To view "jam first" types with deep suspicion?

[CoffeeandScones]

On scones, that is (was a tangent on another thread, inspired by someone objecting to the idea of coffee, not tea, with scones).

I'll take the tea point. But it's cream first on a scone, then jam. Yes, it's harder to construct, but that's part of the beauty of its creation. A healthy bed of rich clotted cream, atop which you delicately and lovingly rest a nestling dollop of rich ruby red jam.

That's a proper scone, surely.

[FrankSpenser]

Why do people not like whipped cream then?

[Bogeyface]

I wish I could take credit! I cant remember who wrote it, but a friend of mine emailed it to me after a similar "Scone/Scon" argument :o

[Bogeyface]

Ok, I'll ask. Show what is proper weetabix etiquette?

I dont eat Weetabix so I dont care, but I think I need to know this in order to judge people when I am on my hols :o

[IfIonlyhadsomesleep]

Whipped cream? It's just wrong, but if I needed to put it into words it would be to do with being too light, not unctuous and heavy enough to support the jam that must sit on too. Of course, if you already go jam first, I guess whipped cream can't make things much worse.

[SarahAndFuck]

There's weetabix etiquette?

[IfIonlyhadsomesleep]

I'm guessing the weetabix thing is complicated but has to do with what you put on it - apparently some like yoghurt and how much milk you put on. Should the weetabix retain its crunch? Should it be swimming in milk but still weetabix shaped? Is it okay for it to be basically mush? Hot or cold milk? I have time to ponder these issues because I have a toddler who still thinks sleep is for cissies!

[IfIonlyhadsomesleep]

Sugar type, amount or its very presence might come into it. Aren't scones simple with their dilemmas?

[UniS]

Cornwall- jam 1st then tiny dollop of cream.
Devon - thick layer of cream, topped with jam or fresh fruit ( raspberry or strawberry).

I'm told that ist because Cornwall had more fruit farming and less dairy, while Devon has a strong Dairy tradition and going back a few years many farms made more clotted cream than butter, with buttter being used for cooking NOT spreading.

[ShowOfHands]

No, no. Nothing so complicated. Due to the anisotropic nature of the Weetabix, it is possible to put it upside down in the bowl. It makes the very fibres of my being twitch with rage when I witness people flinging a Weetabix willy nilly into a bowl without checking it's the right way up first. You can put what you like on it.

[ZingWidge]

Scone poetry and Weetabix etiquette - how decadent!
Are you writing the story lines for the 3rd series of Downton Abbey?

[ZingWidge]

showof is it ok to put it in the bowl upside down when on the Southern hemisphere?

[IfIonlyhadsomesleep]

Eh? How would I know which way up? And dues that apply to (don't judge) own brand wheat biscuit cereals? I must know!

[Crikeyblimey]

Oh, I agree there is definitely a wrong way up for weetabix.

Re the scone (rhymes with gone) - jam first.

[ShowOfHands]

No it is NOT okay to put a Weetabix upside down. Geography is no excuse. Honestly.

This thread explains everything.

I assume other own brand wheat biscuit cereals have a correct side up as the production processes must be similar. I have not investigated this however.

[DelayedActionMouseMaker]

Without a heart curdlingly thick layer of salty butter the jam (raspberry) and cream (clotted) are just insipid. Fact.

[susiedaisy]

Jam first then cream and definitely no fruit, peel, cheese or any shit like that!

[TheSlug]

Proper salted butter, clotted cream then jam. On both sides. Yum

[SoMuchToBits]

I'm on holiday in Cornwall at the moment. In our holiday accommodation we were provided with some complimentary scones, jam and cream. The cream (Rodda's) had specific instructions that the jam should be placed on the scone before the cream.

I said to my 12 year old ds "There are often threads on mumsnet about this you know!" I shall now refer him to this thread...

[TiggyD]

Whipped cream will not do. You might have to suffer it in the uncivilised areas of the world, but not in Her Majesty's Great Britain. You need the feel your arteries harden when you eat it. It has to be clotted.

[ZingWidge]

theslug @ on both sides!

[cafecito]

clotted cream then a huge blob of jam (preferably raspberry)

Weetabix = cold (full or semi) milk, lots of it but still a little crunchy at the top, preferably with banana

[exoticfruits]

Has to be jam first. The cream goes on top and has to be clotted.

[xalyssx]

I don't like jam what should I do?

[exoticfruits]

Have cheese ones.

[70isaLimitNotaTarget]

no butter ('tis vile)
a spoonful of jam spread on a plain scone, lightly toasted
then cream. Clotted or whipped, don't care.
(the thought of a huge spoonful of jam on the top...bleurgh)

And coffee.
Milky and strong.
I don't drink tea.