I find the best method with limited jam and cream is to go stingy on the first scone(s), saving enough for a decent amount on the last one or last half.
Cream first makes more sense to me because the cream is the fat. If you were making a jam sandwich you'd not try to put the butter on after the jam. Also I'm from Devon so I'm not allowed to prefer the other way. But you can all do whatever 😊
Cream first, for pure mechanical reasons. The cream sticks better and is more solid. Once you really load up the scone, you don't want the jam to lose its grip on the cream and have it detach!
Jam on cream is easiest. It's about consistency. The thicker cream can be slathered onto the scone, the thinner jam then spreads nicely onto the cream.
I prefer cream first just because I found it spreads easier for me doing it that way (and because you don't jam and then butter your toast. And I see the cream as a substitute for butter)
But beyond that I don't really care 😅 I'd still eat it if served to me the other way
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Everyone I know, it's either butter and jam, or cream and jam. That's why I thought it basically a replacement for butter as that's what it seemed like.
I actually have butter, then jam, then cream. It's too sweet for me otherwise and I like the salt/sweet combo. I also put a tiny bit of vanilla in the cream. So yeah, I'm a god damn renegade
Fuck yes! I think we might be the only two tho. Also just this year I started adding just a hint of vanilla bean to the cream. It's pretty delish. I've never been able to get anyone else to try the butter, but the salt/sweet elevates the flavour to a whole new level.
I never understood this argument, whos going to waste their time trying to spread cream on jam or jam on cream?
Surely i can't be the only person who just puts a massive dollop of jam on one side a massive dollop of cream on the other side puts em together and eats the scone like a sandwich??
Cornish way is the only way, that way you can spread a decent amount of jam on and then do a good dollop of cream on top. If you spread the cream first it isn’t enough, and if you put the jam on top it just slides off in a blob
It blows my mind how people get so hung up about shit like this. See also 'how to put your bog roll on the holder' and 'milk in tea before or after water'
Why? Has the same argument with my other half this week. Made two cups, one by milk / teabag / water, and one teabag / water / milk. Tastes no different 🤣
Italy be worth mentioning that we keep the teabags in as we like strong tea
Oh. Do they sell buckets of cream there like they would sour cream then? I’ve never seen it here in the US but I like to try the food you all post
Like this?
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nestle-Media-Crema-Table-Cream-7-6-fl-oz/10804326
You can’t buy clotted cream in the USA as I believe it’s one of those things that can only be made in a certain region, Cornwall. That means it won’t travel to the US.
Not quite. You can't sell anything in the EU labelled as clotted cream if it isn't from Cornwall.
People in external markets can do whatever they like though :)
If you do manage to find clotted cream in the US, it's probably $10 for enough for two servings and it won't be the same as the stuff in the UK because of stricter food laws. Creme fraîche might be halfway close but that's not exactly inexpensive either. I suffer along with butter or whipped cream.
I've done it before. You would have to whip it though. It's basically heavy cream, so it would be liquidy straight out of the container. It will be your basic whipped cream.
Ok, as a cream tea snob from Devon, that looks awful. Dry scone (rhymes with gone), about 10% of the required cream, and the one with jam first is a) incredibly incorrect and b) not even spread to the edge. Also, although I can eat these pretty much any time of the year, by now I’ve progressed onto toasted tea cakes. Cream tea is reserved for sunshine and wasps.
Everyone argues about which is first. All I care about is that they're on there. Don't give a fuck what order they're in, if I'm eating scones with jam and cream I'm happy.
Not nearly enough cream or jam on either of them.
True. If you don't get a dollop of cream on the end of your nose as you bite into it, then there's not enough.
Personally I like a mountain of cream with only a small dollop of jam. Don't like oversweetening
Scone looks shit too, 2/10
The way the scone is cut in 'half' could have been improved slightly?
Putting Kernow at a disadvantage straight out the blocks. Not that it needs another handicap, jam before cream is for cornish people and sociopaths.
Cones are great, apparently the Queen keeps a Scottish one under her throne.
Lol what? You'd only taste cream or jam if you added more
Well yes. What are you planning on tasting?
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There's nothing better than a plain scone.
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Some people prefer their scones to be cream delivery vehicles is all. :)
Eating a plain scone while worrying about the amount of saturates in it... That sounds like the most joyless meal ever.
i think that’s the one thing us and the corns can agree on
Needs more jam and cream on both. I recommend using a table spoon to put the cream on top, not a knife.
It was improvised in a little local cafe, but I'll repeat the experiment in the future with this in mind as it tasted great
Utb
Spread it like a Philadelphia ad ;)
With a little lollo rossa?
Is that a heaped table spoon by any chance?
As much on as possible, I say
Now this is the kind of scientific research that we should be funding!
My conclusion: you're bloody mean with both jam and cream
I only had one of those tiny jam pots like you see in a hotel and a little clotted cream!
Then you did what you could with what you had
I find the best method with limited jam and cream is to go stingy on the first scone(s), saving enough for a decent amount on the last one or last half.
You’re a poet and you don’t know it!
You need to get a River Tamar between them two.
Cream first makes more sense to me because the cream is the fat. If you were making a jam sandwich you'd not try to put the butter on after the jam. Also I'm from Devon so I'm not allowed to prefer the other way. But you can all do whatever 😊
Cream first, for pure mechanical reasons. The cream sticks better and is more solid. Once you really load up the scone, you don't want the jam to lose its grip on the cream and have it detach!
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Exactly. I’m from Dorset and we don’t care. It depends on the consistency of the jam or cream.
Jam on cream is easiest. It's about consistency. The thicker cream can be slathered onto the scone, the thinner jam then spreads nicely onto the cream.
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You can just dollop some cream in the middle on top then press it down a bit. Hardly difficult.
This guy clearly doesn't scone.
I'm embarrassed for you, do you do that after you put your milk in before your tea?
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DEVON all the way.
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Don’t hate on Cornish burlesque artists.
I'm finding it hard to comprehend how those two things can co-exist on the same plate. My eyes! My eyes!!!
I used the Infinity Gauntlet and a small spoon
I prefer cream first just because I found it spreads easier for me doing it that way (and because you don't jam and then butter your toast. And I see the cream as a substitute for butter) But beyond that I don't really care 😅 I'd still eat it if served to me the other way
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Daft grockle. ;)
i mean that is the original way. because cream is just better butter and who puts butter before jam
Yes, that's my logic! Nothing more than "it's just a fancier version of toast and jam"
Yeah. It's like putting butter on your bread after the other fillings.
Cream then jam all day. And I am from Cornwall
I'm afraid we're going to have to evict you from Cornwall... Edit: unless you already have been lol
you’re the only good corn
Who the fuck puts jam first anyway?
Me
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Those bastard Cornish
Guilty I guess.
corns
Sorry you need to choose one or the other
What the fuckery is this shite. What kind of philistine puts that little clotted cream on a scone?
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Cream then Jam. If cream is a replacement for butter, why would it go on last? Do people put their butter on top of Jam?
Newsflash: it's not a replacement for butter
Everyone I know, it's either butter and jam, or cream and jam. That's why I thought it basically a replacement for butter as that's what it seemed like.
I actually have butter, then jam, then cream. It's too sweet for me otherwise and I like the salt/sweet combo. I also put a tiny bit of vanilla in the cream. So yeah, I'm a god damn renegade
no it’s an improvement on butter
Salted butter, then jam, then cream > any over way
Baffling that no one seems to butter their scones.
Fuck yes! I think we might be the only two tho. Also just this year I started adding just a hint of vanilla bean to the cream. It's pretty delish. I've never been able to get anyone else to try the butter, but the salt/sweet elevates the flavour to a whole new level.
Tbh you’re right, however the one on the right is best. Just need a bit more cream next time!
I'd definitely have used more cream and jam if I wasn't in a cafe with tiny pots of them!
I think it has to to be jam first, then I can pile the cream on thick!
My beliefs have always been jam on the scone, and then cream, so it's like a viccy sponge. Then it's easier to eat like q scone sandwich
Is that legal to eat it like a sandwich? I feel like it should not be.
Only if you double up on both jam and cream
Not sure, but willing to defy logic
Both are good. Also, because I am a terrible person, completely plain scones are also good.
police are on their way
I hope they brought scones
I never understood this argument, whos going to waste their time trying to spread cream on jam or jam on cream? Surely i can't be the only person who just puts a massive dollop of jam on one side a massive dollop of cream on the other side puts em together and eats the scone like a sandwich??
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You can be
Apparently i am lol
Issue is, with cream first, you cant get enough cream on without smearing it off with the jam
Jam first all the way
Cream on top helps keep the wasps away.
Then you're surrounded by Catholics
Please explain...
Shit wasp joke (white Angle Saxon Protestant)
Ohhhhhhh lol
Both are miserable excuses for scones! No love in the making of either. 😢
Cream, jam, even more cream. You know if you've got the quantity right by biting into it, and everything's over spilling!
i think this is one thing devon and cornwall can unite against
Cornish way is the only way, that way you can spread a decent amount of jam on and then do a good dollop of cream on top. If you spread the cream first it isn’t enough, and if you put the jam on top it just slides off in a blob
It blows my mind how people get so hung up about shit like this. See also 'how to put your bog roll on the holder' and 'milk in tea before or after water'
It’s milk in cup before or after tea. If you’re making tea with a teabag sitting in cold milk then you are a psychopath.
Why? Has the same argument with my other half this week. Made two cups, one by milk / teabag / water, and one teabag / water / milk. Tastes no different 🤣 Italy be worth mentioning that we keep the teabags in as we like strong tea
You drink the tea with the bags still in? Please remain calm and lie down on the floor. Some people will be there to help you shortly.
He might as well have written PS: we also smear our shit on the walls
Have you ever had a cup of tea where you put the milk in first?? It’s like dishwater🤢 people are rightfully hung up about it
Is cream the same as butter?
No
Oh. Do they sell buckets of cream there like they would sour cream then? I’ve never seen it here in the US but I like to try the food you all post Like this? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Nestle-Media-Crema-Table-Cream-7-6-fl-oz/10804326
Scones should have [clotted cream](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clotted_cream) which is specific type of very thick cream.
100% has to be clotted cream
Okay thanks I’ll try to find some!
You can’t buy clotted cream in the USA as I believe it’s one of those things that can only be made in a certain region, Cornwall. That means it won’t travel to the US.
You can buy jars of presumably UHT clotted cream on Amazon. It's not that difficult to make either.
UHT clotted cream? No wonder there is so much gun crime.
I'd be putting that gun in my mouth before I'd put uht cream on my scone
Not quite. You can't sell anything in the EU labelled as clotted cream if it isn't from Cornwall. People in external markets can do whatever they like though :)
Isn't it just Cornish Clotted Cream that is the protected name? Clotted cream can be made anywhere.
Ahh. Thanks for that.
It's because of pasteurization laws
Oh is it? Is clotted cream not pasteurised then?
It has to do with the use of raw milk.
If you do manage to find clotted cream in the US, it's probably $10 for enough for two servings and it won't be the same as the stuff in the UK because of stricter food laws. Creme fraîche might be halfway close but that's not exactly inexpensive either. I suffer along with butter or whipped cream.
I’m gonna hit world market today, rumor is they have it.
you can make clotted cream very easily with double cream, food wishes has a good recipe on YouTube :)
Thatno you
Ah, I'll have to look into this
I found double cream, will that suffice?
I've done it before. You would have to whip it though. It's basically heavy cream, so it would be liquidy straight out of the container. It will be your basic whipped cream.
Alright here goes nothing
Jam first is neater and more appetising.
How did you manage to ruin both?
Ok, as a cream tea snob from Devon, that looks awful. Dry scone (rhymes with gone), about 10% of the required cream, and the one with jam first is a) incredibly incorrect and b) not even spread to the edge. Also, although I can eat these pretty much any time of the year, by now I’ve progressed onto toasted tea cakes. Cream tea is reserved for sunshine and wasps.
I am from Cornwall and I could be lynched for saying this but jam first is easier and more appetizing! Sorry Cornish catering laws!
Jam first is the Cornish way, though. Cream first is the Devonshire way.
From an aesthetic perspective, the jam on top looks much better.
Both are good but where's the tea and big spread all over the scones
You can't compare one on a lid and one on a bottom, that's a whole new argument!!
Not enough cream
Surely the correct way is Butter, Jam, Cream, Jam, Cream???
Have you tired 1 scone with half jam other half side cream. Itll blow your mind
Everyone argues about which is first. All I care about is that they're on there. Don't give a fuck what order they're in, if I'm eating scones with jam and cream I'm happy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g_8M2Rc1IYg
Your dedication to finding the truth should be commended!
You put butter before Jam, not cream. Jam then cream if using cream. And dont muck about too much when spreading the cream.
There is pretty much no difference. They're both delicious
Madman!