3/3 thread - all welcome - no watermelons or people in the corner

[FrannyandZooey]

The suggested goals are:

EAT 3 PORTIONS OF CAKE EVERY DAY - if you don't usually eat much cake I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion.

DO (AT LEAST) 3 MINUTES OF COMPLAINING EVERY DAY - can be whinging, moaning, or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 3 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more.

Can I substitute one portion of cake for some salt and vinegar hula hoops please?

yes
probably

Thanks - though if you'd said no I could have done some complaining so you win some you lose some...

I have been unwell overnight
I have pelvic pain
My back is killing me today as well

[happy sigh]

well, if you are already seasoned complainer, then go for it justa
but the rest of you, build up gradually or you could strain something

well, if you are already seasoned complainer, then go for it justa
but the rest of you, build up gradually or you could strain something

By cake do you mean biscuits/chocolate biscuits/anything with sugar and fat? Can toast and Nutella be deemed cake? How many slices of toast and Nutella = a portion?

does coconut count as cake?

What about nuts?

Are cashew nuts nuts?

How many is in a portion?

Are Jaffa Cakes cakes or are they biscuits? I have a tube, but I don't want to do the wrong thing. Also, I am concerned about the fruit content in them. Should I remove the layer of Jaffa?

Jaffa cakes are cakes - there was to-do a while ago as you pay VAT on biscuits but not on cakes (i think) so McVities had to prove they are cakes in order to prevent VAT being slapped on them.

You'll need to take the orangey bit off I'm afraid. I count by jaffa cake orangey bits as part of my fruit consumption so you can't have it as part of your cake allowance. Sorry.

tiger

you can count nuts as cake under rule 3b but you have to have a nut licence

you can count jaffa cakes as cakes but only as one portion a day, no matter how many you eat

coconut counts as cake if it is in cake
duffers

So if we follow TigerFeet's rules, any strawberry coulis (shudder - I mean of course, sauce) on a cheesecake should be scraped off and donated to the 10/10 folk. Good to have that clarified.

I have declared jaffa cake orangey bits on a list before now. No one batted an eyelid

lol @ "duffers"

Molly my understanding is that neither cashew nuts nor peanuts are nuts. They are, in fact, legumes, in the same family as peas etc.

I am full of interesting food FACTS today.

Yes Hassled. You will also have to pick all of the dried fruit from your Dundee cake and hand it over. You can, however, keep the nuts. Franny said so.

I have a pretty huge complaint here. Massive, in fact. Brace yourselves:

I have no cake in the flat

I'd like to complain about your name, Springysunshine. It's a ruddy lie!!

And I have no cake.

Amd I am full of snot-of-many-colours.

Don't worry Springy - tell us what you have and we'll tell you how it counts as cake!

Cows on bicycles? Is that a sign that the apocalypse is coming? If so, I'm just going to eat all the jaffa, I don't care!!

The image of cows on bicycles being blown around makes me happy. Not as happy as cake would, though

& mollyroger, it's springy sunshine here (Sheffield). There was a brief shower earlier, but it was still sunny & now it's dry & sunny again. Where are you? I'll send some your way?

As for cake, I'm really not sure. Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, perhaps? That really is about as good as I can come up with I think DH will have to be sent on a bakery run on his way home later...

It's OK Molly. Once you get back to Kansas your snot will revert to grey.