope this sets your busy little mind at rest. I'm off now to sort many other life threatening quandaries such as this.
Yours omnisciently
Mart
(Uncle Mart would like to assert that fact that it is not her who penned this reply, and in fact some heathen who has taken His Name in vain. As to the real ID of the author, methinks that unnecessary literary fellation of Crispy may provide a clue?!?)
This message has been edited by ubmsrfc on Nov 29, 2004 10:10 AM
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i've eaten a lot of jaffa cakes in my time. don't believe me? well that's too bad because it's true.
i contacted a local agent who's well in with jaffa kinds here's what he came up with.
Regards,
Brown.
The original recipe for McVitie's Jaffa Cakes is a closely guarded secret, the delicious combination of light sponge, dark chocolate and smashing orangey bit in the middle was first created over 60 years ago.
Back in 1991, we fought a battle with the VAT man to prove that Jaffa Cakes are cakes, not biscuits, and therefore should not attract VAT.
In 1994 McVitie's launched Mini Jaffa Cakes and Jaffa Cake Bars, to appeal to the growing lunchbox market. 1999 saw the introduction of the innovative 'Tubes' packaging and 2002 was the year of the Jaffa Mini Roll launch.
Jaffa Cakes are known for being irresistible but unfortunately, not everyone is prepared to get their Jaffa Cakes honestly. Remember the Munchkins, who would do almost anything to get hold them! They were followed by another desperate mob in the 1990's known as the Orangey Tangs who loved the orangey bit in the middle so much so we had to completely cover the Jaffa Cakes in chocolate, for a limited time, to keep them out.
The Jaffa Cakes brand team scored a McVitie's first in July 2000, when they signed a sponsorship deal with Manchester United. Jaffa Cakes became one of Man Utd's eleven 'platinum' sponsors but the only one focussing on kids in the UK.
Jaffa Cakes were already enjoyed by the team and were officially launched as the teams favourite half time snack. The campaign's success was based on the product truth that Jaffa Cakes are low in fat and high in carbohydrates and so are a great energy provider.
It was for this very reason that Sven announced that Jaffa Cakes would join the England squad in Japan for the 2002 World Cup as part of their training diet. The publicity was amazing, culminating in a spectacular story of a McVitie's Jaffa Cake being found with the face of David Beckham, the team captain, on it!!!
Inspiring eh?
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It's good to know that should some unsuspecting member of Cardiff Meds RFC log in to out illustrious Club website he will see that we have massive forums on jaffa cakes and Mr Fucking Kipling. Bet he's quaking!
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