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

163 replies

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.
OP posts:
TheCompactPussycat · 07/05/2024 14:11

Deadringer · 07/05/2024 13:47

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

What godawful cream are you using that is lighter than jam? If you aren't using the thickest heaviest clotted cream, you are doing it wrong.

Hedgesgalore · 07/05/2024 14:10

Clotted cream first then jam.

Jam first if using extra thick double cream (sometimes this is all thats in the shop).

Scone/gone

In a push, just butter, lashings of it.

AllMyExesWearRolexes · 07/05/2024 14:09

Jam n' cream if you're Cornish, cream n' jam if you are a savage...
Edited for a missed comma.

Ilovemyshed · 07/05/2024 14:08

Scone, as in gone.

Butter
Jam
Cream.

You know it's right!

Mairzydotes · 07/05/2024 14:06

Rhymes with gone.

Team jam first, although I eat the toppings , then reapply.

Reversypercypig · 07/05/2024 14:06

I do one of each option then eat the rest of the clotted cream straight out of the pot with a spoon.

Notreat · 07/05/2024 14:01

I don't care which order the jam or cream goes on both are delicious.
But scone rhymes with gone. Anything else is just wrong!

DappledThings · 07/05/2024 14:00

Butter then jam then cream. The cream doesn't replace the butter. That's madness.

Scone rhymes with gone.

Original poster
IncompleteSenten · 07/05/2024 14:00

No butter.
Always clotted cream. My younger son likes spray cream (the one for hot chocolate) on his so obviously he's now available for adoption if anyone would like a 23 year old heathen for a son.

And I'm not dignifying the deluded scone gone rs with a reply.

OP posts:
Fromage · 07/05/2024 13:59

Scone rhymes with gone, otherwise the joke doesn't work.

Jam spread like thick butter, big blob of cream.

Toddlerteaplease · 07/05/2024 13:58

I just do one half jam then cream. Then the other way for the other half. Although Scones are better with just butter.

DrJonesIpresume · 07/05/2024 13:58

I solved this years ago and it is entirely dependent on the relative stiffness of the two ingredients on the day. Stiffest one goes on first, sloppier one second.

DH and I call it the Stiffiosity Index.

GnomeDePlume · 07/05/2024 13:57

Cheese scones, butter. None of this jammy, creaminess.

TipsyKoala · 07/05/2024 13:56

FloraAdora · 07/05/2024 13:46

Did you forget the butter?!
#TeamSCONN

Butter?!! No, no way. You don’t use butter. That’s all sorts of wrong. On my scone (rhymes with gone) it’s jam first, cream on top.

Tacocatgoatcheesepizza · 07/05/2024 13:56

Cream first because it’s like butter!!
Scone rhymes with gone, anything else sounds weird and made up.

DS12 puts jam on one half, cream on the other and then just puts them back together and eats it like a sandwich….

juniorspesh · 07/05/2024 13:56

BarnacleBeasley · 07/05/2024 13:54

Cream is not the lightest if it is clotted cream. So: if clotted cream, put loads of cream on first, then blob the jam on top using a teaspoon. If whipped cream, obviously that's disappointing but you'll just have to put it on top of the jam or it'll get squashed.

Rhymes with gone.

only correct answer on the whole thread, jesus wept

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 07/05/2024 13:56

YABVU just on pronunciation.

Those who add butter are dead to me.

Ineffable23 · 07/05/2024 13:55

I go with scone, then cream, then jam. Otherwise the jam acts as a shearing layer and the cream wants to slide off the jam.

Edit: Oh yes, but if it was whipped cream instead of clotted it would have to go on top.

Hillarious · 07/05/2024 13:54

Sirzy · 07/05/2024 13:43

Purely on the pronunciation your wrong

And you're wrong too.

marshmallowfinder · 07/05/2024 13:54

Sirzy · 07/05/2024 13:43

Purely on the pronunciation your wrong

You're. (You are.)

BarnacleBeasley · 07/05/2024 13:54

Cream is not the lightest if it is clotted cream. So: if clotted cream, put loads of cream on first, then blob the jam on top using a teaspoon. If whipped cream, obviously that's disappointing but you'll just have to put it on top of the jam or it'll get squashed.

Rhymes with gone.

TuesdayWhistler · 07/05/2024 13:53

Here's how I do it.

Half and half - Then Twist.

Get a knife. Dunk in Jam, then kind of scrape it off with the right edge of the bottom half of the scone.
Get a knife, dunk in cream, wipe it off with left edge of bottom of scone.

Repeat with the lid of the scone

Put both halves of scone back together, twist them.

The twist mixes the cream and jam.
Take scone apart, eat lid first.

idreamoftoddlersleepytime · 07/05/2024 13:52

I believe in equality of outcome so I place the jam and the cream side by side in equal measures. Thus, neither jam nor cream is exploited or comes out on top. I believe this will make a better world for your children.

UtterlyOtterly · 07/05/2024 13:50

Actually, the most important thing is that the jam is homemade. None of that supermarket gunk.

FlabMonsterIsDietingAgain · 07/05/2024 13:50

Deadringer · 07/05/2024 13:47

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

This is the winner