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

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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.

I have also tested this. It is easier to spread jam on top of cream than it is to spread cream on top of jam. The cream is thicker than the jam and the jam I quite slippery, so it does absolutely make sense to do cream first. However, aside from my one experiment, I always do jam first because that's the way I've always done it and it just looks wrong to me the other way around. I get round the spreading problem by dolloping it on in giant spoonfulls 😁

Scones are crap and not worth the calories. If I have to eat one then no cream at all, that stuff is vile. Just jam and it must be raspberry not strawberry. But frankly I'd rather have a slice of chocolate cake, or lemon cake or pretty much any other cake instead.

And don't get me started on savoury scones, they are just wrong.

Butter, then clotted cream then jam. It's easier to spread jam on top of cream and the butter is non negotiable. In Bristol we say scone as in zone. Scone as in gone is considered pretentious or posssibly North Country.

At least that would be an AIBU 😂

If you put the jam on first, you can't spread the cream properly because it just pushes the jam off.

Cream creates a sturdier layer for the jam to just slide on top

(And it's scone to rhyme with gone, you heathen!)

My husband claims I make very nice sconns. I disagree, my recipe is clearly for making scones that rhyme with throne. As for the jam and cream, I'm undecided, I'm afraid.

Hold the jam, double the cream.

Oh, did I not say?

Aibu to think it's pronounced scone to rhyme with throne?

Yanbu, it is, of course, scone to rhyme with throne.

Yabu to think there's any other way to pronounce it, of course it's scone to rhyme with throne, what kind of numpty thinks otherwise.

I'm happy to see that voters are 100% in agreement with me. 😁😁😁

No no no! Good west country cream , i.e., clotted cream is as solid as butter , and spreadable too so it goes on first, with best quality jam, preferably home made, spooned on top.
Just like a jam sandwich or buttered toast and jam. Jam on last.
(I put butter on my scone too, underneath the cream, channelling Nigella's 'double butter' breakfast toast. Can't say I care how scone is pronounced though. )

YABVU.

Scone rhymes with on.

Cream goes on first. And clotted cream at that.

Clotted cream first because I can spread it out like thick butter and the jam spreads about a bit on top. If I do jam first I can't spread the cream evenly and I just get a big blob

For me, it depends on what type of cream it is. If it’s thick clotted cream, that goes on first (spread nice and thick) and then jam spooned on top. If it’s whipped cream then I’d spread my jam on first and dollop the cream on the top.

If ever there was a thread crying out for AIBU, it is this one where the choice of cream first or jam first is discussed. 😂

Nah. I would have thought that the AIBU is either whether to have butter or not. Personally, I agree with you in that it doesn't make any difference (although butter is essential), and I normally go one with cream first, and one with jam first. 👍

I think cream then jam then more cream is the best way ( or just forget about the scone ( rhymes with gone) and just eat jam and cream . ( twice) ….a bit like Pooh bear when he had elevens with Rabbit .

I've not had butter on scones for ages, so going back to my earlier question if replacing butter with cream then it should be cream, jam, cream I've not had many answers so

How about butter, cream, jam then cream??

snap !

Magic E makes the vowel say it's name- so the O in Scone says "oh" so it is Scone, rhymes with cone.

Just watch me! 😋

You miss out the butter?😮

Anybody with butter needs to step. Away. From. The. Thronescone.

Butter goes on cheese scones.

Honestly. Some people and their disgusting habits. I can't cope. 😁

The magic of the e in "scone"
Is, however, begone.
Just like in "gone".

My American friend stopped an argument about this once. She mixed the cream and jam together and we all agreed that was definitely wrong!0

Of course as a PP has said -
Clotted cream = first
Whipped cream = second

Agreed! In the interest of loading, jam first then cream