Thursday, 6 April 2017

Cream tea debate - what comes first the cream or the jam?!

Cream teas. This has been a debate for I imagine centuries, who makes the best cream teas, Cornwall or Devon. The only difference being that in Cornwall, the jam goes on the scone and then the cream goes on top, whereas in Devon, the cream goes on the scone and then the jam goes on top. The question is, which way is the best way or is it just down to preference?


I like to test things for myself so (for research purposes only!) I bought some scones (with raisins in of course as they are the best ;)) some strawberry jam and some cream. I then made a typical Devon scone and then a typical Cornish scone and tried both, cleansing my palate with a good old British brew of course! 

To be honest, I thought both were lovely but my favourite was the Cornish, with a little cream on top but I like to smother the scone with jam but couldn’t do this as easily when putting the cream on first. I would definitely recommend that everyone does their own experiment though just to see if you agree with me or not! 


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