Sunday 18 May 2014

A Slice of Coffee Cake


Operatives of Unit 22B have been hard at work. This is a covert photograph of a slice of coffee cake about to be eaten by the Ragged Rambler we believe to be Dawson Bulwer-Rant,  and was taken by Unit 22B in the Tiffins Tea Emporium in Long Melford, Suffolk. The crumb of the cake appears to have excellent structure and the icing is moist and ample. Mr. Dawson Bulwer-Rant certainly seemed to enjoy it and consumed it within 1 minute and 23 seconds, apparently.

Members of the team were, unfortunately, unable to procure any crumb samples for laboratory analysis as the proprietor of the establishment happened upon them, tweezers in hand, about to place samples into bags and asked them to leave. It is a sad indictment of our society that scientists dedicated to discovering the secrets of antiquarian dietary habits are frustrated in their attempts to further understanding in this way!