Anyone for a cuppa? I see the tea room is now open!
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Squirrel B said: "...Devon Cream Teas - that's something else I miss. Fresh melt-in-the-mouth scones, yummy jam and lashings of Devon clotted cream..... (wink)"
"...Devon Cream Teas - that's something else I miss. Fresh melt-in-the-mouth scones, yummy jam and lashings of Devon clotted cream..... (wink)"
I can do you a cream tea with homebaked scones too :-) (Sorry Chris!)
Most tea shops seem to concentrate on traybakes, rather than what we know as "real" cake.
Good cream teas at WWT Caerlaverock!
Ospreys Rule OK, but Goldfinches come a close second!
'Down Under' we call them Devonshire Teas, and they are stil quite popular in country tourist spots. It is getting quite hard to find a really good one though. Somehow one stale scone with a spoonful of whipped cream on the side of the plate and a tiny blister pack of strawberry jam just doesn't do it for me!!!!!
Smiles, Jan.
Clotted Cream is the original - but the clotted creams of Dorset, Devon, Somerset and Cornwall are all different in texture and appearance!
Also, traditionally (and I mean a long, long way back), how you "put together" the scones, jam and cream varies whether you are in Devon or Cornwall and (as far as I can remember) so does the presence / absence of butter for the scones.
The necessity of bird-watching is a really good reason for avoiding all forms of housework.
The dust will still be there tomorrow - the birds may not be!
My preference is no butter, first jam, then cream. I find butter unnecessary, and if you put cream first it soaks in; also the jam doesn't stick and it slides of the top. And the jam has to be strawberry!
Ooh cream teas are lovely! Been a while since I've had one though! However I'm with Wattle as regards cheesecake! I'm not much of a sweet tooth, preferring savoury snacks over sweet, but give me a slice of cheesecake (especially lemon) any day!! ;-)
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Here in Southwest Scotland, several small villages serve cream teas on summer Sunday afternoons for church funds. This means we can indulge with a clear conscience because we are benefitting someone by eating them!
My cream teas are my own homebaked scones with a generous portion of strawberry jam (no blister packs here!) and whipped double cream from a local dairy herd. Very popular!
Cartimandua said: My cream teas are my own homebaked scones with a generous portion of strawberry jam (no blister packs here!) and whipped double cream from a local dairy herd. Very popular!
I am no good at scones - what is your recipe?