I can recommend Acres Down tea room in the New Forest near Minstead Great setting scones jam cream and breakfast tea Cakes generous but I like my lemon drizzle to sizzle and theirs is a bit subtle for me
Just to contribute unnecessarily to this, if you ever visit Newcastle (upon Tyne), there's a very impressive column, at the top of the main street, and the statue on top is of Earl Grey, he of tea fame.
You have now opened the scone-based floodgates on the jam first, then cream, or cream first, then jam, debate. Personally, I prefer cream first, then jam.
We could combine thoughts on team line ups, and goal flashes, with reminiscences on favourite tea rooms
I like to save tea for a special occasion. For most people tea is a very ordinary everyday drink, but I turn that on its head by making it into an exciting, almost exotic, beverage.
I may not be next season a Newcastle trip will be on. For us it would be the ferry from Ijmuiden and a few days touring around the North East as well as the match, maybe up to Edinburgh Mrs Jab has never been.
Makes no sense. Jam is sticky so spread it first, then cream drops nicely on top. If you put cream first, the jam just mixes in.
For me the practical consideration makes this a no-brainer and anyone doing it the other way is being wilfully obtuse You can spread jam on a scone with a knife, try spreading jam on cream, catastrophic mess Try dunking jam on cream, it won't leave the spoon and if you scrape it off with a knife but its just a blob on the cream, and you're starting to get a complex cutlery sharing situation Happy to discuss what jam though. Berry for me and ideally not the Straw kind
Nope! I'm married to a cornish maid. It is Butter first then jam then dollop cream on top, where else is cream not a topping?
