Jam first or cream!!!

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  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2023 #62

    Sneaky? How very dare you! 😱

    The Sussex bunch didn’t even know what proper cream is until we showed them.

  • Rufs
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    edited May 2023 #63

    "

    The scone is two half’s or halves, whichever old English you prefer.

    One half cream topped by jam.
    The other jam topped by cream, Then the two halves pressed together to be eaten"

    I am liking this, home today then off to the West Country on Friday, will no doubt try it out on Saturday laughing

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2023 #64

    You’ll need a mighty sized mouth to bite through a whole scone as described, Rufs 😀

  • moulesy
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    edited May 2023 #65

    "The scone is two half’s or halves, whichever old English you prefer.

    One half cream topped by jam.
    The other jam topped by cream, Then the two halves pressed together to be eaten"

    Which begs the obvious question - as you eat the scone (whole apparently) which half do you hold uppermost?  laughing

  • Rufs
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    edited May 2023 #66

    guess you are right, and of course i should be thinking of the caloris involved, but so as not to offend anybody i will do cream first jam on top, followed by jam first cream on top, sure both will be delicious, washed down with a pint of cider laughing

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited May 2023 #67

    I guess it depends which side of the Tamar you’re pitched😀

    Here's the proper way to do it in Cornwall.

    https://www.roddas.co.uk/cream-teas/

     

  • ABM
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    edited May 2023 #68

     Hmmm,  

    Please remind us all of Cream Tea Day in late June please  - I might have finished 'Testing Taste Buds '  by then  wink

  • mickysf
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    edited May 2023 #69

    Well, after many months of my own scientific research I can now provide the answer. I’ve tried many scones since David posed that question, placing the constituent parts in both combinations. I’ve even turned prepared scones upside down in order to test the findings on family and friends. The upshot is that it makes no difference to either the process of eating or the enjoyment. As long as the ingredients are fresh and of good quality just chomp on regardless and savour!

  • ABM
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    edited May 2023 #70

    So it seems that Mickysf is a Chompion Scone Scoffer par excellence !!

     Congratulations Sir  !!wink

  • mickysf
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    edited May 2023 #71

    It was a challenging task but someone had to do it. 😉 I now need to renew my gym subscription! 

  • DSB
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    edited May 2023 #72

    Went out for (another) afternoon tea yesterday, just down the road at Sutton Wharf (Sutton Cheney).... our 'children' booked us in - a pre-birthday treat!!.  Apparently they've only just started to offer 'afternoon teas'.  It reminded me of this thread, so just had to send a few pictures.....

    David

  • ABM
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    edited May 2023 #73

    Oh Gawd, where is Brian's Insulin pen ??

  • DSB
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    edited May 2023 #74

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    David

  • GEandGJE
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    edited May 2023 #75

    I always put the cream on first, nice and thick, and make a little hollow in the cream in which the jam sits nicely and doesn't spill oner the sides. 

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2023 #76

    If you turn a Devon prepared one upside down does it become a Cornish one? 

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited June 2023 #77

    No because the jam & cream will fall off and it’ll become a plain scone.

  • mickysf
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    edited June 2023 #78

    I can turn mine upside down and nothing falls off Tinny, such is the quality of the products and the workpersonship.😉

  • Tinwheeler
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    edited June 2023 #79

    Proper job, Micky 👍

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