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Scones. Jam then cream or cream then jam? I have solved it.

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IncompleteSenten · 07/05/2024 13:42

In the interests of science, I put it to the test.

Jam first then cream or cream first then jam.

After extensive testing, I am happy to confirm that it makes no fucking difference whatsoever.

However, in the interests of science I will repeat the tests later on.

Oh, and just because I like to kick shit off on here...

It's scone to rhyme with throne, bone and zone.

No debate.

Scones. Jam then cream or cream then jam? I have solved it.
Scones. Jam then cream or cream then jam? I have solved it.
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HappiestSleeping · 07/05/2024 19:06

YeahComeOnThen · 07/05/2024 16:54

@HappiestSleeping

where is your thread police certificate?

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If ever there was a thread crying out for AIBU, it is this one where the choice of cream first or jam first is discussed. 😂

Callipygion · 07/05/2024 18:40

For me, it depends on what type of cream it is. If it’s thick clotted cream, that goes on first (spread nice and thick) and then jam spooned on top. If it’s whipped cream then I’d spread my jam on first and dollop the cream on the top.

meganorks · 07/05/2024 18:35

Clotted cream first because I can spread it out like thick butter and the jam spreads about a bit on top. If I do jam first I can't spread the cream evenly and I just get a big blob

GardenGnomeDefender · 07/05/2024 18:32

YABVU.

Scone rhymes with on.

Cream goes on first. And clotted cream at that.

SiobhanSharpe · 07/05/2024 18:11

Deadringer · 07/05/2024 13:47

Cream is the lightest, so it goes on top. Butter, then jam, then cream.

No no no! Good west country cream , i.e., clotted cream is as solid as butter , and spreadable too so it goes on first, with best quality jam, preferably home made, spooned on top.
Just like a jam sandwich or buttered toast and jam. Jam on last.
(I put butter on my scone too, underneath the cream, channelling Nigella's 'double butter' breakfast toast. Can't say I care how scone is pronounced though. )

Original poster
IncompleteSenten · 07/05/2024 18:03

HappiestSleeping · 07/05/2024 16:42

@IncompleteSenten what is your AIBU?

Oh, did I not say?

Aibu to think it's pronounced scone to rhyme with throne?

Yanbu, it is, of course, scone to rhyme with throne.

Yabu to think there's any other way to pronounce it, of course it's scone to rhyme with throne, what kind of numpty thinks otherwise.

I'm happy to see that voters are 100% in agreement with me. 😁😁😁

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WaitingfortheTardis · 07/05/2024 17:58

Hold the jam, double the cream.

Magpiecomplex · 07/05/2024 17:56

My husband claims I make very nice sconns. I disagree, my recipe is clearly for making scones that rhyme with throne. As for the jam and cream, I'm undecided, I'm afraid.

baubletits · 07/05/2024 17:55

If you put the jam on first, you can't spread the cream properly because it just pushes the jam off.

Cream creates a sturdier layer for the jam to just slide on top

(And it's scone to rhyme with gone, you heathen!)

HappiestSleeping · 07/05/2024 17:42

StarsHideYourFir3s · 07/05/2024 16:44

"AIBU if I piss off AIBU pedants?"

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At least that would be an AIBU 😂

ginasevern · 07/05/2024 17:31

Butter, then clotted cream then jam. It's easier to spread jam on top of cream and the butter is non negotiable. In Bristol we say scone as in zone. Scone as in gone is considered pretentious or posssibly North Country.

Pfpppl · 07/05/2024 17:07

Scones are crap and not worth the calories. If I have to eat one then no cream at all, that stuff is vile. Just jam and it must be raspberry not strawberry. But frankly I'd rather have a slice of chocolate cake, or lemon cake or pretty much any other cake instead.

And don't get me started on savoury scones, they are just wrong.

ThreePointOneFourOneFiveNine · 07/05/2024 17:05

I have also tested this. It is easier to spread jam on top of cream than it is to spread cream on top of jam. The cream is thicker than the jam and the jam I quite slippery, so it does absolutely make sense to do cream first. However, aside from my one experiment, I always do jam first because that's the way I've always done it and it just looks wrong to me the other way around. I get round the spreading problem by dolloping it on in giant spoonfulls 😁

Goforyourguns · 07/05/2024 17:04

Jam then cream😋

OpusGiemuJavlo · 07/05/2024 17:04

If you put cream on first there's no place for butter. Slightly salted butter onto the scone first makes a huge difference to the taste experience and the jam has to go between the butter and the cream.

However within my family we have established that the only opinion that matters on the question of how to construct the layers is the person who will eat that scone and if they do it in a different order they aren't wrong or evil or totally missing the point of a cream tea, they just have different tastes. Commentary on other people's choices is therefore a forbidden topic of conversation as no one should be criticised for their personal food choices that don't affect anyone else.

Whether you pronounce it to rhyme with gone or bone makes no difference at all though.

kab89 · 07/05/2024 17:01

It's jam first then clotted cream. An earlier pp mentioned that spreading cream on jam is difficult - now spreading is the problem, you need to dollop.

Oh and scone is pronounced like throne. I was taught at school many, many years ago that the "e" on the end of a word is a "magic e" which makes the vowel say it's name (I'm going to assume that gone is the word not following the rules)

NeverDropYourMooncup · 07/05/2024 17:01

Clotted cream on one half (because it spreads and sticks).

Jam on the other.

Put the two halves together then cut the reassembled scone through the middle of both.

Put into mouth with both sides up.

Cream is on top, jam is on top, you get a creamy, jammy scone (or you go for the vastly superior splits that are already cut that way and just pile it all in on the left/right as applicable).

I've solved the pan-Tamar warfare in that one act of diplomacy.

Nicebloomers · 07/05/2024 17:00

Purplebunnie · 07/05/2024 16:56

So if the cream is replacing butter, would I be wrong to do cream, jam and then more cream on top??

Well now there’s a thought to ponder. I like your style.

SwedishEdith · 07/05/2024 16:58

Lost me at the pronunciation bit but the correct way is butter, jam then cream. Obviously.

MrsMoastyToasty · 07/05/2024 16:58

My DH dared to serve my cream tea with coffee! Is there anything I can do about this gross error? (I don't tell him how to prepare haggis, neeps and tatties).

Purplebunnie · 07/05/2024 16:56

So if the cream is replacing butter, would I be wrong to do cream, jam and then more cream on top??

YeahComeOnThen · 07/05/2024 16:55

Oh and Scon. That's all.

YeahComeOnThen · 07/05/2024 16:54

HappiestSleeping · 07/05/2024 16:42

@IncompleteSenten what is your AIBU?

@HappiestSleeping

where is your thread police certificate?

SausageRoll2020 · 07/05/2024 16:53

It's scone to rhyme with gone.

Cream first makes sense as it's essentially replacing butter and you'd never put butter on top of jam.

Lengokengo · 07/05/2024 16:52

My DD are 4 scones today for lunch.

Scone (pr. Sconn) salted butter, strawberry jam. Yum. (No cream, cream is awful).