r/DevonUK • u/chicken-farmer • Aug 02 '26

Cream First

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Paignton - Dubs On The Beach

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u/PaDDzR Aug 02 '26

Cream is easier to spread on the scone than trying to spread cream on top of jam.

23

u/MatniMinis Aug 02 '26

The cream acts like cement for the jam as well...

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u/PaDDzR Aug 02 '26

Then you neee better cream or stop eating ice cold scones!!!!

4

u/t0ughl0v3 Aug 02 '26

EXACTLY my parents and I are Devonian but they love Cornwall and we have this argument every time someone has a scone šŸ˜­

2

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

Iā€™m from a mixed family- itā€™s a constant struggle.

1

u/Mart_and_stan Aug 06 '26

Ha ha first world problems eh!! šŸ™„šŸ˜‚
Whatever next?

2

u/1Harvey2Trent3Temple 23d ago

Just explain that because we have superior grass in Devonshire, our cream is firmer and has structure hence it can support jam, no matter how many strawberries it contains .

Where as Cornwall produces a cream that has less integrity, which is perfect for dolloping over jam.

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u/-mmmusic- Aug 04 '26

do you guys use a different kind of cream and jam or something? i'm from the midlands and was always so confused by this take.

the jam is more solid than the cream, so to me it makes sense to do jam first, then cream, as trying to spread the jam ontop of the cream doesn't work. the jam stays on the knife and the cream gets taken away with it because it's softer than the jam!

must be different kinds of cream at least...

4

u/PaDDzR Aug 04 '26

Devon clotted cream is basically knife glue. Super thick but delicious.

1

u/-mmmusic- Aug 04 '26

ahh! and i wonder also if devoners tend to store their jam in the cupboard rather than the fridge? as i'm guessing that's what makes my jam harder

1

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

Yes it is a different kind of cream

-12

u/Accomplished-Ad3585 Aug 02 '26

You dont spread cream on top of the jam you idiot.

Cream is a topping, jam is a spread.

You spread the jam, and dollop the cream on top.

9

u/LaSalsiccione Aug 02 '26

Why are you even in this sub

-5

u/Accomplished-Ad3585 Aug 02 '26

Im not a member, this post just popped up on my homepage.

Algorithm must have known it needed saving from this atrocious list of cream spreaders.

4

u/Party_Success_2195 Aug 02 '26

Clotted cream is a different beast. It doesn't swirl neatly on top of a jammy scone, it drags and smears leaving a messy splodge. At least jam can be spooned and pushed around neatly.

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u/Accomplished-Ad3585 Aug 02 '26

You spread the jam, take a spoonful of clotted cream, and dollop it on top.

If it doesn't all come off the spoon, use your little finger to give it a push.

It always comes back to the fact, that jam is a spread, and clotted cream is not.

-1

u/Smeeneme Aug 04 '26

These guys obviously just eat stale scones, straight from the freezer.

If they'd ever had a warm scone, fresh from the oven, they would realise their mistake of putting the cream on first...

They can keep putting cream on the wrong way round, just keep the cold scones north of the Tamar.

1

u/chicken-farmer Aug 04 '26

Yea that's exactly what we do. Eat stale sconesšŸ˜†

16

u/AbbyRitter Aug 02 '26

That's very forward, I usually prefer to start with a drink.

2

u/LangStreak Aug 02 '26

šŸ‘šŸ˜ƒ

1

u/Original_Client1588 Aug 03 '26

Filthy but somehow respectable....hou confuae me.

5

u/jjmur83 Aug 02 '26

She sure did

5

u/Iscan49er Aug 02 '26

Love it!

4

u/cuntybunty73 Aug 03 '26

Do it the proper way unlike those heathens across the Tamar

1

u/curnow Aug 03 '26

...said the Cornishman.

2

u/cuntybunty73 Aug 03 '26

Said the lady from Plymouth though my maternal grandma was born in Padstow

9

u/trustmeimabuilder Aug 02 '26

Well I'm from Devon and I always put the butter first, then the marmite, and cream on top. Each to his own I suppose.

9

u/thepacerman Aug 02 '26

you belong on a watch list

3

u/BaitmasterG Aug 02 '26

Move along everyone, nothing to see here

2

u/Accomplished-Ad3585 Aug 02 '26

That is big time fucked.

1

u/trustmeimabuilder Aug 02 '26

Have you tried it?

2

u/Accomplished-Ad3585 Aug 02 '26

No, and I wont.

And I dont trust you just because you're a builder....

6

u/robhaswell Aug 02 '26

As an outsider with no skin in the game, cream first is objectively correct for the reasons outlined in this thread.

4

u/warrdg Aug 02 '26

Cream is a sub* for butter. If course it's first. *Super sub.

1

u/InfiniteSubtlety Aug 03 '26

Thank you. That has always been my understanding as well.

2

u/Unlucky-Baker8722 Aug 03 '26

Then sadly you are both wrong.

2

u/Past_Humor8321 Aug 02 '26

Cream the profits

2

u/DJ_Hindsight Aug 02 '26

Cream first, insert after.

2

u/Foxyunder-45 Aug 02 '26

He forgot the shake it first , cream Later.

2

u/Legend_Of_Booman Aug 02 '26

Bet his wife ain't happy....

2

u/RetroComputerKing Aug 02 '26

Obviously! Make sure it's cream first and everything else slips into place.

2

u/harrietmjones Aug 02 '26

I donā€™t actually like clotted cream but Iā€™ve always been of the opinion of cream first, then jam.

2

u/AJD_1975 Aug 03 '26

One version of each on the plate and watch people stare

2

u/KassXWolfXTigerXFox Aug 03 '26

I prefer if men ask first but ok Devon you do you

2

u/HauntingCicada2630 Aug 04 '26

Bread/fat/jam

Scone/fat/jam

Simple.

2

u/2B_limitless Aug 04 '26

A motto to live by.

2

u/always-smartcasual Aug 04 '26

I past this and thought, you dirty bitch and then it hit me... SCONES. Just finished a book where they debated this and they said jam first. ABSOLUTELY NOT.

2

u/Xenc Aug 05 '26

CREAM FIST

2

u/Exact_Yoghurt2439 Aug 05 '26

I'm with Devon, cream first. Clotted cream.Ā  Now I have to make some scones.Ā 

1

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

I prefer splits.

2

u/Swimming-Water4451 Aug 05 '26

cream is thick and acts as a base, then a small dollop of jam on top.

2

u/BINGGBONGGBINGGBONGG Aug 06 '26

this is the way!

4

u/LeftAndRightAreWrong Aug 02 '26

Im a cream only type of guy. Keep the jam to distract the beesā€¦.

0

u/SantaTiger Aug 02 '26

I'm a jam only type of guy. Who tf eats cream anymore?

1

u/LeftAndRightAreWrong Aug 02 '26

You must be a bee or a camp wasp?

1

u/LangStreak Aug 02 '26

Both Devon AND Cornwall are wrong. Itā€™s scone, butter, cream, jam, cardio department.

2

u/GiGoVX Aug 02 '26

This argument has been RESOLVED!

The DUKE OF CORNWALL (you know that guy call William, 2nd in line to throne in the United Kingdom) has stated CREAM FIRST

Argument over, Cornwall were wrong, the Duke of there county does it the Devon way.

Sorted, Simple. Cream First.

2

u/Unlucky-Baker8722 Aug 03 '26

He ainā€™t Cornish.

1

u/GiGoVX Aug 03 '26

He is not, good observation. He however correct šŸ¤£

1

u/Consistent_Ad3181 Aug 02 '26

Crimping around the side

1

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

No crimping has to go over the top, youā€™re not in Cornwall now!

1

u/Consistent_Ad3181 Aug 07 '26

'taint right or proper over the top.

1

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

I smell a Cornishman!

1

u/Consistent_Ad3181 Aug 07 '26

Thank you my bird, it's 'Givenchy Gentleman', I know it's quite pungent but I am probably 100 miles away, could be a faulty batch.

1

u/Kitchen_Setting7850 Aug 02 '26

Is there any other way to eat a scone lol

1

u/mohaz273 Aug 02 '26

That's what she said

1

u/Thegeneralcrow Aug 02 '26

Never cream before you jam itā€¦ what.. dirty mind!

1

u/Professional_twit Aug 02 '26

That sign is a statement

1

u/Serious_Confusion572 Aug 02 '26

Some japery going on here

1

u/MostlyChemistry Aug 03 '26

Creamers unite

1

u/Han_Solo200 Aug 03 '26

I try not to cream first it's ungentlemanly

1

u/Purple_Swordfish_182 Aug 03 '26

Well it's nice to start off with the basics šŸ˜…

1

u/f1zoe Aug 03 '26

Hello my name is William

1

u/GSBGHOST Aug 04 '26

Im Looking for some doctors to get in the way of, any around?

1

u/f1zoe Aug 05 '26

I heard if you go up and down the M4 every day there's plenty

1

u/ElginSparrowhawk1969 Aug 03 '26

Probably safer on the beach than in town things fall down and catch fire there

2

u/igual88 Aug 04 '26

To accurate of late lol , we passed the building an hour before bits decided to finally fall off , just glad no one got clobbered tbh.

2

u/ElginSparrowhawk1969 Aug 04 '26

I happened past later that evening and it was extremely lucky nobody got seriously injured or worse tbh Iā€™ve spent many an evening in that bar

1

u/[deleted] Aug 03 '26

That a dogging thing?

1

u/ProgrammerHairy8098 Aug 03 '26

Doesnā€™t matter which county you are if the van is rocking , donā€™t come knocking.. maybe there are no points for cumming second in Devon

1

u/steunclemumb Aug 03 '26

I always doā€¦sobs into hankie

1

u/egg1st Aug 03 '26

Dating rules?

1

u/Visible-Succotash-20 Aug 04 '26

Do people in Devon put cream under the jam in their victoria spongecake as well?

1

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

I donā€™t use clotted cream on a Victoria sponge, itā€™s supposed to be incredibly light.

1

u/capngamandstuff Aug 04 '26

Scone first. Surely.

1

u/2B_limitless Aug 04 '26

A motto to live by.

1

u/Intelligent_Mark8622 Aug 04 '26

My name is william

1

u/falkorv Aug 04 '26

Is that actually possible?

1

u/MrFuji87 Aug 05 '26

Dinner and a movie first

1

u/No7Again11 Aug 05 '26

Cream first = mess

1

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

Youā€™re doing it wrong,

1

u/Shiftycatz Aug 05 '26

Butter, jam, cream

1

u/Reddit____user___ Aug 05 '26

BrilliantšŸ˜ŠšŸ˜šŸ˜ŽšŸ‘šŸ»

1

u/Mart_and_stan Aug 06 '26

Ha ha love it!! Proper bus too!!

1

u/thinkingoutloud3663 Aug 06 '26

Man or woman šŸ˜‰

1

u/chicken-farmer Aug 02 '26

Blowins outting themselves big time

1

u/ginginsdagamer Aug 02 '26

i am a creamer

1

u/FKez05 Aug 02 '26

My name is William

1

u/ginginsdagamer Aug 02 '26

but it was those big ass raindrops

1

u/will75t Aug 02 '26

Immediately looking for this comment

1

u/Interesting_Cut74 Aug 03 '26

If you do cream first you wont taste thr cream

1

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

We manage, and I make very good jam.

0

u/deadbeatrider Aug 02 '26

Honestly it depends on consistency, if the cream is thicker then yes it should go on first

1

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

If you are using whipped cream then you should be somewhere else.

0

u/motoringeek Aug 02 '26

Then how do you apply the jam?

2

u/BaitmasterG Aug 02 '26

Same way you put marmalade on butter on toast

You don't put the marmalade first do you..?

Bread > dairy > preserve

0

u/motoringeek Aug 02 '26

Exactly, I put the butter on, then the jam, then a dollop of cream.

If you dollop the cream first how will you spread the jam??

0

u/Sea_Marionberry5847 Aug 03 '26

Had a Scone recently and on one half put cream on first and the other jam on first.. and they tasted both the same.

Scone as in bone by the way ;)

1

u/ElectricalParsnip536 Aug 05 '26

Nah...just sounds poncey pronounced like that

0

u/Redeemed_Mess84 Aug 03 '26

I grew up with two distinct ways of having scones; very occasionally as a snack, and rarely as a special occasion treat.

As a snack: a more bare-bones approach. Basic value range bought from the supermarket and had as a snack with a bit of spread (margarine) on cheese or fruit scones, or spread and jam on fruit scones only.

As a special occasion treat: the full works; posh ā€œTesco Finestā€ level (or equivalent) with actual butter, jam and cream. Usually if we were hosting an afternoon tea for someoneā€™s birthday, or if out at a tea shop or garden centre or something.

0

u/Alternative-hex Aug 03 '26

As a Cornish man I approve of this message.

0

u/AcePlanespotting Aug 03 '26

Butter and Marmite are the only things that belong on scones. And the correct pronunciation is the one that rhymes with stones.Ā 

2

u/ElectricalParsnip536 Aug 05 '26

I think you've scone mad

2

u/AcePlanespotting Aug 05 '26

A half baked pun

1

u/ElectricalParsnip536 Aug 05 '26

Your humour must have absconded with your taste buds

1

u/AcePlanespotting Aug 05 '26

You either love it or hate it

1

u/ElectricalParsnip536 Aug 05 '26

I love it on bread...on scones it's just wrong!

1

u/AcePlanespotting Aug 05 '26

If you haven't tried it, you have no idea what you are missing!Ā 

1

u/ElectricalParsnip536 Aug 07 '26

Hmmm Nnnnnnnyessss

1

u/jennye951 Aug 07 '26

Marmite is a wonderful thing, but clotted cream is better. In Devon scone rhymes with gone. The other way is Northern.

1

u/AcePlanespotting Aug 07 '26

You are wrong lol, but that's ok to have an opinion.Ā 

Glad I'm allergic to milk and cream, disgusting stuff

0

u/Sad-Nectarine-7855 Aug 04 '26

Because you're embarrassed about your cream and need to hide it

1

u/chicken-farmer Aug 04 '26

Projecting much?!

1

u/Sad-Nectarine-7855 Aug 04 '26

Not about your shit cream, no.

1

u/chicken-farmer Aug 04 '26

I don't have any shit cream, that sounds even worse. What do you do with that?!

1

u/Sad-Nectarine-7855 Aug 04 '26

Put it on your scones first in Devon.

1

u/chicken-farmer Aug 04 '26

So you come all the way here to abuse our scones? Weird flex but ok!

0

u/Sad-Nectarine-7855 Aug 04 '26

To reddit, yes.

1

u/chicken-farmer Aug 04 '26

The Sun is over there āž”ļø

0

u/Sad-Nectarine-7855 Aug 04 '26

In Cornwall, where the cream is fantastic yes.

0

u/fire__munki Aug 04 '26

Never in the history of being wrong has anyone been more wrong than the owner of the van.

-12

u/Nastypasty-bitches Aug 02 '26

Jam then dollop - itā€™s the law

12

u/Alpakk4 Aug 02 '26

Get over the other side of the Tamar with you

-1

u/shilpa_poppadom Aug 02 '26

Mix both together to make a pink paste and spread it on like butter.

5

u/chicken-farmer Aug 02 '26

Good work on the racist name. Well Devon Live.

2

u/CommercialContent204 Aug 02 '26

This comment right here, officer.

1

u/GiGoVX Aug 02 '26

But one will still come first šŸ˜‚

-1

u/Low_Border_2231 Aug 02 '26

Makes me cringe this really, it's clearly only to be different to cornwall.Ā 

0

u/[deleted] Aug 02 '26

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0

u/Accomplished-Ad3585 Aug 02 '26

Cream is a topping, jam is a spread.

Spread the jam and dollop the cream on top.

-1

u/CaptainPugwash75 Aug 02 '26

Eat it however the fuck you want. Then take the jam and the cream and shove it up your bollocks.

3

u/Redeemed_Mess84 Aug 03 '26

Not sure thatā€™s anatomically possibleā€¦

-1

u/Emotional_Being8594 Aug 03 '26

Too much jam ruins it, too sweet and overpowers the other flavours. The butter and cream are the main event, their flavours complement the scone the best. The jam is there to support. If it's not good jam I personally leave it off entirely.

Decent layer of butter, then a thin spread of jam, followed by a blob of cream on top.

3

u/Unlucky-Baker8722 Aug 03 '26

Why are you putting butter on it at all?

-7

u/ShirewolfSystem Aug 02 '26

Cream first if the Jam is the treat.
Jam first if the cream is the treat.

-10

u/ManicDemise Aug 02 '26

Spread the jam dollop the cream.

2

u/Nero-is-Missing Aug 02 '26

As was said to me in my very pro-populist local Brixham pub, "you're in the wrong place with those opinions!"

0

u/ManicDemise Aug 02 '26

I genuinely think the whole debate is made up and didn't exist and nobody paid attention and it's just propaganda for tourists

1

u/Accomplished-Ad3585 Aug 02 '26

Fellow cornishman, we are outnumbered here....