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I ate (part of) one in disgrace
In Dublin for a couple of days, I treated my mate to champagne afternoon tea at The Shelbourne
It's one of those fancy hotels with liveried doormen and starched white egyptian cotton table cloths
It was an altogether very refined affair until, somehow, and to this day neither of us know how, my mate managed to drag the table cloth 3/4 off the table; bottles, glasses, cups, tea pots, plates, cake stands... the fkin lot went  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I ate (part of) one in disgrace
In Dublin for a couple of days, I treated my mate to champagne afternoon tea at The Shelbourne
It's one of those fancy hotels with liveried doormen and starched white egyptian cotton table cloths
It was an altogether very refined affair until, somehow, and to this day neither of us know how, my mate managed to drag the table cloth 3/4 off the table; bottles, glasses, cups, tea pots, plates, cake stands... the fkin lot went "
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
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"I visited Devon recently and converted
I knew I liked you 
Woman, you can't get a good spread if you do it the wrong way round. "
Oh but you can! Cream spreads like butter, and you don't spread the jam. You dollop it.
And then you pop a dollop of cream on top if you're feeling decadent. |
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"I visited Devon recently and converted
I knew I liked you
Woman, you can't get a good spread if you do it the wrong way round.
Oh but you can! Cream spreads like butter, and you don't spread the jam. You dollop it.
And then you pop a dollop of cream on top if you're feeling decadent. "
Nope, not convinced. Cream scone instead of Sunday lunch maybe?  |
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"Cream first then jam - the right way
If I wasn’t having cream I’d do butter then jam 
Why would you not have cream though?!"
My dad used to make them and we always just had butter and jam. How’s and introduced me to cream tea |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"I visited Devon recently and converted
I knew I liked you
Woman, you can't get a good spread if you do it the wrong way round.
Oh but you can! Cream spreads like butter, and you don't spread the jam. You dollop it.
And then you pop a dollop of cream on top if you're feeling decadent.
Nope, not convinced. Cream scone instead of Sunday lunch maybe? "
Absolutely. And I'll convince you! |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"Cream first then jam - the right way
If I wasn’t having cream I’d do butter then jam
I love you even more now 
My husband was from Devon so he taught me well
Proper job! "
Proper job indeed maid! |
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I've never given it any thought to be honest. I've had a cream tea at The Ritz, and various other places over the years, and never once paid that much attention to the placement of jam and cream. Didn't even know there was such a thing ! Fancy that ! |
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"Cream first then jam - the right way
If I wasn’t having cream I’d do butter then jam
I love you even more now
My husband was from Devon so he taught me well
Proper job!
Proper job indeed maid! "
He moved up here and lost his accent but could put it on, always made me smile |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"Cream first then jam - the right way
If I wasn’t having cream I’d do butter then jam
I love you even more now
My husband was from Devon so he taught me well
Proper job!
Proper job indeed maid!
He moved up here and lost his accent but could put it on, always made me smile "
I've always loved the accent. Long before I moved here. It's so comforting. |
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"Cream first then jam - the right way
If I wasn’t having cream I’d do butter then jam
I love you even more now
My husband was from Devon so he taught me well
Proper job!
Proper job indeed maid!
He moved up here and lost his accent but could put it on, always made me smile
I've always loved the accent. Long before I moved here. It's so comforting."
I love it. I lived there 7 years and I can still hear the accent come out of me sometimes  |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"Cream first then jam - the right way
If I wasn’t having cream I’d do butter then jam
I love you even more now
My husband was from Devon so he taught me well
Proper job!
Proper job indeed maid!
He moved up here and lost his accent but could put it on, always made me smile
I've always loved the accent. Long before I moved here. It's so comforting.
I love it. I lived there 7 years and I can still hear the accent come out of me sometimes "
People keep telling me I sound West Country despite my first 30 years being a Londoner.... well. Either than or they ask if I'm an Aussie  |
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
somewhere, someplace |
"Cream first then jam - the right way
If I wasn’t having cream I’d do butter then jam
I love you even more now
My husband was from Devon so he taught me well
Proper job!
Proper job indeed maid!
He moved up here and lost his accent but could put it on, always made me smile
I've always loved the accent. Long before I moved here. It's so comforting."
And I completely said proper job in a Devon accent in my head |
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By *otSoPoshWoman
over a year ago
In a ball gown because that's how we roll in N. Devon |
"Cream first then jam - the right way
If I wasn’t having cream I’d do butter then jam
I love you even more now
My husband was from Devon so he taught me well
Proper job!
Proper job indeed maid!
He moved up here and lost his accent but could put it on, always made me smile
I've always loved the accent. Long before I moved here. It's so comforting.
And I completely said proper job in a Devon accent in my head "
Only way to say it! |
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"Cream first then jam - the right way
If I wasn’t having cream I’d do butter then jam
I love you even more now
My husband was from Devon so he taught me well
Proper job!
Proper job indeed maid!
He moved up here and lost his accent but could put it on, always made me smile
I've always loved the accent. Long before I moved here. It's so comforting.
I love it. I lived there 7 years and I can still hear the accent come out of me sometimes
People keep telling me I sound West Country despite my first 30 years being a Londoner.... well. Either than or they ask if I'm an Aussie "
Haha. You are a bit of a mixture. I definitely am. I’ve lived all over! |
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