The cream goes on first THEN the jam.

depends on the sexy party old flashy… us kids like to mix it up nowadays 😉

HOURS too early Captain. Wait until 3pm at least.

I thought you were posh!

Here here! Cream then jam.

Im with Flashy, definately cream it up first.

Jam then cream please… 🙄

Nice smooth smear of jam on first, then an enormous dollop of clottted goodness on top… YUUUUMMMM! 8)

Right, I’m off to make some scones…

Is this our annual reminder Flashheart ?

You’re a bit early this year.

CaptainFlashheart – Member

Clotted cream on first, then some top notch jam on top.

Anyone who puts jam on first is an evil wrongdoer.

That is all.
Posted 8 months ago

Butter. Then jam. Then cream.

Nouveau riche and really trying too hard = Cream then jam.

Old money = Tea and cupcakes at the Soho on Wardour St.

Concern over this issue, particularly in relation to what other people off the internet do = gaping void, sign of deeper issues 😉

The cream goes on first THEN the jam.

I suspect you spend your summers harranging (sp?) old ladies in the tea rooms at National Trust properties for their scone etiquette failings.

http://www.afternoonteaworld.com/forum/topic/sticky/scone-etiquette-for-noobs

always jam first then the cream, its cream tea law

gentlemen don’t need laws, they have manners.

Jam THEN cream.

(and what’s with adding butter …that’s just WRONG WRONG WRONG)

and that’s only law if you live too far in the south of the country and have 6 fingers.
1. cream.
2. jam.

don’t even get me started on butter. good grief. 😯

It’s a Devon/Cornwall thing. Cream first here, coming from dartmoor (originally…)

Right – getting my bake on on Friday night now before gardening saturday – these will make the perfect snack.

Hang on – how are you supposed to spread jam on a scone when it’s covered in slippery cream? The physics doesn’t make sense. Surely spreading is made much easier if you put the substance with highest shear resistance on the bottom?

spread jam on a scone?

you just a dollop on top from the spoon, surely?

google images is fairly divided on the correct way to do it;

http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=e2l&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&biw=1598&bih=829&site=search&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=scone+%2B+jam&aq=f&aqi=g2&aql=&oq=

you don’t spread the jam, you put a big dollop of it on top of the cream!

Then how does it get to the edges of the scone?

BTW it’s a good thing this is happening via text and we’re not arguing over sconn/scohn

You put the cream in a pot add jam to that and dollop the mix on.

If the clotted cream is thick enough, the jam will spread on it. It’s about having the right tools.

I don’t like clotted cream.

And the cream is materials not tools.

And the cream is materials not tools.

Sorry, I forgot it was you mol…by tools I mean using the spoon with the right curvature…or a wide enough knife. Keep up now.

Proper clotted cream is thicker than jam therefore it goes on before the jam. It’s all about the spreading you see.

Cream, then cream, then more cream, then jam (if you can’t get any more cream on).

Sorry, I forgot it was you mol

Lol! 🙂

How can you spread the jam on properly on top of the cream? 😯

Jam THEN cream and no butter and Earl Grey Tea please…. x

I sometimes mix the jam and cream on a saucer and then spread it on the scone.

oooh, I do that as well, just mixed enough so it goes swirly and stripey.

Has to be really thick clotted cream, therefore cream has to go on first or it simply slides off the jam when you try to apply! The jam can then be gently mushed into the top of the (approximately 1/2 inch thickness, I really like it) clotted cream to taste.
Thin smear of butter on the scone because all bready products need lubrication with butter or margerine. They just do, but I will concede that bit is more my own preference…

Which jam though? Got to be something red it looks better I was given blackcurrant once in the Lakes I haven’t got over it yet!! *dry hacks*

Marmalade is nice sometimes.

Ooooooooh actually never tried that that sounds yummy with all the chunky bits I’m starving now!!

bagpuss72 – Member
Which jam though?

Home made strwaberry or Tiptree Little Scarlet.

Tiptree Little Scarlet? *googles* OMG They do a Rhubarb and ginger YUM

Dinna fret, first chew and it’s all mixed up anyway.