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# Someone I work with just told me Jaffacakes
are called 'Jaffacakes' and not 'Jaffa biscuits' because it's a tax break
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:41, archived)
# I've heard that before.
It's was at breakfast after the last Derby bash in fact.

Chunderbunny told us =)
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:42, archived)
# I find facts like this full of intrigue
(I helped save b3ta! Jahled Three shades of black, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:48, archived)
# they were always called jaffa cakes, i think
but there was a court case ages ago to confirm that they were cakes, not biscuits. (and so exempt from vat or something? why are biscuits considered taxable, but cakes a non-taxable essential food?)
(I helped save b3ta! plentyofants more ghee, vicar?, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:44, archived)
# biscuits are not taxable
but CHOCOLATE COVERED biscuits are a luxury item and hence are
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:46, archived)
# ahh
it all makes a kind of sense
chocolate-covering is too much a part of many cakes for it to be considered additional luxury
(I helped save b3ta! plentyofants more ghee, vicar?, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:49, archived)
# And chocolate covered cake
isn't a luxury?

What about chocolate covered Kate? ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Lazlo Woodbine Panowie!, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:49, archived)
# what about if the chocolate is on the inside?
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:49, archived)
# and how much additional covering of something else
would you have to put on top of a chocolate covering for it no longer to be considered chocolate-covered?
(I helped save b3ta! plentyofants more ghee, vicar?, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:53, archived)
# It's a government conspiracy to destroy the biscuit industry
(I helped save b3ta! The Coast Of Yemen, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:48, archived)
# i found this out from wikipedia this very week
(I helped save b3ta! mutster101 fell over, Fri 30 Nov 2007, 11:44, archived)