Vagueness and the Aftermath - A sporadic diary

[RED-DOG]

BTW- You can't dunk a doughnut if you don't know how to dunk.

[Laxie]

Dunkin' doughnuts is in the genes if yer a Yank.  No lessons required.

[maccol]

Jaffa Cakes are a biscuit-like cake in the United Kingdom and Ireland. There are a number of brands.

McVitie and Price introduced the Jaffa Cake in 1927. Its creation is largely credited to John Langlands, a director of McVitie and Price. The cakes were named after Jaffa oranges, sweet oranges native to Jaffa.[1]

Jaffa Cakes are circular, 54 mm (2⅛ inches) in diameter and have three layers: a sponge cake base, a layer of orange flavoured jelly and a coating of dark chocolate. [2] The basic way to prepare a Jaffa cake entails baking a fatless sponge and adding jam and chocolate to taste.[3]

Under UK law, no Value Added Tax (VAT) is charged on biscuits and cakes — they are "zero rated". Chocolate covered biscuits, however, are subject to VAT, currently 17.5%. McVities classed its Jaffa Cakes as cakes, but in 1991, this was challenged by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise and the case ended up before the courts.[4] This may have been because Jaffa Cakes are about the same size and shape as some types of biscuit, and particularly because they are commonly eaten alongside, or instead of, traditional biscuits. The court asked "What criteria should be used to class something as a cake?"

McVities defended its classification of Jaffa Cakes as cakes, producing a 12" (30 cm) Jaffa Cake to illustrate that its Jaffa Cakes were simply miniature cakes.[5]

McVities argued that a distinction between cakes and biscuits is, among other things, that biscuits would normally be expected to go soft when stale, whereas cakes would normally be expected to go hard. It was demonstrated to the Tribunal that Jaffa Cakes become hard when stale. Other factors taken into account by the Chairman, Potter QC, included the name, ingredients, texture, size, packaging, marketing, presentation, appeal to children, and manufacturing process. Potter ruled that the Jaffa Cake is a cake. McVities therefore won the case and VAT is not paid on Jaffa Cakes.[6]

You cant dunk a cake

And yet they are invariably to be found in the biscuit section of supermarkets.

[typhoon13]

No hagberg= no biscuits

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No hagberg= no biscuits

Never heard of em. Are they posh?

[typhoon13]

Falling numbers

[typhoon13]

measures alpha amylase activity in flour

[Kev B]

Had this biscuit discusion on another forum. Went on for years, shut down now. You have been warned. 

[RED-DOG]

measures alpha amylase activity in flour

Ah.. Cryptic.

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2051985

[RED-DOG]

Had this biscuit discusion on another forum. Went on for years, shut down now. You have been warned. 

I haven't forgotten your hawking question BTW Kev, but the more I think about it, the more complex the answer becomes.

Let me cogitate a while longer.

[RED-DOG]

Had this biscuit discusion on another forum. Went on for years, shut down now. You have been warned. 

Yes, but, how else would we learn about hagberg?

[tikay]

measures alpha amylase activity in flour

Ah.. Cryptic.

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2051985

I enjoyed this word......

evapotranspiration

And I found a prefix for it, too - hyperevapotranspiration

I suppose, having googled it's meaning, "perspiration" must derive from the same (Latin or Greek?) word structure.

[Kev B]

Had this biscuit discusion on another forum. Went on for years, shut down now. You have been warned. 

I haven't forgotten your hawking question BTW Kev, but the more I think about it, the more complex the answer becomes.

Let me cogitate a while longer.

No problem Tom. It interests me because I have been involved with direct sales/business since 1984. Many moons ago while I was a sales manager my job was to ring the enquiries and send the salespeople on them. It was so important to match them up correctly for optimun return.  

[titaniumbean]

measures alpha amylase activity in flour

Ah.. Cryptic.

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2051985

I enjoyed this word......

evapotranspiration

And I found a prefix for it, too - hyperevapotranspiration

Tony are you my geography teacher?


Mr Hartland use to LOVE that word.

That and 'socio-economic'.

[pokefast]

measures alpha amylase activity in flour

Ah.. Cryptic.

http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=2051985

I enjoyed this word......

evapotranspiration

And I found a prefix for it, too - hyperevapotranspiration

I suppose, having googled it's meaning, "perspiration" must derive from the same (Latin or Greek?) word structure.

I challenge you to use the word 5 times in coherent sentences on this coming Saturdays shows!