General Chat

Kathleen, As it happens I know a nice little tea shop in Lyndhurst which is not far from where I stay - not sure if they do clotted cream, but they do cream teas, and the YUMMIEST cakes!!!

I dont worry if I have no jam in,just double up on the cream Nora where are you? Daisy can I join you? Kathleen

Well so far I make it about 15 for jam (if you count my Dad!!) and 5 for cream (6 if you count Jacqui's cream on the bottom jobbie!!) - so it looks like jam is winning....at the moment!! Norah, Coming down Kathleen's way in April - Can I book in for a cuppa and one of your gutty gobfuls?? Daisy XX

Sounds as if I'm not the only 'gutty' one on here!!! Dierdre - Love that 'Give me your answer do' Kathleen - sounds as if you are not too far from me. Anyone want to come for tea? I'll whip up some scones, you all bring your own favourite cream though.

me being a Devonshire Dumpling too I likes the jam then the cream, the old man likes cream then jam and he is also a Devonshire Dumpling!!! So theres our votes.......will with have a final score? Debbi

jam first, you just can't spread the jam properly ON TOP of clotted cream!!! Blimey, I'm starving, now!! Steph ;-)

I cut it in half, on one half I put the jam (must be strawberry), and on the other lashings of clotted cream. Then gently, so very gently, I put both halves together (jam side on top) and then I stuff it in my mouth so quickly the cream doesnt have time to escape!!!! I do tend to do this when alone I might add - when with company I delicately cut the scone into halves and with a pastry fork daintily eat it in small mouthfuls - not half as satisfying though! Jacqui

I must same i'm the same as nore, cut in two halves, jame then cream. But i do put butter on,then jam, then cream. If i put cream on first i can never spread the jam properly!

Definitely jam first

Big panic in our house on Christmas Eve as shop where we usually buy Roddas Clotted Cream,sold out but fortunateley Waitrose in Chandlers Ford now stock it,so daughter bought the last three tubs,thought I was gonna have to send Hubby all the way to Cornwall. Kathleen

Nigel Jelbarts own Ice cream,topped with clotted cream!!!!!!!!!!!!! YUMMY Kathleen

You horrible horrible people !!! LOL ;o) I'm now going to have to make myself a Jam sarnie, because my mouth is watering !! Ps Jam first, as its hard to spread jam on top of the cream...however thick the cream is !!! ha ha Elaine x

well, the crusty but is a bit like butter. I think if you up the fat content it ends up as butter. But it is much nicer than butter As for the real McCoy, only Rodda's or Jalberts will do

Daisy, Not sure I know where you mean. I do know Brixham very well, however! Nigel, How can you say clotted cream is just like butter?!!!! I don't think you can have tasted the real McCoy!!!

Marion, Think it was overlooking the harbour - it was a LONG time ago!!!!! Not qualified to enter the Devonshire v. Cornish debate!! Nigel, Don't know about the gender thing - my Dad's a jam first kinda bloke!!

Definitely cream. It just like butter but with less fat. I see I am the first man to reply - perhaps it is a gender thing too!

I normally but the jam on first but both ways tastes delicious. Diane.x

Hi Daisy Daisy Speaking as a true Devonian, me anzums, it's gotta be jam first, then Devonshire clotted cream, and none of that Cornish stuff either!! Can't remember a cream tea shop next to the Shell Shop. Do you mean down on the Harbour, Daisy?

Two separate halves for me - cream first and then the jam. I was always told that the cream was instead of butter, so should be put on the scone first. My hubby does it the other way round - jam first, and then the cream!

small scraping of jam,enormous dollop of Rhoddas or Roskillys proper Cornish clotted cream. Heaven!!!!!!!!!!! Kathleen