Best cream tea scones

kimwp

Apparently four minutes of sitting in just boiled water is required for the proper tea flavour. I think then to get weak tea, dilute with further water, rather than remove the tea leaves earlier. 

I am (newly) a cafe operative (?) for a local repair cafe, so I shall be experimenting on Gill, who likes weak tea.

florianatwobob

Emmia said:

I always see the cream more like butter on a slice of bread... you wouldn't put butter on after jam, hence cream first.

Ahhh this is similar to my friend’s logic however she suggests getting round this with butter, jam then cream

kimwp

florianatwobob said:

Emmia said:

I always see the cream more like butter on a slice of bread... you wouldn't put butter on after jam, hence cream first.

Ahhh this is similar to my friend’s logic however she suggests getting round this with butter, jam then cream

I just don't see how you would get a good distribution of cream across the scone if you put the jam on first- surely the cream would slip around on the jam if you tried to spread it.

Emmia

florianatwobob said:

Emmia said:

I always see the cream more like butter on a slice of bread... you wouldn't put butter on after jam, hence cream first.

Ahhh this is similar to my friend’s logic however she suggests getting round this with butter, jam then cream

Butter and cream is far too fatty.  It throws the cream/jam balance off.

Rosa_Damascena

kimwp said:

florianatwobob said:

Emmia said:

I always see the cream more like butter on a slice of bread... you wouldn't put butter on after jam, hence cream first.

Ahhh this is similar to my friend’s logic however she suggests getting round this with butter, jam then cream

I just don't see how you would get a good distribution of cream across the scone if you put the jam on first- surely the cream would slip around on the jam if you tried to spread it.

Cream on one half, jam on the other and then sandwich together. A method that suits everyone.

florianatwobob

Rosa_Damascena said:

kimwp said:

florianatwobob said:

Emmia said:

I always see the cream more like butter on a slice of bread... you wouldn't put butter on after jam, hence cream first.

Ahhh this is similar to my friend’s logic however she suggests getting round this with butter, jam then cream

I just don't see how you would get a good distribution of cream across the scone if you put the jam on first- surely the cream would slip around on the jam if you tried to spread it.

Cream on one half, jam on the other and then sandwich together. A method that suits everyone.

I favour the two spoon approach to clotted cream application. A good teaspoonful dollop that is slid off the bowl of the spoon with the other teaspoon and then gently splodged across the jammy scone with the back of the second spoon. 

middlewife

kimwp said:

florianatwobob said:

Emmia said:

I always see the cream more like butter on a slice of bread... you wouldn't put butter on after jam, hence cream first.

Ahhh this is similar to my friend’s logic however she suggests getting round this with butter, jam then cream

I just don't see how you would get a good distribution of cream across the scone if you put the jam on first- surely the cream would slip around on the jam if you tried to spread it.

Decent clotted cream (Cornish) won't slide off, can't speak for any other region.
Scone rhymes with bone, cone, phone, hone, loan, moan, tone, zone. "Gone" is incorrect, by that reckoning then " done" would mean scone is pronounced "scun"..........
It's why English is so hard to master. 42 sounds but only 26 letters.....

middlewife

As a gluten free person, gf scones are often awful. The best I've ever eaten are in a cafe I used to take my late mum to. She would say she wasn't hungry then promptly demolish 2 scones, jam and cream! It's the birdcage bakery, in Yate, just north of Bristol.

kimwp

middlewife said:

kimwp said:

florianatwobob said:

Emmia said:

I always see the cream more like butter on a slice of bread... you wouldn't put butter on after jam, hence cream first.

Ahhh this is similar to my friend’s logic however she suggests getting round this with butter, jam then cream

I just don't see how you would get a good distribution of cream across the scone if you put the jam on first- surely the cream would slip around on the jam if you tried to spread it.

Decent clotted cream (Cornish) won't slide off, can't speak for any other region.
Scone rhymes with bone, cone, phone, hone, loan, moan, tone, zone. "Gone" is incorrect, by that reckoning then " done" would mean scone is pronounced "scun"..........
It's why English is so hard to master. 42 sounds but only 26 letters.....

It's because it's a mismash of several languages, all with their own rules and sounds.

Why would "gone" be incorrect if "done" is incorrect? 

middlewife

kimwp said:

middlewife said:

kimwp said:

florianatwobob said:

Emmia said:

I always see the cream more like butter on a slice of bread... you wouldn't put butter on after jam, hence cream first.

Ahhh this is similar to my friend’s logic however she suggests getting round this with butter, jam then cream

I just don't see how you would get a good distribution of cream across the scone if you put the jam on first- surely the cream would slip around on the jam if you tried to spread it.

Decent clotted cream (Cornish) won't slide off, can't speak for any other region.
Scone rhymes with bone, cone, phone, hone, loan, moan, tone, zone. "Gone" is incorrect, by that reckoning then " done" would mean scone is pronounced "scun"..........
It's why English is so hard to master. 42 sounds but only 26 letters.....

It's because it's a mismash of several languages, all with their own rules and sounds.

Why would "gone" be incorrect if "done" is incorrect? 

IMHO they are both wrong........😊