What are biscuits?

lumberjim · 08-16-2010, 01:50 PM

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=23350

Rhianne · 08-16-2010, 02:14 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes

classicman · 08-16-2010, 02:55 PM

thanks Jim.... the drift over there was piling higher than the door.

DanaC · 08-16-2010, 05:21 PM

Initially posted in the other thread...but moved to this one:

Quote:

Originally Posted by thechattyhunter

haha! i read somewere that a jaffa cake is misleading. the difference between a cake and a biscuit is a biscuit should crumble, also you can dip it in tea. there was some reason that they benefitted in calling it a cake and got away with it but ive lost myself somehow...

ah yes thats it! biscuits uneaten go soft, cakes uneaten go hard, what happens to an old jaffa cake then, ive never left one long enough to see!

It was to do with VAT regulations. VAT is charged on chocolate covered biscuits but not on plain biscuits or cakes.

McVitie insisted that each Jaffa Cake was a small cake and therefore shouldn't carry VAT. They went to court over it and successfully proved their case by making a giant jaffa cake and showing that when you make it to a larger size it is the shape and texture of a cake.

Imagine that....a massive Jaffa Cake....mmmm...orangey bit...mmmm

Here's a news article from the Daily[Hate]Mail, on the state of the British Biscuit. Apparently British biscuit buying habits are changing and we are in danger of losing our biscuity identity. For shame! Shame!

Damn you Americans with your rich, crumbly cookies. And you Belgians with your gourmet biscuits. You're all corrupting us away from the good old British 'plain' biscuit.

Long live the Digestive, I say! All Hail the Rich Tea! And raise a pint one and all, to the Garibaldi.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/fo...=feeds-newsxml

thechattyhunter · 08-16-2010, 05:40 PM

That was it Danac! spot on i think i heard about this on QI but your answer was the best! il raise a pint (tea of course) to the near extinct humbling crumbling biccie. i think they slowly sneakily evolved from a biscuit of which you could eat many, to a biscuit bar, to a weird hybrid cakey thing. id have a go at a large jaffa though and do the full moon half moon eclipse trick

DanaC · 08-16-2010, 05:51 PM

*grins*

Full Moon...

*chomp*

Half Moon...

*chomp*

Total Eclipse!

monster · 08-16-2010, 06:08 PM

ah fuck, garibaldis with butter on. So good and yet sooooo bad......

skysidhe · 08-16-2010, 07:25 PM

The kind of look like a homemade pop tart. I do not like pop tarts but I bet I'd like those.

lumberjim · 08-16-2010, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rhianne

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes

those look like black and white cookies.

http://www.slashfood.com/2008/01/30/...-white-cookie/

GunMaster357 · 08-17-2010, 02:42 AM

A biscuit in France is what english people call a "French Butter Cookie".

It is also the answer to the following question : "What's hard and dry when it gets in and soft and wet when it gets out ?"

sexobon · 08-17-2010, 03:36 AM

In the contemporary jargon of Philosophy, a biscuit is to a person's soul what an Easter egg is to a software program. It's a hidden message that manifests itself as what most people refer to as "a calling." A calling to rebel against the status quo is referred to as a tea biscuit disposition, a calling to embrace all mankind is a French biscuit, and a calling to help other creatures is a dog biscuit ... etc.

limey · 08-17-2010, 03:59 AM

Yes.

casimendocina · 08-17-2010, 04:19 AM

LJ, it has to be a neenish tart.

bbro · 08-17-2010, 08:05 AM

Something to carry the lovely fried chicken to your mouth for breakfast. Mmmmmm.

squirell nutkin · 08-17-2010, 09:04 AM

08-16-2010, 01:50 PM	#1
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08-16-2010, 02:55 PM	#3
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08-16-2010, 06:08 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	ah fuck, garibaldis with butter on. So good and yet sooooo bad...... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

08-17-2010, 02:42 AM	#10
GunMaster357 Professor Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Brest (FRANCE) Posts: 1,837	A biscuit in France is what english people call a "French Butter Cookie". It is also the answer to the following question : "What's hard and dry when it gets in and soft and wet when it gets out ?" __________________ "War is God's way of teaching Americans geography." - Ambrose Bierce

08-17-2010, 03:59 AM	#12
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08-16-2010, 02:14 PM	#2
Rhianne Nearly done. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Teetering on the edge. Posts: 1,134	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffa_Cakes

08-16-2010, 05:40 PM	#5
thechattyhunter Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 5	That was it Danac! spot on i think i heard about this on QI but your answer was the best! il raise a pint (tea of course) to the near extinct humbling crumbling biccie. i think they slowly sneakily evolved from a biscuit of which you could eat many, to a biscuit bar, to a weird hybrid cakey thing. id have a go at a large jaffa though and do the full moon half moon eclipse trick

08-16-2010, 07:25 PM	#8
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	The kind of look like a homemade pop tart. I do not like pop tarts but I bet I'd like those.

08-17-2010, 03:36 AM	#11
sexobon I love it when a plan comes together. Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 9,793	In the contemporary jargon of Philosophy, a biscuit is to a person's soul what an Easter egg is to a software program. It's a hidden message that manifests itself as what most people refer to as "a calling." A calling to rebel against the status quo is referred to as a tea biscuit disposition, a calling to embrace all mankind is a French biscuit, and a calling to help other creatures is a dog biscuit ... etc.

08-17-2010, 04:19 AM	#13
casimendocina Professor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 1,622	LJ, it has to be a neenish tart.

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bbro Insert witty comment here Join Date: May 2004 Location: Raleigh, NC Posts: 2,182	Something to carry the lovely fried chicken to your mouth for breakfast. Mmmmmm.

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