Cream or jam first

I use a very small amount tbh.
Off to buy some,tut tut.

Scone as in gone. Which is what they are when I get near them!

Now I’m going to make some scones tomorrow - and it’s all you lot’s fault.

Jam then cream

gulligranny

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!

How confusing!

I always pronounced it as in 'wind the bobbin up' rather than 'blow the wind southerly'

I'm a Londoner and say scone with the long 'o' as in blow, but my Scottish friend here says it with the short 'o' as in bobbin. I also say 'castle' differently to her 'carsell' for me, 'cassel' for her!

Scone with jam and cream? Don't mind what goes on first. Either way is delicious.

Quite right, kittylester.

Definitely jam first, the other way looks wrong and I’d rather get cream on my nose than sticky jam.
BUT if I’m offered it set up the wrong way round, I’d happily eat it and I certainly wouldn’t criticise the provider.

grumppa

Quite right, kittylester.

Don't encourage her grumppa

Butter indeed
Tch tch (goes off muttering) ..........

Jam first for me, then cream on top

No jam for me , just cream . But if I did eat jam it would definitely be jam first .

i rarely eat this kind of thing, but i remember when i did, having cut the scone in half, i alternated each half.
no strong preference, but is the sort of thing i do generally.
i didn't know it was such a fought-over decision.
i had originally thought cream ought to go first as it was in place of butter, as it's a dairy product, and you wouldn't put butter on top of jam, at least i wouldn't.
but then cream is more luxurious than jam, so the basic item might be seen as jam, and if you happen to have the delicacy of cream too, then that is added on top.
i don't mind, and am not from the south-west.
but i do prefer dark jam. though i don't buy any jam.

I used to live in Devon and do mine the Devon way, large dollops of cream first, then jam. Surely the cream is a substitute for butter and you wouldn't do that the other way round, would you? That would be plain daft. DH though, being contrary did his the other way.

I do jam first but that's only for my own convenience and no 'religion'. I simply can't spread jam on top of cream with any success. Much too difficult (impossible even!) the other way.

muse

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

Now you’re just showing off!! ????

lovebeigecardigans1955

I used to live in Devon and do mine the Devon way, large dollops of cream first, then jam. Surely the cream is a substitute for butter and you wouldn't do that the other way round, would you? That would be plain daft. DH though, being contrary did his the other way.

Yep!
DH is a Devon boy and that's how he eats his.
I lived there for years and so do I!

Made a few today, prompted by you lot. Out of the oven when I popped out - nothing to be seen on my return apart from sticky fingers , GD, guilty look DS and DH licking his lips !
Please be careful how you post, things could have become very nasty !

I am hopeless at baking scones.

A while ago I remember a Gransnetter posing a recipe which used lemonade which sounded interesting.

I’m another for butter first then jam then cream, on two separate halves. The butter stops the jam from soaking into the scone. Mind you I’m Scottish although I just love the cream to be clotted cream ???

The lemonade recipe is easy to find on the internet and the scones are just right for putting butter, jam and then cream on.

Tch tch tch

I may have a sulk now and not speak to you kittylester

Butter indeed! ???

Dare I say? I don't know - depends how the cookie crumbles - as they say;
Slice down the middle, cream on one, jam on t'other slap together. Job done.
Note to self: don't serve scones ?

For me it’s Jam first then cream

Jam first then a dollop of cream ?