Jam before cream. A final word. Never use whipped cream. Cornish clotted cream - the food of the gods. William Gladstone - Cream Tea Finder. Time for Tea. Afternoon Tea. The Cream Tea. Mark your diaries, and pop clotted cream and jam on your shopping lists, as National Cream Tea day is set for Friday 26th June ! Cream teas are a British institution loved by so many people up and down the country, and friends from around the world especially America tell me that a good cream tea is what they miss most after returning home from their travels.
The idea of National Cream Tea day is to celebrate this decadent teatime treat with friends and family, and in doing so raise money for good causes. This seemingly inane question still causes a great divide between the Devonshire and Cornish people, and the rest of us for that matter.
Devon swear it should be cream first, while the Cornish say jam first. Preserve positioning or pronunciation preference aside, etiquette never dictates a correct way to embellish your scone - instead we should look to practicality rather than manners.
It is good manners to be practical after all! In my personal opinion, I find that a preserve is easier to spread and far likelier to stay where it is than a viscous, luscious cream.
So therefore jam should be the first layer to adorn your scone. No further spreading required. Even The Queen agrees with me. Or I her? Should one attempt to spread a very thick cream directly over the scone, the delicate structure of the bake will begin to break and crumble, thus losing strength and causing a great mess.
What is a Scone? The Basics of Eating a Scone Properly. Scoop out clotted cream and jams onto your plate, enough for one scone. Break apart a small bite-sized portion of scone with your hands or if using a knife, cut the scone horizontally. Use a knife to slather on cream and jam onto the broken-off piece of scone. The bite-sized piece of scone should be eaten in bites. For Devonshire cream teas:. You can get more cream on if you load it first! It stops you getting cream on your nose.
Pepys first mentions tea-drinking in his diary entry, but it was Catherine of Braganza, wife of Charles II who popularised it. Fed up with having nothing to do whilst the men were off hunting and drinking, she began inviting friends to her boudoir for afternoon tea. Later, the wonderful Duchess of Bedford continued this proud tradition, but changed the serving time to 4pm and preferred to sip it in the drawing room. We even have a study conducted by the University of Sheffield to back this bit up, so listen carefully.
According to their research on the perfect cream tea, your scone should be cm in diameter and the jam should be spread on first very important!
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