To ask: Jam first or cream first?

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I put jam on my scone first then a dollop of cream.

Aesthetically it's not very pretty because the redness of the jam is obscured. But practically it makes sense. And it all comes out the same in the end so what's the point of making it look all pretty.

What do you do?

Noooooo to this debate again. It will be how to layer a lasagne next and whether it's 'another thing' or 'another think' coming.

There are right answers to these questions but Other People always turn up and say mad things.

Jam before cream. It's also 'scon' because 'you eat it, then it's scone'

These threads never end well

I am not too picky about cream-then-jam or jam-then-cream but what is of utmost importance is the cream-to-jam ratio. It absolutely must be higher than 1:1, more like 2:1 to work properly.

YABU. Have it however it makes you happy, it doesn't matter what other people do. It's your life. Get a grip & start being confident in your own decisions.

YAalsoBU for reminding me of the existence of scones. I've just come out of a phase of having at least one every day & it was not good for my imaginary diet! You're a bad influence!

My Granny originally came from Devon, and she says the traditional cake for a Devon cream tea should be a Devonshire split. In this recipe I found I see the cream and jam are next to each other!

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/aug/22/nigel-slater-cream-tea-recipes

Jam and then cream. One scone as in gone and many scones as in thrones. I don't care if it's wrong that's what I say

Jam then cream. NO fecking butter.

MY DP puts the cream on first. This is patently wrong; he can only put a scraping on because the jam won't go on properly otherwise. The correct way is a thick layer of jam and then heap the cream on.

And it rhymes with 'gone'.

Jam first

Real butter, jam and cream

AGnu come....join meee in devouring a yummy scone (rhyming with "gone") .

Onlylovers your husband isn't doing it right. You put a massive amount of cream on then hollow a dip in the middle which the jam goes into

"I asked the maid, in dulcet tone
To order me a buttered scone.
The silly girl has been and gone
And ordered me a buttered scone."

Cream then jam (although just butter if it's a fruit scone).

That link is to Nige at his best, thank you!

This thread should come with a health warning.

I'm on a health kick and my lovely healthy dinner which I was looking forward to just doesn't measure up. I want a scone, clotted cream & jam (strawberry of course) and I need it now, right now, immediately!

Butter, then Jam then cream and Scone like Gone. But i'm a mongrel (Scottish, English and Northern Irish) so I like to generally mix things up. (grin)

Cream then jam. Although out of preference butter then jam.
Scone to rhyme with throne.

Anyone care to share their favourite scone recipes? I fancy making some this weekend [smile}

The ratio of cream to jam is always more if cream goes at the bottom, the equation also used to work for toast at breakfast, cream was on the table breakfast lunch and supper and grandad always licked the spoon at each sitting.

allalonenow I love Nigel Slater, such a good writer.

Devon girl here. Cream then jam. If your clotted cream is proper thick stuff there is no difficulty in spreading the jam on it. I have had lots of practice. As to whipped cream, well words fail me.

Scone to rhyme with stone obviously.

YABU, because it always ends in a bun fight. Or should that be scone fight? To rhyme with gone, of course. And with jam first, before cream.

Jam then cream. Scone to rhyme with grown. Whichever way you have it/say it, you need a decent cup of tea to go with it.

DH is Cornish and he insists on jam then cream.

The Devonshire lot have cream then jam because they're ashamed of their cream and want to hide it under the jam

london girl here, just 1cm of anchor butter

Cream then jam, Devon here but I don't really follow that , I just do it as I like it!