To ask: Jam first or cream first?

[BigRedBall]

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?

Butter, then jam, then cream.

It has to be cream first... you need a soft fatty thing between the bread like product and the sweet product. You wouldn't make a sandwich without putting butter/marg/mayo on the bread, it's the same with the scone.

MoreBeta speaks sense.
You can't spread jam on cream but you can spread cream on jam.
Obviously not clotted cream because I'm in Ireland.
And it's throne not gone.

The cream is the dairy element, so takes the place of butter and comes first... followed by an enormous blob of jam.

Cornish here. Scone as in, s'gone, already

And I do my clotted cream first, then jam. Am reliably informed this is wrong in Cornwall. Whatevs. I like to see the prettiness of the jam sitting on the cream.

And you know you don't put the lid on it, like that picture above? You halve it then spread each half and eat it separately...

Spread??

Surely on a scone, one dollops .

I speak for the whole of Devon (and I don't like clotted cream) but the cream is NOT dairy enough to not have butter. Butter is assumed.

shakes head

Always jam first - spread out, then a big dollop of cream on top!

Cream first, then jam. At it should definitely be dolloped not spread.

I am in Devon and no to butter! As well as cream and jam? Urgh.

But I don't have butter on sandwiches either.

I can't dollop jam. Putting a spoon in my jam jar makes me feel queasy like I'm removing giblets. Jam is spread with a butter knife. Cream is dolloped.

And I'm not getting this butter on a scone thing. I might have to try it tomorrow morning. I've still got 4 scones left.