Cream tea anyone?

Pollycat

bouicca21 wrote: »

Maribel (Lidl) apricot jam is good. I'm rather partial to the sour cherry which I reckon would be great on scones with clotted cream (and the prosecco).

Now you're talking. :dance:

Sounds fab and just right for my porridge.

Out,_Vile_Jelly

Ooh, I love cream teas. On holiday in Cornwall once I was served a scone the size of a large saucer. "You'll never eat all that," opined my friend. How wrong was she!

Scones have very basic ingredients and freeze well so you don't have to eat the whole batch at once. Decent, flavoursome jam is a must though. I do have a weakness for jam; currently got some red plum & cinammon and pear & ginger to try. For a cream tea I would stick to classic strawberry or raspberry though.

Important points:

-jam before cream.
-plain scone only.

VfM4meplse

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

Scones have very basic ingredients and freeze well so you don't have to eat the whole batch at once.

Some of us need to be stopped

A trip to Tiptree is great for finding new jam flavours (raspberry and Drambuie is a favourite). It's lovely having a bite to eat on the cafe's outdoor terrace.

greyfox

Out,_Vile_Jelly wrote: »

Important points:

-jam before cream.
-plain scone only.

I agree with "plain scone only" but, as a Devonian, I can't agree with "jam before cream"! East of the Tamar it's the other way round. The cream takes the place of butter & you'd never put that on top of jam!

freyasmum

Oh! I butter my scones, then add the jam and cream :A

I do love a proper cream tea but agree that the best are to be had with good scones and jam.

Funnily enough, we had scones with jam and chantilly cream yesterday - we couldn't get clotted cream in our Aldi.

Little_miss_sunshine_2

Warm scones straight out of the oven are the best.
I have tried freezing then for convenience but found they didn't taste the same on defrosting- not sure what I did wrong as they're meant to freeze well?

DigForVictory

To economise at all, invite friends for a cream tea & a gossip. One friend to bring plain scones, another fruited (home made of course), another bringing at least two jams (ideally home made) while you provide the clotted cream & the tea? And the first couple of snippets of gossip...
Or, as has been splendidly suggested, prosecco.

Me, I organised this at Scouts once - on a slightly larger scale & we raised loads of money, provided a safe & friendly venue to bring great aunts, grandmothers etc and had a splendid time, albeit without the fizz.