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No.....unless you're Cornish....in which case you're definitely a wrong un!
It's a DEVON cream tea.....and in Devon it's always clotted cream first....think of it like the 'butter'....then jam on top |
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"No.....unless you're Cornish....in which case you're definitely a wrong un!
It's a DEVON cream tea.....and in Devon it's always clotted cream first....think of it like the 'butter'....then jam on top"
^^ got ourselves a wrong ‘un right here!!  |
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Embarrassingly, when I was on holiday on the IOW years ago staying with some friends, I saw a sign saying "cream teas here" and I thought it was tea with cream in instead of milk, and I commented how I didn't mind it in coffee but it would be horrible in tea.
They both fell about laughing that I thought a cream tea was tea with cream in it! |
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"Yep, cream first, jam on top (Devon blood coming out!)
*shakes head disapprovingly!*  "
But if you do jam first, the cream then slithers about and drops off (on the table, down your clothes). The Devon way makes this less likely because the slippery cream is kind of anchored to the crumb of the scone  |
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"Embarrassingly, when I was on holiday on the IOW years ago staying with some friends, I saw a sign saying "cream teas here" and I thought it was tea with cream in instead of milk, and I commented how I didn't mind it in coffee but it would be horrible in tea.
They both fell about laughing that I thought a cream tea was tea with cream in it!"
I had a similar misunderstanding with “blow jobs” as a young un .. assumed it was literal and you’d end up inflated like a balloon  |
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"It's got to be jam first.
Basic rules of physics surely?
How on earth do you spread lumpy thick jam on soft cream.
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Try telling that to La Fee Verte and her cwazy slippery jam justification!! |
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"It's got to be jam first.
Basic rules of physics surely?
How on earth do you spread lumpy thick jam on soft cream.
Try telling that to La Fee Verte and her cwazy slippery jam justification!! "
I've never had a problem spreading my jam I'll have you know!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No.....unless you're Cornish....in which case you're definitely a wrong un!
It's a DEVON cream tea.....and in Devon it's always clotted cream first....think of it like the 'butter'....then jam on top"
I’m a janner too and although I agree with you, I’m a wrong un and do it the Cornish way... |
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"Jam first, always
someone who knows their stuff! "
If anyone here knew their stuff then they would know that it is originally from Devon and they do it cream first. It’s the Cornish that fucked it up  |
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"There must have been more threads on this subject than one's about Bareback! "
Oh now you must start a bareback thread, it’s been ages since we have had a decent thread about this!  |
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"There must have been more threads on this subject than one's about Bareback!
Oh now you must start a bareback thread, it’s been ages since we have had a decent thread about this! "
Really? Surely there must be one running already?!!  |
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"It's got to be jam first.
Basic rules of physics surely?
How on earth do you spread lumpy thick jam on soft cream.
Try telling that to La Fee Verte and her cwazy slippery jam justification!!
I've never had a problem spreading my jam I'll have you know!! "
Frozen cream or liquid jam are the only explanation |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's got to be jam first.
Basic rules of physics surely?
How on earth do you spread lumpy thick jam on soft cream.
Try telling that to La Fee Verte and her cwazy slippery jam justification!!
I've never had a problem spreading my jam I'll have you know!!
Frozen cream or liquid jam are the only explanation "
Clotted cream is pretty thick |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"There must have been more threads on this subject than one's about Bareback! "
It’s an important topic!!
If the roll / cob / barmcake thread can get another airing then I thought it’s only fair the jam first one did too (I didn’t want it feeling left out!!) |
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"It's got to be jam first.
Basic rules of physics surely?
How on earth do you spread lumpy thick jam on soft cream.
Try telling that to La Fee Verte and her cwazy slippery jam justification!!
I've never had a problem spreading my jam I'll have you know!!
Frozen cream or liquid jam are the only explanation
Clotted cream is pretty thick"
Only with the crust intact
At room temps minus crust, it's just thickish yellow cream incapable of supporting jam.
Take it from a cremeologist. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's got to be jam first.
Basic rules of physics surely?
How on earth do you spread lumpy thick jam on soft cream.
Try telling that to La Fee Verte and her cwazy slippery jam justification!!
I've never had a problem spreading my jam I'll have you know!!
Frozen cream or liquid jam are the only explanation
Clotted cream is pretty thick
Only with the crust intact
At room temps minus crust, it's just thickish yellow cream incapable of supporting jam.
Take it from a cremeologist."
two words that make me shudder,crust and clotted. Seems a shame they are involved in the deliciousness of cream teas |
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam. "
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine. |
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam.
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine. "
I’m from plymouth so know the ‘proper job’ way |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam.
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine.
I’m from plymouth so know the ‘proper job’ way "
Plymouth’s almost Cornwall anyway, isn’t it? Just a quick hop over the Tamar Bridge, you’re as good as Cornish, so Jam First, surely!?! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"There must have been more threads on this subject than one's about Bareback!
It’s an important topic!!
If the roll / cob / barmcake thread can get another airing then I thought it’s only fair the jam first one did too (I didn’t want it feeling left out!!) "
These are the important questions of our era!
Well, just to be safe, henceforth I shall have one half of my scone with the jam on the bottom and the other half with the cream on top. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"There must have been more threads on this subject than one's about Bareback!
It’s an important topic!!
If the roll / cob / barmcake thread can get another airing then I thought it’s only fair the jam first one did too (I didn’t want it feeling left out!!)
These are the important questions of our era!
Well, just to be safe, henceforth I shall have one half of my scone with the jam on the bottom and the other half with the cream on top. "
 I see what you did there! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam.
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine.
I’m from plymouth so know the ‘proper job’ way
Plymouth’s almost Cornwall anyway, isn’t it? Just a quick hop over the Tamar Bridge, you’re as good as Cornish, so Jam First, surely!?! "
I eat it like that because I put butter on also. So butter, jam then cream. If I don’t have butter then I have cream then jam.
Cornish is not the original way, they have pasties not cream teas. |
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam.
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine.
I’m from plymouth so know the ‘proper job’ way
Plymouth’s almost Cornwall anyway, isn’t it? Just a quick hop over the Tamar Bridge, you’re as good as Cornish, so Jam First, surely!?!
I eat it like that because I put butter on also. So butter, jam then cream. If I don’t have butter then I have cream then jam.
Cornish is not the original way, they have pasties not cream teas. "
Butter !!!
Salted or unsalted ?
English, Danish, French. ?
Surely this is a whole new thread ?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam.
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine.
I’m from plymouth so know the ‘proper job’ way
Plymouth’s almost Cornwall anyway, isn’t it? Just a quick hop over the Tamar Bridge, you’re as good as Cornish, so Jam First, surely!?!
I eat it like that because I put butter on also. So butter, jam then cream. If I don’t have butter then I have cream then jam.
Cornish is not the original way, they have pasties not cream teas. "
Butter as well? Nah that’s SO wrong!!
There’s an excellent pasty shop down yonder very near the border that sells both Cornish and Devonshire pasties, both are equally palatable but the styles are different!
As an honorary Cornishman (parents have been there for years and years) then of course I have to err on the side of the Cornish! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Other than being from Devon or Cornwall ,don’t give a rat’s arse what way round "
yeah but one way (cream first) is wrong, the other way is right! Surely you want things to be done properly!! |
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"Other than being from Devon or Cornwall ,don’t give a rat’s arse what way round
yeah but one way (cream first) is wrong, the other way is right! Surely you want things to be done properly!!"
Chicken & egg comes to mind here |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam.
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine.
I’m from plymouth so know the ‘proper job’ way
Plymouth’s almost Cornwall anyway, isn’t it? Just a quick hop over the Tamar Bridge, you’re as good as Cornish, so Jam First, surely!?!
I eat it like that because I put butter on also. So butter, jam then cream. If I don’t have butter then I have cream then jam.
Cornish is not the original way, they have pasties not cream teas.
Butter as well? Nah that’s SO wrong!!
There’s an excellent pasty shop down yonder very near the border that sells both Cornish and Devonshire pasties, both are equally palatable but the styles are different!
As an honorary Cornishman (parents have been there for years and years) then of course I have to err on the side of the Cornish! "
Never heard of a Devonshire pasty, no such thing. It’s a Cornish pasty and that’s it. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam.
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine.
I’m from plymouth so know the ‘proper job’ way
Plymouth’s almost Cornwall anyway, isn’t it? Just a quick hop over the Tamar Bridge, you’re as good as Cornish, so Jam First, surely!?!
I eat it like that because I put butter on also. So butter, jam then cream. If I don’t have butter then I have cream then jam.
Cornish is not the original way, they have pasties not cream teas.
Butter as well? Nah that’s SO wrong!!
There’s an excellent pasty shop down yonder very near the border that sells both Cornish and Devonshire pasties, both are equally palatable but the styles are different!
As an honorary Cornishman (parents have been there for years and years) then of course I have to err on the side of the Cornish!
Never heard of a Devonshire pasty, no such thing. It’s a Cornish pasty and that’s it. "
Poochiepoo!! Call yourself a Devonian!
Much like the jam or cream first debate, there’s a Cornwall v Devon pasty crimp debate!!
Some say that a Cornish pasty is oval in shape and crimped along the side, whereas a Devon pasty has a top crimp and tends to be oval in shape! So much so that Cornish bakers using the top crimp can’t legally call their pasties Cornish! (even though there is evidence the top crimp did originate in Cornwall!) |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam.
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine.
I’m from plymouth so know the ‘proper job’ way
Plymouth’s almost Cornwall anyway, isn’t it? Just a quick hop over the Tamar Bridge, you’re as good as Cornish, so Jam First, surely!?!
I eat it like that because I put butter on also. So butter, jam then cream. If I don’t have butter then I have cream then jam.
Cornish is not the original way, they have pasties not cream teas.
Butter as well? Nah that’s SO wrong!!
There’s an excellent pasty shop down yonder very near the border that sells both Cornish and Devonshire pasties, both are equally palatable but the styles are different!
As an honorary Cornishman (parents have been there for years and years) then of course I have to err on the side of the Cornish!
Never heard of a Devonshire pasty, no such thing. It’s a Cornish pasty and that’s it.
Poochiepoo!! Call yourself a Devonian!
Much like the jam or cream first debate, there’s a Cornwall v Devon pasty crimp debate!!
Some say that a Cornish pasty is oval in shape and crimped along the side, whereas a Devon pasty has a top crimp and tends to be oval in shape! So much so that Cornish bakers using the top crimp can’t legally call their pasties Cornish! (even though there is evidence the top crimp did originate in Cornwall!)"
Oops typo above! Cornish are semi-circular in shape with a side crimp, Devon oval! |
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"I live in Devon and it’s cream 1st then jam.
Oh, thank goodness you've turned up. I was feeling very outnumbered here
I don't understand all the befuddlement over cream first - proper West Country clotted cream *does* support jam just fine.
I’m from plymouth so know the ‘proper job’ way
Plymouth’s almost Cornwall anyway, isn’t it? Just a quick hop over the Tamar Bridge, you’re as good as Cornish, so Jam First, surely!?!
I eat it like that because I put butter on also. So butter, jam then cream. If I don’t have butter then I have cream then jam.
Cornish is not the original way, they have pasties not cream teas.
Butter as well? Nah that’s SO wrong!!
There’s an excellent pasty shop down yonder very near the border that sells both Cornish and Devonshire pasties, both are equally palatable but the styles are different!
As an honorary Cornishman (parents have been there for years and years) then of course I have to err on the side of the Cornish!
Never heard of a Devonshire pasty, no such thing. It’s a Cornish pasty and that’s it.
Poochiepoo!! Call yourself a Devonian!
Much like the jam or cream first debate, there’s a Cornwall v Devon pasty crimp debate!!
Some say that a Cornish pasty is oval in shape and crimped along the side, whereas a Devon pasty has a top crimp and tends to be oval in shape! So much so that Cornish bakers using the top crimp can’t legally call their pasties Cornish! (even though there is evidence the top crimp did originate in Cornwall!)
Oops typo above! Cornish are semi-circular in shape with a side crimp, Devon oval! "
I’ve only ever had a top crimped pasty once and it wasn’t the same. I prefer the ‘miner’ style pasty, half savoury/half sweet and eaten with filthy mitts. |
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"No.....unless you're Cornish....in which case you're definitely a wrong un!
It's a DEVON cream tea.....and in Devon it's always clotted cream first....think of it like the 'butter'....then jam on top"
No no no, the cream is like the icing!!!! |
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"There must have been more threads on this subject than one's about Bareback!
And always started by the OP he’s obsessed with cream tea  "
Yeah, but it’s definitely jam first, right!? |
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"Got to be jam first, can’t spread jam on cream x "
Exactly this..from a logistics point of view it has to be cream on jam, not jam on cream. Jam being heavier and more dense than cream it would just sink in and not smooooosh around as required. |
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"Got to be jam first, can’t spread jam on cream x
Exactly this..from a logistics point of view it has to be cream on jam, not jam on cream. Jam being heavier and more dense than cream it would just sink in and not smooooosh around as required. "
Why did the inventors of the cream tea (devonians) create it like that then? Jam sits perfectly well on top of cream. |
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"Got to be jam first, can’t spread jam on cream x
Exactly this..from a logistics point of view it has to be cream on jam, not jam on cream. Jam being heavier and more dense than cream it would just sink in and not smooooosh around as required.
Why did the inventors of the cream tea (devonians) create it like that then? Jam sits perfectly well on top of cream. "
They’ve always been a little bit odd those Devonians! It doesn’t surprise me at all that they’d invent something the wrong way, thankfully the Cornish were there to put it right! xxxx |
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