Jam first or cream!!!
After our recent stay in Cornwall we've now moved to East Devon. Our last Cornish Cream tea was at Healey's Cyder Farm..... yesterday we visited Budleigh Salterton, and whilst walking along the front came across a 'beach cafe' that also served cream teas. We just couldn't resist. I decided to try putting the cream on first and spreading the jam on top - the Devon way! However, after having got in a bit of a mess with it, I reverted to the Cornish way - jam first with the cream on top. To be honest I find the Cornish way much more intuitive and less messy.
.......so which way do you prefer: jam first with the cream on top (Cornish) or cream first with jam on top (Devonish).
David
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Cornish😁 Mind, we prefer fresh raspberries on top of scone, then the cream. That way you can claim one of your 5-a-day😂
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Has to be jam first then cream, and also the cream has to be at least half an inch thick.
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How can there be any doubt? It's definitely jam first and the cream must be proper Cornish clotted cream ladled on thick
. None of that frothy shaving foam stuff!
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When working I used to being in the Friday donuts and one chap would always say ah strawberry jam, one of my five a day done.
He also used to run the Friday weigh in which was a sort of inverse weight watchers. Your weight was plotted on a spreadsheet and it was inverse because if you put on weight he would be happy while if you had lost you would be subjected to a baggage of abuse.
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If we are being really, really decadent, then we get a bag of donuts, jam ones. Split in half, add fresh raspberries piled on one half, lather a good dollop of Rodda’s on the other, slap together, and try to eat more than you get down your shirt🤣
Scones and donuts in this instance are like old fashioned “trenchers”. Merely a receptacle for something more delicious, in our case, raspberries and .....clotted cream.
Not quite sure how successful the diet is going to be when we get to Cornwall, we do a variation with ice cream as well!😂
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It’s the whole experience of biting down through the smooth cream into the sweet jam and then reaching the more bland scone to finish it off. You should try it😋
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For me, never a fruit SCOAN (pronounced the proper Midlands way...) always plain, strawberry jam on first, always clotted cream....and what happened to Devon splits?
DEVON SPLITS the proper way to have your cream and jam in Devon.....LINK 
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The cream was very likely Roddas being in that area. Fruit scones - nah, that’s not quite right but just a bit warm, mmmm. 😛
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It’s getting very decadent….😄
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Date and walnut scones are delicious. We love cheese scones as well, nice with cream cheese in the middle😋
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This is not up for debate. It's a plain scone, cream first then a teaspoon of strawberry jam on top.
Discussion over. Thread closed.
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Oh, that’s heresy!😱
I trust you're not planning to cross the Tamar anytime soon as who knows what may lie in wait for you🥺🤪
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No wonder half of you lot have dodgy knees and hips.
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During our recent UK tour we stayed at Strathclyde Country Park to meet up with friends in Glasgow.
A happy coincidence meant that when they started to talk about cream teas, and the correct method, we were able to not only tell them its "jam first" but present them with a souvenir from our village cafe that goes by the same name!
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Cheese scone, slice of Cornish Yarg and blob of (Cornish) chilli jam.
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I'm currently in South Devon and enjoying the correct way to have a cream tea. Now, should i fancy a decent pastie, then I'll be crossing the Tamer.
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Certainly the best pasties are found this side of the Tamar, with the exception of G******* of course. Meanwhile, enjoy your upside down cream teas😄
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We quite like the pasties from Philps in Hayle, just st the side of the river inlet. However we also tried a pasty from the new shop that's opened between Redruth and Scorrier (just past the Original Factory Shop, but on the other side of the road, by the petrol station, on the Chasewater road). Very similar to Philip's, but they do an XXL size... 🤣🤣🤣
David
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That would be Prima Bakery DSB. When we ran Godrevy Park they used to supply our shop, always had great feedback when we did pasty Saturdays. Always nice and moist and peppery pasties. Great scones too, some weekends we could shift 200 cream teas! Heva cake had a good take up as well. Nice with a cup of tea. Happy days.
JK
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I've seen the new shop down Scorrier way but not tried them. They'll be hard pushed to beat the mighty Philps😀
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