Talk:Jaffas

cultural folklore?

"The sweet is part of Australian and New Zealand cultural folklore" I'm Australian. This is not part of our folklore. Not sure about NZ. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.226.73.119 (talk) 04:47, 13 September 2011 (UTC)

Nope, not part of ours either. Maybe they meant an iconic part of our local cultures? Like Kiwiana and whatever the Australian equivalent of that is?121.73.221.187 (talk) 20:36, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Just having a look I can find references to them being considered part of Kiwiana, including a book entitled From Jandals to Jaffas - The best of Kiwiana, and there's a reference to them being a feature of Australiana in this book here. I propose 1. 'folklore' should be removed as uncited, and 2. a reference to their place in Kiwiana and Australiana inserted.219.88.68.195 (talk) 22:33, 28 July 2015 (UTC)

Have now done the above.219.88.68.195 (talk) 05:23, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

"Rolling Jaffas down the aisles" is certainly part of the Aussie cultural folklore. Added with references. - 203.123.92.8 (talk) 12:59, 14 September 2020 (UTC)

Orange coloured?

I'm in the UK, and was recently sent a (first!) bag of Allen's Jaffas. I would most definitely call them red, not orange. Most of the photos I can find on Google etc show them as more reddish than orangey, too. Loganberry (Talk) 01:46, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Agreed, they are red not orange. I am wondering about the "... name derives from the Jaffa orange" claim. Any substantiation? It seems a baseless and dubious claim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.25.1.208 (talk) 04:42, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

Article Text Quality?

"It is also a slightly derogatory term used in New Zealand to describe Aucklanders. As there are lots of people living in this city, it has the largest population in New Zealand.J-ust A-nother F-***ing A-ucklander. This view is held by people not in the city. See Jafa."
Logically, people living in Auckland wouldn't think of themselves in a derogatory manner?
At any rate, that doesn't make a lot of sense. The article seems to go off towards the end into rambling.
203.206.135.234 (talk) 06:28, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

The Jafa slang term is unrelated to the content of this article, so I have moved the link to a hatnote. Some link is appropriate, because the slang term is sometimes given as Jaffa with two 'f's.-gadfium 19:52, 12 November 2012 (UTC)

'Pieces'?

The caption under the picture currently reads 'Three pieces of Jaffas confectionery', -would one call individual Jaffas 'pieces' though? Seems strange, surely just 'Three Jaffas' would be more correct?219.88.68.195 (talk) 22:08, 11 December 2018 (UTC)