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(, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 12:52)
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If they go hard, they are cakes.
Cakes lose moisture into the air and so go hard. Biscuits are dry and absorb moisture, so they go soft.

I'm fairly sure this is how the Jaffa Cake debate was resolved.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 17:10, 1 reply)
It is
Jaffa Cakes are cakes not biscuits, so there is no import tax on them (as there would be on a luxury item such as a chocolate biscuit). The fact that they go hard was just one of the reasons, though.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 17:24, closed)
"import tax"
That's worse than saying 'VAT on choclit biskits' in my book.
(, Mon 17 Oct 2011, 17:38, closed)

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