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Posted Oct 16, 1999 by MaW
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  | | It's obvious, isn't it? Jaffa Cakes are Jaffa Cakes, and do not fall into any such mundane categories as "Biscuit" or "Cake". It is an entirely different entity, a unique fusion of hard but still light sponge with chocolate and orange jelly-like stuff. They have the amazing property of not going soft very easily, and can be enjoyed at virtually any time of day. If the EU really have to have some kind of category for what Jaffa Cakes are, classify them as "Jaffa Cakes", or "Cascuits" perhaps. But this would be too confusing for them, I fear, and so the holy Jaffa Cake continues to be demeaned by such pointless debating.
Meanwhile, in a lonely suburb on the outskirts of Cambridge, UK, the air resounds with the crackle of plastic wrapping as a box of Jaffa Cakes is opened, and then that almost-crunch which accompanies the first bite. Whatever the politicians say, Jaffa Cakes continue to be enjoyed.
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| | | Subject: Biscuits? what are they talking about?
Posted Oct 16, 1999 by Richard
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| | Jaffa Cakes can be dunked in tea you just have to pull them out quiker than you would with a common
or garden Digestive. Also the best thing you can ever do with a Jaffa cake is to freeze it, the cakey bit tastes funny but
the orangey bit is even nicer when frozen.
In conclusion there a cross bread between the top a Victoria sponge cake and a Chocolate digestive.
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| | | Subject: Green Bananas and The EU
Posted Oct 16, 1999 by Taipan - Jack of Hearts
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Seems to me that these guys in the EU who debate on very important issues like this one have far too much time on their hands - either that or they are in serious need of a hobby.
About a year ago, one of the items on the agenda was 'What is a Banana'. So, these boffins sat around a table all day long debating this, and decided 'A banana can only be called such if it has a certain consistency, is angled at a certain level, and is the correct colour (Yellow).
Now, to me, this begs the question :
What the * is the world coming too, when a body of boffins get paid X amount of money to decide on the future of the EU, and all they can talk about are subjects such as the above?
What about poverty, disease, military conflicts, et al? Why are they not attempting to resolve those issues?
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| | | Subject: Green Bananas and The EU
Posted Oct 17, 1999 by MaW
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| | I think they're afraid of legislating anything important, because the backlash would be really bad (the British get really worked up over the little things, so if they started trying to meddle with anything which actually matters, they wouldn't last twenty seconds). Thus they debate Jaffa Cakes and so forth all day long. Mind you, there was enough of an outcry about the bananas as it was.
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| | | Subject: Green Bananas and The EU
Posted Oct 17, 1999 by  Researcher 33337
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| | Surely the real point of the Jaffa debate is to create a situation where the brittish public will have to pay more for their jaffa cakes. This is surely a bad thing and I for one would like to see them continued in the cake classification. (Particularly if it is related to perishability, Jaffa cakes rarely last for more than two days, without being eaten. No jaffa cake has survived long enough to go off. As a sideline, isn't the normal ripe colour for a banana green? Isn't yellow actually overripe?
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| | | Subject: Jaffa cakes ARE BISCUITS
Posted Feb 1, 2000 by Gag Halfrunt
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| | No, No, really, listen to me, I've been having this argument for ages and here are some of the most common conversations.
Me:Biscuit
you:Cake
Me: O.K. If you went to your grans house and she said 'would you like some cake' and then she brought out some jaffa cakes, you would be confused and upset, beccause you were expecting a big cake of some kind. BUT If she said would you like a biccie and brought out some jaffa's then you would be over the moon with the biscuit choice
you: yes but it's called a jaffa CAKE, it must be a cake!?
Me: Total nonsense, I ask you? by the same logic: if you were driving along the road and burst a tyre, i suppose you would pull out a wagon WHEEL to change it... Hmmph
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