Jam or Cream first................
Jam or Cream first................
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dickymint

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28,757 posts

284 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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FFS it has to be butter first rolleyes

Tickle

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230 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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Cream, always the creme

jmorgan

36,010 posts

310 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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yeah but is it in a scone or a scone.....

Actually just shove it all in some cake and avoid that argument.

yajeed

5,052 posts

280 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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jmorgan said:
yeah but is it in a scone or a scone.....

Actually just shove it all in some cake and avoid that argument.
Isn't there a devon way and a cornwall way of doing it?

Wiki says:

The Devonian (or Devonshire) method is to split the scone in two, cover each half with clotted cream, and then add strawberry jam on top. ...
With the Cornish method, the warm scone is first split in two, then spread with strawberry jam, and finally topped with a spoonful of clotted cream.

C0ffin D0dger

3,440 posts

171 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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dickymint said:
FFS it has to be butter first rolleyes
Totally.

Then jam, then cream tongue out

thebraketester

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164 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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C0ffin D0dger said:
dickymint said:
FFS it has to be butter first rolleyes
Totally.

Then jam, then cream tongue out
^^^ yep. And loads of proper clotted cream too.

alock

4,502 posts

237 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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Depends on the jam. Ideally it's runny enough to spoon it on top of the cream. If it's harder set and more like a jelly then jam first.

mikal83

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Monday 12th March 2018
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Testaburger

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224 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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Doesn't matter to me, as long as the cream-to-jam ratio is stable at approximately 9:1 by volume.

mikal83

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Monday 12th March 2018
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we went to a lovely café in south Australia a coupla years ago needing a nice cuppa. It was called Devonshire tearooms. We asked for a tea for 2 and scones, (with jam and cream of course). The guy didnt know the difference of which to put on first so of course we told him the correct way..............smile

Lynchie999

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179 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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alock said:
Depends on the jam. Ideally it's runny enough to spoon it on top of the cream. If it's harder set and more like a jelly then jam first.
surely its the other way around ?

If its harder set (and thus harder to spread), dollop it on top of the cream ?

had these a few weeks back....



Edited by Lynchie999 on Monday 12th March 11:56

Testaburger

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Monday 12th March 2018
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Lynchie999 said:
surely its the other way around ?

If its harder set (and thus harder to spread), dollop it on top of the cream ?

had these a few weeks back....



Edited by Lynchie999 on Monday 12th March 11:56
Your ratios are all wrong. All wrong.

dickymint

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284 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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Testaburger said:
Lynchie999 said:
surely its the other way around ?

If its harder set (and thus harder to spread), dollop it on top of the cream ?

had these a few weeks back....



Edited by Lynchie999 on Monday 12th March 11:56
Your ratios are all wrong. All wrong.
Wrong on all counts as they’re not even Scones - Rock Cakes they are teacher

boyse7en

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191 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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Cream first
Then jam.

This is because clotted cream sticks to the knife or spoon used to transfer from pot to scone. The scone itself is relatively grippy, and there aids transfer of cream from utensils to scone.
If you put the jam on first, it acts as a lubricant and prevents the cream from staying on the scone

So its science innit

dickymint

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284 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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boyse7en said:
Cream first
Then jam.

This is because clotted cream sticks to the knife or spoon used to transfer from pot to scone. The scone itself is relatively grippy, and there aids transfer of cream from utensils to scone.
If you put the jam on first, it acts as a lubricant and prevents the cream from staying on the scone

So its science innit
The scientific solution is to do it anyway you like then pop the other half on top - just turn it upside down depending on your preferencenuts

jmorgan

36,010 posts

310 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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Maybe we should treat the receiving cake like a duffnut. Combine the jam and cream and inject into the cakery

Lynchie999

3,623 posts

179 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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dickymint said:
Testaburger said:
Lynchie999 said:
surely its the other way around ?

If its harder set (and thus harder to spread), dollop it on top of the cream ?

had these a few weeks back....



Edited by Lynchie999 on Monday 12th March 11:56
Your ratios are all wrong. All wrong.
Wrong on all counts as they’re not even Scones - Rock Cakes they are teacher
... not rock cakes ?!

... as for ratios... Pre Season testing innit... hehe

condor

8,837 posts

274 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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boyse7en said:
Cream first
Then jam.

This is because clotted cream sticks to the knife or spoon used to transfer from pot to scone. The scone itself is relatively grippy, and there aids transfer of cream from utensils to scone.
If you put the jam on first, it acts as a lubricant and prevents the cream from staying on the scone

So its science innit
This ^
The clotted cream also takes the place of butter ( so no butter needed).

mikal83

5,340 posts

278 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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condor said:
boyse7en said:
Cream first
Then jam.

This is because clotted cream sticks to the knife or spoon used to transfer from pot to scone. The scone itself is relatively grippy, and there aids transfer of cream from utensils to scone.
If you put the jam on first, it acts as a lubricant and prevents the cream from staying on the scone

So its science innit
This ^
The clotted cream also takes the place of butter ( so no butter needed).
No no no no and no

Testaburger

3,946 posts

224 months

Monday 12th March 2018
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Lynchie999 said:
... not rock cakes ?!

... as for ratios... Pre Season testing innit... hehe
Fair call. Your preseason reinventing of a sacred wheel ought not to replace common decency hehe