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Aren't ladyfingers a type of sponge cake? And what was the context of the By The Book citation? --8of5 10:47, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia's article on them is titled "Lady Finger (cookie)", and then goes on to describe them as a sponge cake.
I don't know the context of the By the Book reference, as I have not read the book. I cited it by following a link. I sure could use the help of another archivist who would be willing to find that ref for me -- perhaps user:Doug86 would be willing to share with the rest of the wiki the page number or a description of the context, it was he who linked the term from that novel article. -- Captain MKB 13:21, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia seems confused there... I can see how they might be mixed up with cookies, they are quite biscuit like, being hard and crunchy. But technically I think they are a kind of cake. They’re confused, like jaffa cakes.

Amazon search inside reveals this much about By the Book (a veritable cookie feast it seems):

  • Page 63: "... "Wow, talk about cookie-cutter construction," Trip said. "Everything is built exactly the same." "It does save on materials," Reed said. ..."
  • Page 133: "... taken a chocolate-chip cookie from the plate left beside the coffee, and hadn't even touched that. "You have to eat," she had said to ..."
  • Page 134: "... That was different enough. Mayweather had put his coffee and his cookie on a nearby table. Novakovich already had his padd out. His skin was looking better today, less inflamed. ..."
  • Page 158: "... off the sandwich away from the playing table. Ander- son, who had taken a cookie while Mayweather was making his sandwich, ..."
  • Page 161: "... The other two might face the same prob- lem later. "I need another cookie," Anderson said, and got up. ..." --8of5 14:54, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
Funny -- i tried Google book search for the same book and it said no inside text was available .. thanks for doing the footwork on that!
As to Ladyfingers, I think that because there seem to be a couple of official definitions, we should probably include it under both. whenever i see them they are labeled as cookies. having a hard, non-cake-like texture and being sweet seems to confirm the cookie definition for me, but these are generalizations of course, as different locales define foods diferently. i'd leave it for completenss sake. -- Captain MKB 17:30, 16 June 2008 (UTC)