Cream tea

Merlin5

Merlin5

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You really can't beat a nice cream tea. I bought a pack of half a dozen scones with sultanas, and had a couple with a spread of marg, a spread of strawberry jam and large dollops of tesco's finest clotted cream. I've been eating fairly healthily for a few weeks so figured I'd treat myself. They are soooooo yummy. Oh yea, and a nice cup of tea of course :)
 
Butter/Marg with a cream tea? You're doing it wrong :p

Scone sliced, clotted cream on scone, jam on clotted cream is how it's done :)
 
Glad I'm not the only one confused by the marg/cream combo. Just why would you.

Love em.

Shall I, yeah. Cream first then jam.
 
No no no no no. Jam first, then cream. More stability, easier life for all. The only reason to do it the other way is to cover up inferior cream.

Also good is a thunder and lightning - substitute the jam for syrup. Divine, and only causes a heart attack 50% of the time.
 
I always do jam first, cream after. Mmm, syrup, don't tempt me!

Guess I'd better leave the marg out then. I have this habit of buttering everything that's bready. :D
 
Well I just finished the last two scones of a pack of six. Yum! Clotted cream was still perfect but should have been used by the 1st. Quite a big tub, I'd never have finished it. That's the problem with buying cream products, there's always more than I can ever consume before the sell by date.
 
It was only recently that I heard of the debate about cream or jam first, until then it had never crossed my mind. Apparently putting jam first is about protecting the cold cream from the warm scone. This is the way I've always done it, but only because the concept of trying to spread jam onto a dollop of cream seems ludicrous... especially with the amount of cream I use!
 
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Good man, it's the proper way.

Cream replaces the butter. Who would spread butter on top of the jam, bunch of weirdos that's who :D
 
Glaucus said:
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Good man, it's the proper way.

Cream replaces the butter. Who would spread butter on top of the jam, bunch of weirdos that's who :D
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I'd probably go butter then jam then cream..then a strawberry half maybe?

I don't really "do" sweet food that much so when I actually do have it I probably go way overboard :)
 
Just wikied it. Quite interesting Devon is scone, clotted cream and jam.
Cornish, was actually a sweet White roll(split), butter, jam then clotted or whipped cream.

There we go learn something new everyday.
 
Glaucus said:
Just wikied it. Quite interesting Devon is scone, clotted cream and jam.
Cornish, was actually a sweet White roll(split), butter, jam then clotted or whipped cream.

There we go learn something new everyday.
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Interesting. I wonder what the Manchester equivalent is :p
 
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