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I like biscuits, and being a bit bored, thought I might as well find out if anyone else likes them?
mightyhunter
09-02-2006, 00:35
i also like biscuits. chocolate borbons are my faves. or perhaps a nice lemon puff:PDT_Xtremez_15:
A CLING NERD SHRON
09-02-2006, 00:39
I prefer a nice Mississippi delta cathead biscuit..................:PDT_Xtremez_14:
sausage2
09-02-2006, 00:45
I like biscuits too. My favorite are fox's cream classics, also chocholate hob nobs are ace
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shoutingwind
09-02-2006, 11:12
ummm biscuits! i like chocolate bourbons and mini oreos yum yum
why are bourbon biscuits call bourbon? coz they don't have bourbon in them, do they?
TheHogwartsBEngO
09-02-2006, 11:35
I'll settle for a couple of custard creams (but 2 is just never enough!)
so, which is the best biscuit for dunking? Got to be the ginger nut IMHO, they actually need to be dunked to save on broken teeth :PDT_Xtremez_14:
Garabaldi's for dunkin'.
Fruity and flavourful!:PDT_Xtremez_28:
Digestives with a wee doad' 'o' butter and a wee piece 'o' cheese, mmmmmmm.
Who? Me?
09-02-2006, 22:13
Sorry, you're all wrong.
The Daddy of the biscuit world has to be Biscuits Brown!!
They'll knock anyone down after a few days.
:PDT_Xtremez_28:
mightyhunter
09-02-2006, 22:16
Digestives with a wee doad' 'o' butter and a wee piece 'o' cheese, mmmmmmm.
ahhh, but have you tried the ones with dark chocolate on them. mmmmmm.
here is a controvertial thing. jaffa cakes: biscuit or cake?
Who? Me?
09-02-2006, 22:22
Jaffa cakes, mmmmm I'd have to say a biscuit. 'Cause if it was a cake then I'd have to have lots of them together with ice cream and that would just be wrong.
Biscuit!, without a shadow of a doubt a biscuit! We will have no truck with those "Cake" factions. If it was a cake it would be sold individually with a fancy piece of paper around it. They come in boxes, stacked one on top of another therefore they are and shall always remain biscuits. I broach no arguerment here that is it, the gospel, don't even think of claiming cakehood, biscuit biscuit biscuit, the end!
Cakes.
They are in the cake aisle in supermarkets, not where the biscuits live. It even says cake on the packet!:PDT_Xtremez_15:
http://www.jaffacakes.co.uk/80256C1A0047922E/vWeb/pcTSTT5EPGEB
Says so here::P:
The Ballerina
09-02-2006, 22:56
On dunking to quote Peter Kay The chocolate hob nob is the Marine of the biscuit world. I dont think anyone can really argue with that one.
On the Jaffa cake although i would love it to be a biscuit i do actually believe it is a cake. The first clue is in the name Jaffa CAKE. The second reason is a cake goes stale whereas a biscuit does not. In this case it is hard to identify because most jaffa cakes get consumed within minutes of being opened so never get the chance to go stale. But i did hear a rumour that the only reason for them being called cakes was so that mc vities could get away with the lower tax levels imposed on cakes.
mightyhunter
09-02-2006, 23:26
On dunking to quote Peter Kay The chocolate hob nob is the Marine of the biscuit world. I dont think anyone can really argue with that one.
On the Jaffa cake although i would love it to be a biscuit i do actually believe it is a cake. The first clue is in the name Jaffa CAKE. The second reason is a cake goes stale whereas a biscuit does not. In this case it is hard to identify because most jaffa cakes get consumed within minutes of being opened so never get the chance to go stale. But i did hear a rumour that the only reason for them being called cakes was so that mc vities could get away with the lower tax levels imposed on cakes.
i have to agree with ballerina. sometimes, a box doesn't last by time i leave tescos (or other supermarket chain)
A CLING NERD SHRON
09-02-2006, 23:29
here is a controvertial thing. jaffa cakes: biscuit or cake?
Neither........................full moon....half moon.....total eclipse!!!!!!!!:PDT_Xtremez_19:
mightyhunter
09-02-2006, 23:34
Neither........................full moon....half moon.....total eclipse!!!!!!!!:PDT_Xtremez_19:
it that with a french accent?
:PDT_Xtremez_31:
A CLING NERD SHRON
09-02-2006, 23:37
But of course...........................
rest have risen above me
09-02-2006, 23:46
Surely the master of the biscuit world is the Jammy Dodger....But not the NAAFI imitations that are supplied free of charge with your standard issue white butty box...:PDT_Xtremez_14:
TheHogwartsBEngO
22-02-2006, 15:03
Ballerina stated that biscuits do not go stale.
Mrs BEngO and I have been attending Fat-Fighters for a few months now so biscuits have been off-limits (for me anyway, Mrs B can't eat biscuits due to an allergy). Nonetheless, we bought a packet of plain Rich Tea for when the Grandparents visited over christmas as gran has been known to ask for 'a plain biscuit' to accompany her bed-time milk and honey (we respect our elders in chez BEngO).
now christmas is over, the rich tea packet (open) has been largely ignored.
Until today. :PDT_Xtremez_34: Biscuits go stale.
ITS A BISCUIT, leave it son, its not worth it, leave it, dont touch me, gerrof now I'm OK.
Ask Johnny of 2 pints of lager fame, its a biscuit!
I pity the fool who say it's a biscuit! Everyone knows it's a cake.
CAKE
Trill, you really shouldn't go there. Its a biscuit, it always will be and always has been. The "cake" is just to make the middle classes feel they are getting a high class biscuit.
BISCUIT!
Stax, how many soggy type biscuits do you know of?
CAKE
Bluntend
23-02-2006, 16:46
General opinion in this office is:
CAKE
Its the kind of top level discussion you'd expect from the DLO...
TheHogwartsBEngO
23-02-2006, 17:18
most definately a Cake. It's got sponge, not biscuit base.
so begs the question - how about sponge fingers? Cake or biscuit?
sausage2
23-02-2006, 18:34
Consensus here is
cake
sausage2
23-02-2006, 19:52
To back up the cake argument, I've done some research on google, firstly it goes hard when it's gone off, and biscuits go soft, and secondly, it floats in your tea, and biscuits sink. Case proven I believe.
.
You're all mad I tell you. Next you'll be telling me Typhoon is a great aircraft!
To back up the cake argument, I've done some research on google,
Knowing Sausage, I'm sure that he didn't just research on Google. He's more of a hands on man, definatley not shy of his cakes.:PDT_Xtremez_28:
Its a bl00dy biscuit, god damn it!!! If it was a cake it would be up there along with Pavolva's, Battenberg, Black Forest Gateau and the likes, I don't have a problem with any of these but I don't want to be dunkin them in my tea/coffee do I. I had to inform Mrs P twice of this last night, hence why she's going to work with two black eyes this morning (j for joke). Stax your are right its a biscuit, don't be swayed into thinking otherwise by the ignorant masses.:PDT_Xtremez_33:
Bluntend
24-02-2006, 19:06
Plumber, don't forget I know Mrs P and for the record I think if it came to it, it would be you going to work with two black eyes. Just because you're an armourer it doen't mean you don't fight like a girl...
:PDT_Xtremez_15:
Oh, and it's still a cake.
shoutingwind
24-02-2006, 22:30
it does say cake on the packet. and mcvites should know- they make them! anyone else tried the new flavours of lemon and lime and blacurrent? quite yummy
Norman the Storeman
25-02-2006, 08:51
I used to love Gypsy Creams...mmm. All the creaminess of Gypsies! ...or was that something else I was thinking of? :confused:
Plumber, thank you. Norman, yes you are thinking of something else. Shouty, your still cute, but leave this arguement to old gits like me.
Biscuit
TheHogwartsBEngO
27-02-2006, 12:02
The wikipedia definations of cake and biscuit are fairly helpful. Biscuit is defined as a hard-baked product like a small cake. Cake is a baked food, usually sweet.
The clue is that biscuits are hard-baked. Jaffa Cakes are made of a soft sponge. therefore: CAKE
Cake
If a biscuit is hard, and a cake soft, what does this do to my 2 yera olds favourite the fig roll?:PDT_Xtremez_35:
He'll be so miffed if it ain't no biccy.:PDT_Xtremez_09:
TheHogwartsBEngO
27-02-2006, 16:05
hmmm, a tough one. Fig Rolls are definately a biscuit.
Maybe the joy of Jaffa Cakes is that although definately a cake, they can be enjoyed in the same way as biscuits - ie eat 3 whole ones on the trot and not feel guilty.
Bluntend
27-02-2006, 16:09
A Fig Roll is a roll, if it was a biscuit it would be called a Fig Biscuit.
TheHogwartsBEngO
27-02-2006, 16:16
A Fig Roll is a roll, if it was a biscuit it would be called a Fig Biscuit.
Jesus! better stop eating Hob Nobs then!
No!!! A fig roll can be a biscuit too!!! DO not discriminate :PDT_Xtremez_28:
CAKES & ROLLS ARE FRIENDS OF AND THEREFORE ARE BISCUITS!!!
But the best biscuits are the chocolate Hob-Nobs nicked of the flightdeck just before the kite goes flying :PDT_Xtremez_28:
TheHogwartsBEngO
27-02-2006, 16:33
free biscuits are always the best biscuits...
except when the wife is trying to get you to finish off her packet of Gluten-Free custard creams
:PDT_Xtremez_34:
Gluten Free?
That's like drinking Diet coke, smoking Silk Cut, having a no alcohol Lager!
It should be made illegal!
What is the joy of biscuits if they aren't chock full of Gluten! It must be bad for you this Gluten stuff, otherwise why remove it?
TheHogwartsBEngO
06-03-2006, 09:49
Try: because when you have the rare skin condition demititis herpetiformis, if you eat just a crumb of gluten, your whole body gets covered in a violently itchy rash for about a week and you will be violently ill, out of both ends, for about 2 days. :PDT_Xtremez_42:
if you are ceoliac, the symptoms are more gut-related as opposed to the skin rash.
as for diet coke? doesn't rot teeth so much, doesn't fcuk up your blood sugar and insulin levels and tastes better IMHO.
But I love a good real biscuit and some nice soft farmhouse crusty bread - I just need to make sure I don't get a single crumb in the butter - or I'll be cleaning the bathroom and applying the lotions.
sausage2
06-03-2006, 14:19
If they are freaks of nature, with feeble diseases then they don't deserve to enjoy proper food like normal people.
IMHO anyone who suffers from this type of thing should be made to live in the sewers , futerama style
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TheHogwartsBEngO
06-03-2006, 14:50
to be honest (and not wanting to sound like a Gillian McKeith food facist) you're much better off without gluten in your diet: it bloats you up and actually causes you to develop an allergy to it. Plus the majority of foods that contain gluten are the ones that end up refined and processed - full of sugar/fat etc and stripped of the good stuff like fibre.
since living with Mrs BEngO, I have massively reduced my intake of Gluten (but not cut it out totally) and I feel much better. Less bloated and not so 'windy' :PDT_Xtremez_08:
Who? Me?
06-03-2006, 21:58
Whilst I am glad of all the advice given on how to improve my diet (and after clearing the office last Friday I definately need advice on curing my flatulence) we still haven't gotten round to the big Biscuit V's Cake fight.
General consensus in this office is BISCUIT, with the only real cake support coming from the one with bar codes on his / her shoulder (we're not quite sure which yet), and we all know how on the ball they are. :PDT_Xtremez_30:
So how about it..... shall we have an online vote for either BISCUIT or cake?
Hu Jardon
07-03-2006, 10:00
What about Cookies then?
TheHogwartsBEngO
07-03-2006, 10:20
What about Cookies then?
I tend to delete them once Internet Explorer's performance starts to degrade along with all the temporary Internet files. Why?
After reading this thread, when I popped into my local Tesco's earlier, I had a look. The Jaffa Cakes and the Fig Rolls were in the BISCUIT ISLE and if anyone should know, surely it should be Tesco's.
Got to be Jaffa Cakes - Its that smashing jaffa orangey bit that does it for me! :PDT_Xtremez_42:
TheHogwartsBEngO
07-03-2006, 15:28
After reading this thread, when I popped into my local Tesco's earlier, I had a look. The Jaffa Cakes and the Fig Rolls were in the BISCUIT ISLE and if anyone should know, surely it should be Tesco's.
Got to be Jaffa Cakes - Its that smashing jaffa orangey bit that does it for me! :PDT_Xtremez_42:
wow!! where is the Biscuit Isle? is it in the Bahamas or the Isles of Scilly? Must arrange my next holiday for there - although Mrs BEngO will have an allergy. Seems a long way to go for bickkies though.
I tend to just go to Tesco and find the Biscuit Aisle....
:PDT_Xtremez_14:
TheHogwartsBEngO
07-03-2006, 15:35
Back on the thread....
The VATman wanted to class Jaffa cakes as biscuits as VAT is levvied on biscuits - they are a luxury item. Cakes are not subject to VAT as they are a food. McVities fought (and won) a court case in 1991 to prove that they are in fact a CAKE to prevent them being subject to VAT.
The case was won on the definition that when cakes go stale they go hard, whereas biscuits, when stale, go soft. Jaffa cakes go hard when stale.
They are cakes.
ahthangyou. :PDT_Xtremez_28:
(edited for accuracy of court case date)
Well excuse me for making a (very) minor spelling mistake, but your right - the Biscuit Isle does sound a very 'tasty' place to go on holiday :PDT_Xtremez_15:
Martin Blank
07-03-2006, 20:34
Caramel Digestive topped in chocolate is the daddy and it would only be better if it was DARK chock on top :PDT_Xtremez_14: or maybe if the digestive was replaced with hob nob.......McvItties reading? :PDT_Xtremez_15:
On Biscuit Isle, is there a Lake Tea?:PDT_Xtremez_08:
TheHogwartsBEngO
08-03-2006, 09:38
On Biscuit Isle, is there a Lake Tea?:PDT_Xtremez_08:
It would be fantastic! - But the with a lake of tea, surely the whole Island would go soggy? - Unless it was a ginger-nut.
Or, *with a nod to Peter Kay* a hob nob, the marine of biscuits.
I have tried the caramel chocolate digestive - found it a bit sickly. I'm sorry, no matter what fantastic all-singing,all dancing fancy biscuit the boffins come up with, you will never beat 3 custard creams and a steaming hot mug of strong (preferably yorkshire) tea.
Especially not at about 4am after a night-shift, with 13 from 13 jets still U/S and 3 hours before the day shift come in.
Back on the thread....
The VATman wanted to class Jaffa cakes as biscuits as VAT is levvied on biscuits - they are a luxury item. Cakes are not subject to VAT as they are a food. McVities fought (and won) a court case in 1991 to prove that they are in fact a CAKE to prevent them being subject to VAT.
The case was won on the definition that when cakes go stale they go hard, whereas biscuits, when stale, go soft. Jaffa cakes go hard when stale.
They are cakes.
ahthangyou. :PDT_Xtremez_28:
(edited for accuracy of court case date)
Oh! I see! Now you have to introduce VAT in the biscuit/cake arguement, well I'm sorry but government decisions does not a cake make! As for cake being a food and biscuits a luxury who the ferk decided that! I'll tell you it's people like M For Mother and their upper class ways trying to stop us working class types from enjoying a biscuit by levying an extra tax and putting it out of our price range, therefore ensuring we have neither cake nor biscuit! Bah, wait for the revolution!
TheHogwartsBEngO
08-03-2006, 12:05
Ah come the revolution the biggest grievance and cause of riots will be the VAT to stop peasants eating biscuits - damn good idea. But what shall the peasants eat that does not include a levvy on VAT I hear you say...
(can you see where I'm going with this?)
Let them eat cake!
shoutingwind
08-03-2006, 18:39
Ah come the revolution the biggest grievance and cause of riots will be the VAT to stop peasants eating biscuits - damn good idea. But what shall the peasants eat that does not include a levvy on VAT I hear you say...
(can you see where I'm going with this?)
Let them eat cake!
but only if they're Jaffa Cakes!
I am partial to a nice tart.
Not a big fan of oranges, me mum said they'd turn me ginger!:raf:
It's still a CAKE.
puter killer
10-03-2006, 11:31
Bet you all go home and eat them pink wafer things anyway-girls!
rest have risen above me
10-03-2006, 15:18
I've just had a packed lunch from the mess and included was a "Wagon Wheel" why are they so small nowadays??????? I seem to remember that you couldnt eat a whole one as a kid. And if you were posh enough to be able to afford a 4 pack then that was it.. shopping over no room in the basket for anything else...:PDT_Xtremez_08:
TheHogwartsBEngO
10-03-2006, 15:30
I've just had a packed lunch from the mess and included was a "Wagon Wheel" why are they so small nowadays??????? I seem to remember that you couldnt eat a whole one as a kid. And if you were posh enough to be able to afford a 4 pack then that was it.. shopping over no room in the basket for anything else...:PDT_Xtremez_08:
oh that old chestnut!
yes they were bigger, (and you were smaller)
Me? I'm too young to remember them being much bigger.
My treat when I used to come home from schoold was either a 'Trio' or a 'breakaway'
Of course, My mother would get reported to social services these days for feeding me chockie biscuits and not fruit.
rest have risen above me
10-03-2006, 15:37
My treat when I used to come home from schoold was either a 'Trio' or a 'breakaway'.
Obviously you're not listening at school....spelling....ther's no "d" in school.
What is it tonight then "trio or Breakaway"? :PDT_Xtremez_15:
The mess aren't doing bad with retro buiscuits though, yesterday was Blue Riband. (They've not been LEAN'd though and are as big as ever)
The origional Pob
10-03-2006, 16:02
Hows about digestives with a splodge of jam with a marshmallow on top then all toasted???..... Or as it only my Mum did that to us?.
TheHogwartsBEngO
10-03-2006, 16:19
Obviously you're not listening at school....spelling....ther's no "d" in school.
What is it tonight then "trio or Breakaway"? :PDT_Xtremez_15:
The mess aren't doing bad with retro buiscuits though, yesterday was Blue Riband. (They've not been LEAN'd though and are as big as ever)
and there is an e in the shortened form of there is - there's.
Blue Riband - now there's a memory.
Tonight will be a pint of black sheep and a bag of KP Nuts, not a biscuit in sight - but it is friday.
rest have risen above me
10-03-2006, 16:44
Damn.... That'll teach me to check English....I couldn't work out how to get the accent over the E or I would have said Tooshay.
Surely it's a pint of Rainbow Sheep (according to certain Nursery schools) nowadays. Enjoy..:PDT_Xtremez_14:
Who? Me?
10-03-2006, 20:26
Damn.... That'll teach me to check English....I couldn't work out how to get the accent over the E or I would have said Tooshay.
Surely it's a pint of Rainbow Sheep (according to certain Nursery schools) nowadays. Enjoy..:PDT_Xtremez_14:
I thought it was a pint of Billy the ethinc animal sheep?
JAFFA BISCUITS!!!!!!
:PDT_Xtremez_25:
I know we're on the Cake/Biscuit debate, but you can get Jaffa CAKE bars now as well.:PDT_Xtremez_09:
This is only further mudding of the water,as with this new development it could, possibly be a Chocolate bar!:PDT_Xtremez_03:
Why are they doing this to us!
Who? Me?
10-03-2006, 20:34
They are just trying to create a division amongst the faithfull followers of the BISCUIT faith so that when the War Of Reckoning comes we will not be a single entity to thwart those that follow the false path of cake.
:PDT_Xtremez_31:
Do not be fooled by the witches that preach Biscuit!
Only the softness of CAKE can lead to paradise!
rest have risen above me
13-03-2006, 21:06
[QUOTE=budgie]I know we're on the Cake/Biscuit debate, but you can get Jaffa CAKE bars now as well.:PDT_Xtremez_09:
[QUOTE]
I've never been to a Jaffa Cake/Biscuit (Still on the fence) Bar , are they any good? Do you get a decent class of totty in them?:PDT_Xtremez_15:
I belive there is one in Seville, all the birds are ginger of hair. Must be all the oranges they eat!
A Jaffa Cake is a Biscuit!
A Jaffa Cake Bar is a Cake!
Is that clear now1
BISCUIT!
TheHogwartsBEngO
14-03-2006, 14:19
I refer you to my previous threads and affirm that they are both:
CAKES
Drunk Janner from GUZZ
14-03-2006, 21:27
I can quite easily demolish a pack of Fox's Crunch Creams along with downing a pint of milk, its a sort of good bad balancing act. Biscuits bad milk good. easy!
As for the biscuit cake debate, her indoors is a qualified chef type person and she says
CAKE
"It's got sponge on it and sponge is a cake, alright" To quote
If this does not solve the issue then I call for a parlimentary Public Enquiry on the Jaffa Cake issue.
:PDT_Xtremez_30:
TheHogwartsBEngO
15-03-2006, 09:32
Back on the thread....
The VATman wanted to class Jaffa cakes as biscuits as VAT is levvied on biscuits - they are a luxury item. Cakes are not subject to VAT as they are a food. McVities fought (and won) a court case in 1991 to prove that they are in fact a CAKE to prevent them being subject to VAT.
The case was won on the definition that when cakes go stale they go hard, whereas biscuits, when stale, go soft. Jaffa cakes go hard when stale.
They are cakes.
ahthangyou. :PDT_Xtremez_28:
(edited for accuracy of court case date)
Parlimentary enquiry? - no need!
you people just don't listen.
CAKE
Are you all fools or what. It's a biscuit and that is that.
TheHogwartsBEngO, Don't try pulling rank on this one - it won't work.
By the supreme power of the smashing jaffa orangey bit...................
BISCUIT
:PDT_Xtremez_28:
Lots in a packet, you can eat a whole box, you can dunk them, they are in the biscuit aisle at the supermercado, they are round and flat.
Ergo they are and shall always remain a
Biscuit
TheHogwartsBEngO
15-03-2006, 12:55
TheHogwartsBEngO, Don't try pulling rank on this one - it won't work.
By the supreme power of the smashing jaffa orangey bit...................
BISCUIT
:PDT_Xtremez_28:
who said I was pulling rank. I just have a superior argument.
CAKE
Not listening, not listening - LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
BISCUIT
shoutingwind
15-03-2006, 20:32
so if HM gov agrees with you- will you pay extra for Jaffa CAKES (!!!!) when the tax on them increases?
CAKES!!!!
When stale a cake goes hard and a biscuit goes soft, heard this on some cooking show on telly and filed it away knowing that it would come in handy one day.
Best biscuits I've ever had are the ones 'liberated' from the aircrews rations in the SLOC. Try it, but if you decide to go down this route make sure you grab enough to go round the lads.
TheHogwartsBEngO
16-03-2006, 12:58
Like I say, you can't beat a custard cream or three that have come in a box load of bickies liberated from a returning VC10
Generally speaking tho, the riggers would have nicked all the decent biscuits leaving only 'shorties' and 'nice'. :PDT_Xtremez_25:
now, it would only seem fair to Leave some custard creams, bourbons, jammy dodgers and chocolate hob-nobs for JEngO, FS, Rects Controller...
TheHogwartsBEngO
21-03-2006, 12:11
To quicky re-start this thread (and I'm not on a McVities Commission), the in-laws donated a box of Ltd Edition White-Chocolate Coated Digestives when I visited this weekend.
Fantastic. delicious with a nice hot cuppa. I hope Mr McVitie decides to make these a permanent part of the product range.
Sounds nice..............................do you think it could be a stepping stone to a white chocolate hob nob?
TheHogwartsBEngO
21-03-2006, 12:53
Sounds nice..............................do you think it could be a stepping stone to a white chocolate hob nob?
Now you're talking!!
To quicky re-start this thread (and I'm not on a McVities Commission), the in-laws donated a box of Ltd Edition White-Chocolate Coated Digestives when I visited this weekend.
Fantastic. delicious with a nice hot cuppa. I hope Mr McVitie decides to make these a permanent part of the product range.
White chocolate!, White chocolate! Are you mad, the only colour for adult chocolate is brown! Only children and limp wristed, liberal, panty waisters eat white chocolate! Good god what is Britian coming to!
Signed
Disgusted of Tooting
rest have risen above me
21-03-2006, 15:52
That's it after weeks of research and excessive amounts of personal testing. I will finally land on the side of the CAKE
www.jafferygoodness.com
Perhaps the poll can go from "performance related pay" to the more burning topic of Orange and Chocolate based delicacies and their VAT status.
SirSaltyHelmet
21-03-2006, 16:08
When the Krays Killed Jack "The Hat" McVitie, it was not down to a gangland feud, it was because he taunted them that he could bake a better biscuit
:PDT_Xtremez_25:
A Jaffa Cake is a popular type of snack sold under a number of different brands, the market leader being McVitie's (United Biscuits). In the United Kingdom, Jaffa Cakes are classed as cakes for the purposes of taxation, but due to their size and high number per packaging, shops generally stock them within the biscuit section. The name is derived from Jaffa oranges.-
taken from the on-line enyclopidia wypedia
so it is offically a cake, but pretends to be a biscuit!!
:PDT_Xtremez_15: hey you could do a really cool science thesis on this- if they're left in the box, unopened they could be both a cake and a biscuit at the same time- quantum physics stuff shodiners cat style of things :PDT_Xtremez_26:
shoutingwind
21-03-2006, 18:52
i can't believe that on this whole thread no-one as mentioned the BEST bisciut ever- the might oreo!!
CAKE
rest have risen above me
21-03-2006, 18:53
[COLOR="Blue"]:PDT_Xtremez_15: hey you could do a really cool science thesis on this- if they're left in the box, unopened they could be both a cake and a biscuit at the same time- quantum physics stuff shodiners cat style of things :PDT_Xtremez_26:
Surely Schrodingers cat would lick the orangey bit of the top if you left the box unopened?
And if the cat did that they'd still be cakes because there'd be no jaffa... case proven by quantum physics ...:PDT_Xtremez_26:
Good one kit..
exept the quantum thing would only work if the box was shut- otherwise the result would change by observing it, so the cat would eat the oragy bit beacuse you couldn't fit a cat AND jaffa cakes in the box at the same time!
Do cats like oranges?:PDT_Xtremez_34:
mightyhunter
21-03-2006, 20:05
i will direct all my learnerd collegues to the vote that is happening in this forum
AND THE CAKE VOTE IS WINNING.
a big NA NA NANA NA to all those voting biscuit!!
mightyhunter
21-03-2006, 20:12
had a look on that jaffa website
they've got a recipe for giant jaffa cakes http://www.jafferygoodness.com/article2.html
genius or what!!!
mmmmmmmm giant jaffa cakes (in a homer simpson stylee)
mightyhunter
21-03-2006, 20:22
and has anyone tried the new flavours?
lemon and lime = tremendous *whispers 'might be even better than the original' in fear of been branded a heritic*
raspberry = pish!!
So the Cake is the true path!
mightyhunter
21-03-2006, 21:05
So the Cake is the true path! yes it is, budgie-san! you will find enlightenment and lovely tingly sensation on your tongue from these
CAKES!!
that was for those of you that are hard of hearing!!
sorry to all you sneks having a little snooze. hope i didn't disturb your nap....
Cat of Shadows
21-03-2006, 21:32
Do cats like oranges?:PDT_Xtremez_34:
This cat does, and knowing a few things about biscuit making (family business, second income, large country estate and all that) I can confirm that the Jaffa is and always will be a cake!!!
TheHogwartsBEngO
22-03-2006, 17:20
Was there not once a rival to the Jaffa cake? similar shape, size and construction, topped with white chocolate and instead of a tangy orangy filling, it had a strawberry/raspberry filling.
called Pimms or something.
This cat does, and knowing a few things about biscuit making (family business, second income, large country estate and all that) I can confirm that the Jaffa is and always will be a cake!!!
Damn you cat o shads, let it be known I curse you three times, begone from this, the force of the air and take up the biscuit makers art. Get thee behind me all you satan worshipping sons of cake, for I will die knowing that truly, the combination of dark chocolate, spongy base and "that smashing orangy bit in the middle" which the overseers call cake in order to keep the workers downtrodden will always be................................................
A Biscuit
Was there not once a rival to the Jaffa cake? similar shape, size and construction, topped with white chocolate and instead of a tangy orangy filling, it had a strawberry/raspberry filling.
called Pimms or something.
yep bengo- they where Pimms biscuits, my sis and i used to have them when we where little , well littler then we are now:PDT_Xtremez_29:
rest have risen above me
22-03-2006, 21:59
Was there not once a rival to the Jaffa cake? similar shape, size and construction, topped with white chocolate and instead of a tangy orangy filling, it had a strawberry/raspberry filling.
called Pimms or something.
Right HB stop now. Your just trying to get this thread into the upper class bracket...:PDT_Xtremez_25:
Pimms biscuit my ar5e. There is no way such an upper class tipple would let itself be associated with a mere biscuit obviously it was a Pimms Cake. Then again they probably employed some Upper class twit Soane ranger advertising agency that thought that they could sell it to the lower class oiks by calling it a biscuit how wrong they were..lol
You'll be telling me that there's a Newky Brown Wafer next...LOL:PDT_Xtremez_31:
Why doesn’t some one organise a Jafa Cake v's Biscuit eating competition throughout the RAF. We can all raise lots of money for charity and just get stuffed with the whole subject??? :PDT_Xtremez_34:
ps - at the rate i eat then they are simply lots of little Voids!!!:PDT_Xtremez_14:
mightyhunter
23-03-2006, 00:36
what high-brow debateing we're having
i knew this would cause a split in the meare fabric of what is left of 'our' morale... or could this be a thinly disgused effort to boost morale? who knows? i think i'm just ranting now.....
:PDT_Xtremez_06:
one of the lads i work with has got the eating an entire 12 packet of said cakes down to 1min20secs.
the gaunlet has been laid.
can anyone beat this........?
mightyhunter
23-03-2006, 00:44
You'll be telling me that there's a Newky Brown Wafer next...LOL:PDT_Xtremez_31:
asda sells them. right beside the Guiness Puffs and the 'Red Death' Shortbread. wait a minute..... Short.... Bread (in a peter kay stylee).... yet they sell it in the biscuit aisle?
How can anyone even begin to think of them as anything else?
Try these links:
http://homepages.force9.net/swamp/jaffanet/
www.jafferygoodness.com
www.jaffaholics.co.uk/flash.html
(How bored am I? Its stupid O'clock in the morning and I am googling Jaffa Cakes!)
Edited to add a stupid question.
Is there any correlation between those fools who would have them as biscuits, and those fools that do not like Marmite?
How can anyone even begin to think of them as anything else?
Try these links:
http://homepages.force9.net/swamp/jaffanet/
www.jafferygoodness.com
www.jaffaholics.co.uk/flash.html
(How bored am I? Its stupid O'clock in the morning and I am googling Jaffa Cakes!)
Edited to add a stupid question.
Is there any correlation between those fools who would have them as biscuits, and those fools that do not like Marmite?
Marmite! Marmite! It smells like 5hit, looks like 5hit and tastes like 5hit (or as I would imagine 5hit to taste) Its a good job I didn't stand in it! (stops and looks confused realising he has inserted the punchline to an old, old joke, shakes head and shuffles back to his "special" chair, mumbling to himself)
SirSaltyHelmet
23-03-2006, 16:48
How about this to settle it
When the packet is opened the Jaffa Cake is soft and is therefore a CAKE. Just like a cake if its left in the open it goes stale and hard. However, once its stale and hard it is clearly transformed into A BISCUIT. Therefore it is both, just like the caterpillar and the butterfly!
:PDT_Xtremez_30:
How about this to settle it
When the packet is opened the Jaffa Cake is soft and is therefore a CAKE. Just like a cake if its left in the open it goes stale and hard. However, once its stale and hard it is clearly transformed into A BISCUIT. Therefore it is both, just like the caterpillar and the butterfly!
:PDT_Xtremez_30:
Right you! Dont come on this site being all nice and pointing out that both sides are right. It's people like you that cause dissent, we were all quite happy arguing about biscuits (which it is!) and cakes (which it isin't) then you come along like the village vicar trying to pour oil on troubled waters (which can actually get you a hefty fine nowadays I can tell you!) Now shut it or 'll take you outside and give you a damn good thrashing (Carruthers fetch my stick!)
SirSaltyHelmet
23-03-2006, 17:55
Beat me hard and call me Myrtle!
rest have risen above me
23-03-2006, 18:04
How about this to settle it
When the packet is opened the Jaffa Cake is soft and is therefore a CAKE. Just like a cake if its left in the open it goes stale and hard. However, once its stale and hard it is clearly transformed into A BISCUIT. Therefore it is both, just like the caterpillar and the butterfly!
:PDT_Xtremez_30:
SSH you're talking marmite? Are you telling me that a McVities Rich tea when left out of the packet to go soft becomes a cake? I think not.... That would put stale buiscuits in there with the gods of cakedom like the battenburg or the madeira.
Never my good man can that be true...A soft buiscuit is a stale buiscuit and a hard Jaffa CAKE is a tragedy.
SirSaltyHelmet
23-03-2006, 18:09
Would rather you didnt use SSH and marmite in the same sentance..... Would hate to be associated with that foul tasting bollox
Edited to ask... If I put butter on a stale rich tea biscuit, would that make it a cake??
rest have risen above me
23-03-2006, 18:21
Then stop spouting utter tripe comparing cake to biscuit transformation in entymological terms. What would have happened if Darwin had been so lax in his studiesand observations? Would we have the "Origin of Sponge Pieces"?:PDT_Xtremez_26:
PS Marmite doesn't rhyme with Sh1te for no reason..
Who? Me?
23-03-2006, 18:22
The heretics in the cake faction have even been busy causing more "cake" hits on the heavenly google site so that a googlefight between cake and biscuit shows the true biscuit faith as being wrong...
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=cake&word2=biscuit
However, whilst on the site I also couldn't help see who would win in this fight....
http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=nerdy&word2=north+sea+tiger
:PDT_Xtremez_19:
edited to add : we are not alone http://biscuitorcake.tripod.com/
SirSaltyHelmet
23-03-2006, 18:28
Then stop spouting utter tripe comparing cake to biscuit transformation in entymological terms. What would have happened if Darwin had been so lax in his studiesand observations? Would we have the "Origin of Sponge Pieces"?:PDT_Xtremez_26:
PS Marmite doesn't rhyme with Sh1te for no reason..
Might have to move this to the fight club!! :PDT_Xtremez_32:
rest have risen above me
23-03-2006, 18:33
Not that I need to defend the cake faction as they are obviously right, Google logic says that cake will win it's easier to spell than biscuit...lol and you don't go googling for a Jaffa biscuit do you ?
Have found this after google searching Jaffa Biscuits (soz I know it's a cake, but it's late!)
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/index.php3
Hope this helps and burns any of the biscuit denomonation in flames of righteous purgatory (soz again, look at the time I should be in bed!)
CAKE,CAKE,CAKE,CAKE!
No longer can I deny the evidence put before me. Even though in my heart at the time I knew it to be a biscuit, the evidence is overwhelming to the contrary. To deny the truth is pointless, to worship the false idol is now nothing short of heresy.
I have been converted, I have been shown the true path.....................................to the smashing jaffa truth that is cake.
::D:
rest have risen above me
24-03-2006, 13:17
You are forgiven by the Master Baker for your previous foolishness. All are welcome in the creed of the cake...:PDT_Xtremez_28:
sausage2
24-03-2006, 13:21
.
I have been converted, I have been shown the true path.....................................to the smashing jaffa truth that is cake.
::D:
Welcome back from the dark side and its good to see you have realised the error of your ways.
.
I look like Bruce Willis
24-03-2006, 15:35
I refuse to enter into such a juvinile debate.
I refuse to enter into such a juvinile debate.
So why did you comment?:PDT_Xtremez_15:
Who? Me?
24-03-2006, 20:15
No longer can I deny the evidence put before me. Even though in my heart at the time I knew it to be a biscuit, the evidence is overwhelming to the contrary. To deny the truth is pointless, to worship the false idol is now nothing short of heresy.
I have been converted, I have been shown the true path.....................................to the smashing jaffa truth that is cake.
::D:
:PDT_Xtremez_03:
NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Don't leave the true side, it's a biscuit, it's always been a biscuit and it will be a biscuit for evah!!!
It's like Eisenhower's 'domino effect'. First one will fall.....
I don't think he was going on about Jaffa cakes, they were probably still rationed.
I look like Bruce Willis
25-03-2006, 08:54
So why did you comment?:PDT_Xtremez_15:
Do not try to drag me into this debate. I refer to the comment I gave some hours ago.
Oh, shut up you tart!!!!!!!
(not refering to a jam tart by the way............but I am partial to the lemon ones)
http://www.e-goat.co.uk/photoplog/index.php?n=30
Should have said...A near perfect example of a wonderful CAKE!
mightyhunter
28-03-2006, 00:58
http://www.e-goat.co.uk/photoplog/index.php?n=30
Should have said...A near perfect example of a wonderful CAKE!
mmmm cake!
mightyhunter
28-03-2006, 01:18
Was there not once a rival to the Jaffa cake? similar shape, size and construction, topped with white chocolate and instead of a tangy orangy filling, it had a strawberry/raspberry filling.
called Pimms or something.
look towards the end of this article for enlightenment
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/jaffajudgement/
TheHogwartsBEngO
29-03-2006, 12:44
it also mentions a specially prepared 12 inch Jaffa cake.
Oh yes! now you're talking!
la la la la la la la , I'm not listening, BISCUIT!, lalalalalalalalalalala
sausage2
01-04-2006, 22:32
Stax you are deluded. Get with the winning team it has always been, and always will be a
CAKE.
.
Everything points to CAKES!
One Cake, One Fight!
Bitburger
01-04-2006, 23:51
Once and for all it is a BISCUIT!, BISCUIT!, BISCUIT!,
I look like Bruce Willis
02-04-2006, 00:27
As I have stated previously, I refuse to take part in such a puerile debate.
Cat of Shadows
03-04-2006, 19:08
As I have stated previously, I refuse to take part in such a puerile debate.
Stax, it is a cake, my family do not make biscuits!!
I wouldn't lie to you fella, that's just the way it is, the truth is out there and it ain't no X File either.
As for 'I'm $hite like Spruce Winnits' I think the argument is clearer.................is he a chimp or is he quite simply a chimp?
Personally, I'm very firmly in the he's a chimp camp.
Stax, it is a cake, my family do not make biscuits!!
I wouldn't lie to you fella, that's just the way it is, the truth is out there and it ain't no X File either.
As for 'I'm $hite like Spruce Winnits' I think the argument is clearer.................is he a chimp or is he quite simply a chimp?
Personally, I'm very firmly in the he's a chimp camp.
Cat, you know I respect you for your opinions and the way you can look at a problem and dissect it, coming up with an alternative to many opinions. I have always found you to be considerate and kind. although firm with idiots (Bruised Willis for instance!) But I can't agree with your outlook on this subject it is and will always remain a BISCUIT!
I thought that this had been put to bed a long time ago...
it is a CAKE!
P
HansBwix
30-05-2006, 16:30
Does anyone remember dark chocolate Rich Tea biscuits? or those nasty pink wafer things that used to disintegrate on contact with the air and taste like cardboard?
And It's A CAKE!:PDT_Xtremez_14:
Major Geek
30-05-2006, 16:54
Those pink cardboard things are still around. Just as c**p as they used to be especially in a vareity pack of Asda SmartPrice biscuits. We have to get those as the kids think it is mandatory that they collect a couple each time they walk past the Biscuit Barrel!!
sausage2
10-09-2006, 07:06
This has been really quiet for a while, and during my night shift, I was reading some of the older posts, and wanted to confim to everyone that it is still a cake
Bitburger
10-09-2006, 08:44
This has been really quiet for a while, and during my night shift, I was reading some of the older posts, and wanted to confim to everyone that it is still a cake
I got up early on a Sunday, only to find sauasage2 still talking crap, IT IS A BISCUIT
monobrow
10-09-2006, 09:37
NO NO NO NO NO, IT'S A CAKE READ THE FCUKING PACKAGING!!!!!!
http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/images/jaffa.jpg
Dirk Thrust
10-09-2006, 11:48
They might only be small and there are many of them, but they are certainly cakes.
No and for the last time NO....Cakes no arguement:PDT_Xtremez_25:
gemarriott
10-09-2006, 16:43
NO NO NO NO NO, IT'S A CAKE READ THE FCUKING PACKAGING!!!!!!
http://www.johnniemoore.com/blog/images/jaffa.jpg
Dont you fcuking shout at me !!!!
Biscuits come in packets
Cakes come in tins
Fcuking Biscuit END OF!!!:PDT_Xtremez_25:
enginesuck
10-09-2006, 16:54
Not been involved in this one before but personally i think it is classfied as a
BISCUIT
mad_collie
10-09-2006, 17:23
It has to be dark choccy hobnobs, makes my tail wag every time.
Billy Wobble Dagger
10-09-2006, 17:35
They are cakes.
And for any fans of Eddie Izzard Cake or Death
Cadbury's chocolate fingers are the best, top tip bite both ends off and then use as a straw and suck your coffee through it, you'll only manage it twice before it disintegrates, but worth it.
I look like Bruce Willis
10-09-2006, 18:25
As I have started prerviously, I refuse to take part in such a purile debate. The ramblings of the e- goat community on the correct term for a jaffa cake, has no impact on the application of air power in the modern world. You all need to grow up, and start debating sensible issues like the importance of LEAN and how best to comply to H&S regulations. Its a cake
monobrow
10-09-2006, 18:50
seen as you double posted, i'll tell you twice.
Airpower is for those bigwig types who don't know that SAC's exist, ohh and geeks that need a good fcuking punch in the face.
Airpower is for those bigwig types who don't know that SAC's exist, ohh and geeks that need a good fcuking punch in the face.
Wind your neck in, or i'll get me axe
gemarriott
10-09-2006, 22:58
Got to be a biscuit.
If ILLBW says it is a cake (and he does) it must be a biscuit because the day that cnut gets anything right the world will stop spinning and we'll all fly off into space.
Lil Miss Naughty
10-09-2006, 23:07
It's a cake!!!!
The new ones that they do in blackcurrant and Lemon n Lime are horrible!!! It's just wrong!!!!!!
Fav biscuit has to a choc hob nob. Fav cake has to be Skinny carrot cake from Starbucks
It's a cake!!!!
The new ones that they do in blackcurrant and Lemon n Lime are horrible!!! It's just wrong!!!!!!
Fav biscuit has to a choc hob nob. Fav cake has to be Skinny carrot cake from Starbucks
I must agree here.
IT's an EFFING CAKE!!!
WHY ELSE WOULD IT BE CALLED A JAFFA CAKE!!!
If it was a biscuit it would have been called a freaking Jaffa Bisciut FFS!!!!
Uncle Les
11-09-2006, 15:14
take it from me and i should know, jaffa cakes are not the food of men, they should be labled as childrens and childrens only. a real mans biscuit is the choc hob nob no more said::PDT_Xtremez_09:
Flt Lt Badminton-Squash
11-09-2006, 15:23
I think there may be a clue in the brand, ‘Jaffa cakes’ so I guess cake is correct, however I have to agree with uncle les, it has to be Hob nobs…
They do a choco & caramel one now… just toooooo good!!!
Anyway, just a thought…
I think it qualifies as niether cake nor biscuit. It's too spongey to be a biscuit, and it's too small and flat to be a cake.
I did however vote cake, just to be an awkward b*stard.
I'm like that.
Mrs_Monobrow
11-09-2006, 17:20
Arrrrrrrrrrgh!! All this talk of jaffa cakes is making me hungry!! I may have to get a packet (my cupboard is full of them for my daughters lunch box)
Fave biscuit has got to be the caramel digestives, but, as mentioned in another post, they would be even better with a hob nob base!!!
:PDT_Xtremez_28:
Oh and er..........
CAKE
Scaley brat
11-09-2006, 17:46
I have just been told that an auntie of a mate used to work for McVities, she was part of the original testing team. He was told that they were originally meant to be a biscuit. The original mixture was too soft but the testers liked them.
So now we have JaffaCakes
So there, you can't beat inside info :PDT_Xtremez_30:
FairyGoodGuy
11-09-2006, 22:56
I likes custard creams....... And if the spams have done anything right it's double cream oreo cookies..... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nice:PDT_Xtremez_28:
student-grant
11-09-2006, 23:04
I likes custard creams....... And if the spams have done anything right it's double cream oreo cookies..... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nice:PDT_Xtremez_28:
typical fairy ......likes the old custard
jaffa cakes or bourbons mmmmmmmmmmmm
gemarriott
11-09-2006, 23:10
I have just been told that an auntie of a mate used to work for McVities, she was part of the original testing team. He was told that they were originally meant to be a biscuit. The original mixture was too soft but the testers liked them.
So now we have JaffaCakes
So there, you can't beat inside info :PDT_Xtremez_30:
So they aren't cakes at all but soft biscuits
I'll have to disagree with all of you cake lovers the TESCO VALUE COOKIE is still the best dunkable biccy.:PDT_Xtremez_30:
NEQcounter
12-09-2006, 11:52
Great debate and some wonderful entries but its simple, if it was a biscuit it would be called a JAFFA BISCUIT.
student-grant
12-09-2006, 13:04
Having just eaten two packs of JAFFA CAKES I have made up my mind that they are biscuit as there is no way I could ever eat that many cakes in such a short time ...........again techie science comes up with a Definitive answer:PDT_Xtremez_14: :PDT_Xtremez_14: :PDT_Xtremez_14:
NEQcounter
12-09-2006, 13:12
Having just eaten two packs of JAFFA CAKES I have made up my mind that they are biscuit as there is no way I could ever eat that many cakes in such a short time ...........again techie science comes up with a Definitive answer:PDT_Xtremez_14: :PDT_Xtremez_14: :PDT_Xtremez_14:
Horse sh$t. I know plenty of techies who could easily devour a biblical proportion of cakes in one sitting.
In fact I'll bet that you secretly ate whole victoria sponges (with jam and cream) and not Jaffa CAKES. Ha!
JAFAD666
12-09-2006, 13:17
They are cakes.
I should know ...
Scaley brat
12-09-2006, 13:31
They are cakes.
I should know ...
Why's that then, are you a Jaffa ?? :p
student-grant
12-09-2006, 13:34
Horse sh$t. I know plenty of techies who could easily devour a biblical proportion of cakes in one sitting.
In fact I'll bet that you secretly ate whole victoria sponges (with jam and cream) and not Jaffa CAKES. Ha!
I may well of done that many moons ago ......mmmmmmmm DCS NOW THERE WAS A CAKE THAT I REMEMBER FIGHTING OVER WHEN DOING A SEE IN ON THE GOOD OLD NIMROD:PDT_Xtremez_14: :PDT_Xtremez_14:
there is a simple way to solve the jaffa cake or jaffa biscuit debate. try this experiment.
Leave a cake, a biscuit and a jaffa on the kitchen worktop.
Return several hours later and the cakes will be hard and the biscuits soft.
It has always been this way, in fact it is the eleventh commandment that cakes will go hard and biscuits will go soft.
Just to save you the hassle I will tell you that the humble jaffa is a humble cake.
mad_collie
12-09-2006, 14:48
there is a simple way to solve the jaffa cake or jaffa biscuit debate. try this experiment.
Leave a cake, a biscuit and a jaffa on the kitchen worktop.
Return several hours later and the cakes will be hard and the biscuits soft.
It has always been this way, in fact it is the eleventh commandment that cakes will go hard and biscuits will go soft.
Just to save you the hassle I will tell you that the humble jaffa is a humble cake.
Return several SECONDS later and somebody will have scoffed the cake, biscuit and jaffa
- so this is inconclusive (you know what its like in a fire section) :PDT_Xtremez_28:
JAFAD666
12-09-2006, 15:16
Why's that then, are you a Jaffa ?? :p
No, real family name McVitie, Mumsy and Daddy own the factory.
But poor uncle "Jack the hat" got shot in the "Blind beggar" because the Kray brothers insisted the were biscuits and he corrected them.
MattBombHead
12-09-2006, 16:54
In responce to the Poll, i think you will find the following link has ALL the answers
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/index.php3
:PDT_Xtremez_28:
Scaley brat
13-09-2006, 09:48
In responce to the Poll, i think you will find the following link has ALL the answers
www.They are bloody cakes.com (http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/index.php3)
:PDT_Xtremez_28:
Blatant propaganda written by fools and believed by those who are easily led.
In responce to the Poll, i think you will find the following link has ALL the answers
http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/index.php3
:PDT_Xtremez_28:
Taken from above website
Q. Are Jaffa cakes biscuits.
A. No, no the're not. Apart from being called cakes they obviously have a sponge base. Granted they appear to be some kind of luxury biscuit being chocolate covered and shipping in a box.
CAKE CAKE CAKE
mad_collie
13-09-2006, 10:04
Here has to be the conclusive proof
http://www.unitedbiscuits.com/80256C1A0047922E/vWeb/pcTSTT5EPGEB
Quote:
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.
Dirk Thrust
13-09-2006, 11:03
At the end of the day they are cakes. The Inland Revenue cant be wrong. You pay VAT on biscuits but you dont on cakes. You do not pay VAT on JAFFA CAKES
At the end of the day they are cakes. The Inland Revenue cant be wrong. You pay VAT on biscuits but you dont on cakes. You do not pay VAT on JAFFA CAKES
Ha ha ha the best joke on goat ive seen in ages.....Inland Revenue cant be wrong my @rse.......BTW Cake
I look like Bruce Willis
13-09-2006, 11:11
Is it not time to put this purile thread to bed Moderators? Cake or biscuit it matters not. Members of the RAF should not be eating them if they wish to pass their AFT and OFT.
mad_collie
13-09-2006, 11:14
Is it not time to put this purile thread to bed Moderators? Cake or biscuit it matters not. Members of the RAF should not be eating them if they wish to pass their AFT and OFT.
From the United Biscuits website:
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!!!
In 2006 the fact that each Jaffa Cake is only 1g of fat has featured in the new advertising.
So once again you are talking out of your @rse.
I look like Bruce Willis
13-09-2006, 11:21
From the United Biscuits website:
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!!!
In 2006 the fact that each Jaffa Cake is only 1g of fat has featured in the new advertising.
So once again you are talking out of your @rse.
Ah DC Fcking Clueless of the Yard returns. Did I say anywhere in my post that they contained any fat? No I merely stated an opinion that personel should not eat them if they wish to pass their AFT and OFT. Time spent eating cake or biscuits could be better spent in the gym (which contains 0% fat). If you spent as much time researching air power on the internet rather than wasting time looking at web sites for cakes(or biscuits) you might find an improvement on your next F6000.
SirSaltyHelmet
13-09-2006, 11:25
Is it not time to put this purile thread to bed Moderators? Cake or biscuit it matters not. Members of the RAF should not be eating them if they wish to pass their AFT and OFT.
I just wet my pants at that!
Weakened Rock
13-09-2006, 11:29
Taken from above website
Q. Are Jaffa cakes biscuits.
A. No, no the're not. Apart from being called cakes they obviously have a sponge base. Granted they appear to be some kind of luxury biscuit being chocolate covered and shipping in a box.
CAKE CAKE CAKE
Also from that website;
How to spot biscuits;
They come in packets
They have two sides
You could dunk them in tea
MattBombHead
13-09-2006, 11:33
Ah DC Fcking Clueless of the Yard returns. Did I say anywhere in my post that they contained any fat? No I merely stated an opinion that personel should not eat them if they wish to pass their AFT and OFT. Time spent eating cake or biscuits could be better spent in the gym (which contains 0% fat). If you spent as much time researching air power on the internet rather than wasting time looking at web sites for cakes(or biscuits) you might find an improvement on your next F6000.
Oh dear, it appears that ILLBW has let his GSK slip. The OFT was discontinued towards the end of last week.:PDT_Xtremez_30:
NEQcounter
13-09-2006, 11:35
I wonder how many man-hours have been wasted on this debate?
More so I expect than on other equally important subjects like JPA and promotion issues.
By the way Its a cake!
I look like Bruce Willis
13-09-2006, 11:37
Oh dear, it appears that ILLBW has let his GSK slip. The OFT was discontinued towards the end of last week.:PDT_Xtremez_30:
Not here at High Wycombe it has not. I would be off to the gym like a shot to do mine if I were not medically downgraded.
rest have risen above me
13-09-2006, 11:47
I wonder how many man-hours have been wasted on this debate?
More so I expect than on other equally important subjects like JPA and promotion issues.
By the way Its a cake!
Surely by debating the Cake or Biscuit situation in the world we are not wasting manhours. As debating JPA or promotion issues is usually an equal waste of time because whatever conclusion you come to it is held with the same amount of disdain by the powers that be, and they ignore it in the same way.
Just out of interest since this thread has been going I wonder how many people have used it as a subject for one of their talks on IMLC/JMLC.
Oh and it always has been and always will be a cake.:PDT_Xtremez_31:
I look like Bruce Willis
13-09-2006, 11:51
Just out of interest since this thread has been going I wonder how many people have used it as a subject for one of their talks on IMLC/JMLC.
Oh and it always has been and always will be a cake.:PDT_Xtremez_31:
When I was an instructor at IMLC if any student had dared to use such a puerile subject as Jaffa cakes for his presentation, it would have meant an instant RTU for them.
rest have risen above me
13-09-2006, 12:04
FFS ILLBW obviously I meant that the subject should be used with it's application in modern airpower doctrine although personally I poo poo airpower as a subject for discussion as my hobby is Flight safety.
NEQcounter
13-09-2006, 13:18
When I was an instructor at IMLC if any student had dared to use such a puerile subject as Jaffa cakes for his presentation, it would have meant an instant RTU for them.
Not being funny but surely if someone could actually give a 5 minute presentation on a Jaffa Cake, which was well structured and informative then he/she wouldn't deserve to be RTU'd. Seems to me that you are a bit of a miserable git?
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