Quote from: BrutusTheBear on January 06, 2017, 12:36:02 pmHush Northern folk you have no idea. Devonshire cream teas = cream first. Cornish = jam first. Clearly Devonians have it correct. You shouldn't be eating cream teas elsewhere..... unless you are eating the Yorkshire equivalent: the mighty Fat Rascal. Like a scone but larger, with a more rock-bun-like texture, decorated with with glace cherries and almonds, damn good on its own or split in half and buttered / slathered with jam and cream.
Hush Northern folk you have no idea. Devonshire cream teas = cream first. Cornish = jam first. Clearly Devonians have it correct. You shouldn't be eating cream teas elsewhere.
Father in law had some 'mixed jam' at the weekend - it was ace. Basically the bits of different flavors of jam left over after a massive summer jam making session - all lumped together and mixed up. Superb.
Tea rooms/gardens that still do it properly are dying out in place ones that serve mini pots of jam and sachets of cream, there are some classic places still available, though I've yet to find one that quite matches the legendary status of the long gone Lee Bay tea garden which served teas on massive trays with mountains of clotted cream and jam and after a long day on the beach it was a regular (successful!) challenge for our extended family of 15+ to clear everything.
...eating slightly effete foodstuffs (cream teas, towering sundaes etc) in posh surroundings.
making a big mess on your upper lip
BITD the Rectory Tea Rooms in Morwenstow was our gold standard for this delicacy. Just inside Cornwall, as the image makes clear (jam then cream).