Cream or jam first

Er, who said cream takes the place of the butter? Scone, butter, jam, cream! If you are indulging, indulge properly!!

I have to agree with another poster that clotted cream does not sink in, and it takes the place of butter. Having lived in Devon for 45 years , I have never even tried putting jam first!!

I grew up in Devon, maternal grandparents Cornish, paternal grandparents Devonian.
It was always a slight bone of contention when everyone together and scones served !
Have to say I prefer jam first.

Er, who said cream takes the place of the butter?

Them from the West Country as knows a proper job kittylester

We don`t LoisLovesstewie.
We eat as you would a sandwich.

Devon born and bred but jam first for me...?

Definitely no butter ! Sacrilege !

Shinamae

Devon born and bred but jam first for me...?

Oh, thank goodness, another miscreant from Devon!

When I lived in Derbyshire, I put jam on first, whether it was fruit or plain scone. Now I'm in Cornwall, it's always clotted cream.

Biggest advantage of jam first, is that you can spread a good layer of jam over the whole half and then spread the cream over the top. A dollop of jam on top of the cream, stays as a dollop. Very difficult to spread it around. Jam and cream must reach the edge for me.

My favourite is scone - jam - clotted cream - halved strawberry.

Of course, each half of the scone has to be treated the same. Never make a scone sandwich

Never make a scone sandwich

I agree!
The jam and cream would squish out of the scone and how would you fit a whole decent sized scone into your mouth anyway?

It never was a Scottish thing, but I took to it when I migrated south. I'd never put the cream on before the jam.

Which ever is the nearest to me, the jam or the cream. It tastes the same and goes down the same!

I never eat scones, far too much fat and sugar. But you’ve got me thinking....

Jam,jam,jam. As a child in Cornwall,it was always splits,not scones. I would so like to see a proper split revival in Cornwall and Devon.

Splits are good too.

But scones have the edge!

Jam first then the cream. ?

I agree with Kittylester- butter, jam and cream on top!

I've been making scones for the last few days to go with the rhubarb and ginger jam I made - yum

Just to add - I eat scones, as in cones, not scones as in gone.....

Oh no !!!
Another one intent on stirring it !!

My Scottish ancestry insists on scone as in gone. I think we have now resurrected the other argument...

I eat scone as in gone too.

Grannybags

Just to add - I eat scones, as in cones, not scones as in gone.....

Noooo!

The gone-v-cone thing brought to mind an event I attended about 30 years ago, the opening of a new gastropub. It was owned by Ind Coop, and there was always confusion of how to pronounce "Ind". So a leaflet was handed out to everyone which said that we should pronounce "Ind" as in "wind" as opposed to "Ind" as in "wind" . We never did get to find out the proper pronunciation, but it's given me a good ice-breaker in conversations for years!

Oh and I forgot to say that it's jam then cream unless I have got some clotted cream, in which case that goes on first.

Always jam first for me, which reminds me I must get some clotted cream and do my own.