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Baddiel is Dirty!

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Damnloginpopup · 04/01/2022 11:54

I HAVE TO VENT.

Dirty David has put cranberry sauce on a scone, which might be questionable were it not leftovers time which makes such behaviour allowable (and he claims he had no jam despite not exactly being on the breadline) BUT he put it ON TOP of the cream! I can't believe this, or that anyone would think that's right (I'm sure Devon only does it to annoy their neighbours because they lost the pasty war)

But not only that, it appears that he didn't even use butter 😱 DISGUSTING.

I shall never watch him again. How can anybody mistreat a cream tea in such a cavalier manner? He probably puts the milk in his tea first too.

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Metheven · 04/01/2022 13:09

@Exhausteddog

I'm intrigued that there have (so far) been no disagreements over the pronunciation
Well I pronounce it rhyming with bone, but that doesn't annoy me as much as the butter!
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Damnloginpopup · 04/01/2022 13:10

Speaking of evidence...and if DM steal this thread it's actually only fair Grin

Baddiel is Dirty!
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Damnloginpopup · 04/01/2022 13:12

Oh! Are they also suggesting be used WHIPPED cream? Are there no depths to which he won't sink?

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RonniePickering · 04/01/2022 13:12

Looks more like beetroot on that picture 🤔

AuditAngel · 04/01/2022 13:15

My husband thinks cranberry is a perfectly acceptable jam substitute (weirdo) and can’t understand DS and i who insist on red currant jelly with lamb and won’t accept cranberry as a substitute for red currant

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Damnloginpopup · 04/01/2022 13:24

You are correct Auditangel. Get your ducks in a row. With plum sauce, not hoisin.

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NoBetterthanSheShouldBe · 04/01/2022 13:30

Cream first (no butter, butter is just cream that’s been churned) then jam, scone rhymes with cone,
Cornish/Devonian heritage grew up in Cornwall.

If you put the jam on first the cream might slide off, which would be disaster.

BetterthanIthink · 04/01/2022 13:35

Butter, jam then cream here in Yorkshire

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Damnloginpopup · 04/01/2022 14:21

Yorkshire clearly is god's own country!

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DustyMaiden · 04/01/2022 14:27

Fresh strawberries and squirts cream, reduces calories. Put the cranberry in a cheese sandwich.

bestbeforedateexpired · 04/01/2022 14:35

@Metheven

There is only one way to correctly load a scone.

Cut scone in half. Spread jam liberally on both halves. Dollop Rodda's clotted cream on each half. Squish down with the spoon. Put another dollop of Rodda's on. Lick spoon. Shovel each half into gob. Repeat.

Always #jamfirst. Never, ever, ever butter if using cream. Never.

Completely agree, except a scone should not be cutin half with a knife. It should be gently cracked open.
A580Hojas · 04/01/2022 14:35

David Baddiel actually is dirty. Up until he had kids he was a loud, proud and voracious consumer of porn and broadcast this fact about himself as often as he could. He probably still watches it, but keeps his dirty habits to himself now that he's a dad and writer of children's books and Mumsnet favourite.

crazycrochetlady · 04/01/2022 14:44

@A580Hojas

David Baddiel actually is dirty. Up until he had kids he was a loud, proud and voracious consumer of porn and broadcast this fact about himself as often as he could. He probably still watches it, but keeps his dirty habits to himself now that he's a dad and writer of children's books and Mumsnet favourite.
Omg really?? Was he part of that whole 90s lad culture thing? I guess he was come to think of it
Flangeosaurus · 04/01/2022 14:54

I can’t believe there are people who are against butter. If I’m having a scone I am COMMITTED to consuming 85 billion calories and I want to enjoy each fat laden mouthful as much as possible. Mind you, I am from a place in Lancashire where the local delicacy is a butter pie so I might be overly fond of butter I am so help me god I am, just ask my gigantic wobbly arse

A580Hojas · 04/01/2022 14:56

Now googling butter pie as that sounds incredible!

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Damnloginpopup · 04/01/2022 14:56

Oh yeah, I forget you have to break them rather than cut - and some fresh, ripe strawberry slices certainly elevate it further towards heaven!

Currants, sultanas, raisins or plain? (I'm keeping quiet on my choice in case it triggers someone!)

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RonniePickering · 04/01/2022 14:56

I'm from Lancashire too and totally understand the butter love (spread liberally on bread).
It has no place on a scone with clotted cream though 😬

RonniePickering · 04/01/2022 14:57

Plain all the way if it's with cream and jam.
I'll have sultanas with butter.

MrsPsmalls · 04/01/2022 14:59

Scone to rhyme with alone.
Butter, (loads of)
Then jam -any red colour will do, but strawberry is best.
Then clotted cream again loads of.
Good to go - eat several, quickly before the cream warms up.

Flangeosaurus · 04/01/2022 14:59

@A580Hojas

Now googling butter pie as that sounds incredible!
It is incredible. A delicious pastry-encased heart attack waiting to happen Grin
DedafalalalalalusBloom · 04/01/2022 15:22

I will nail my Devonshire heritage to the mast and say cream first. It acts like butter for adherence purposes ( although butter is definitely not being used in this scenario)- trying to put cream on top of jam is a fiddly nuisance that is just taking up time that could be spent eating scones.

crazycrochetlady · 04/01/2022 15:27

@DedafalalalalalusBloom

I will nail my Devonshire heritage to the mast and say cream first. It acts like butter for adherence purposes ( although butter is definitely not being used in this scenario)- trying to put cream on top of jam is a fiddly nuisance that is just taking up time that could be spent eating scones.
Yeah but the point of cream is that you need a gert dollop dun' ee? And you can only do that if you out the jam on first. Yeah I'm Cornish.
CockingASnook · 04/01/2022 15:33

Absolutely jam then cream. If only because cream sticks to jam. No butter of course, that's just wrong.

ancientgran · 04/01/2022 16:33

I'm in Devon but do it the Cornish way. You can't spread the jam out on top of a great dollop of cream and you do need a great dollop of cream and you do need the jam to be spread out so I am shameless in my lack of loyalty to Devon.

ancientgran · 04/01/2022 16:34

@RonniePickering

Plain all the way if it's with cream and jam. I'll have sultanas with butter.
Yes absolutely. I thought that was the law.