Devon at 55 - A Difficult Place To Be

[ardcarp]

Just stumbled on this thread. Hope you have a good time Lat.

I'd just mention that Devon is a HUGE county and different bits of it are, well, very different. South Devpn (Paigntom, Torquay and all that) is busy busy. Rural North Devon is...well, rural and inland somewhat remote. East Devon, away from the watering holes of Sidmouth and Budleigh, is actually my favourite. Inland, it is well off the beaten track, especially blessed with footpaths and very beautiful as it merges into West Dorset. If you're driving, Exeter is a nightmare. Don't even think about it in the rush hour.

[cloughie]

Don't start on that one. Devon vs Cornwall makes Lancs vs Yorkshire seem like a friendly picnic.

... Probably not a good idea as I believe we've each got feet in each pair of those counties!

[Richard Tarleton]

( I'm pretty certain that jam first would be the better engineering solution though)

Not having a dog in this fight, I'm prepared to go either way depending on the relative textures of the jam and cream. Runny jam on a rigid clotted cream base makes sense, whereas lighter, more aerated cream (such as one is wont to encounter away from the SW) works better on top of firmer, set jam.

For Devon and Cornwall, read Lilliput and Blefuscu

[Ein Heldenleben]

Welcome to Devon the most beautiful county in England. If you do go to North Cornwall - part of the most beautiful county not in England - can I reccomend the stretch of coastline between Boscastle and Crackington Haven ? It's quite strenuous but , crucially , reasonably well served by bus . I also recommend the area of Dartmoor around Lustleigh, Widecombe and Exmoor south of Lynton.

[Beef Oven!]

Welcome to Devon the most beautiful county in England. If you do go to North Cornwall - part of the most beautiful county not in England - can I reccomend the stretch of coastline between Boscastle and Crackington Haven ? It's quite strenuous but , crucially , reasonably well served by bus . I also recommend the area of Dartmoor around Lustleigh, Widecombe and Exmoor south of Lynton.

Is North Cornwall in the United Kingdom?

[Bryn]

Is North Cornwall in the United Kingdom?

I wish I Kernew.

[french frank]

Runny jam on a rigid clotted cream base makes sense, whereas lighter, more aerated cream (such as one is wont to encounter away from the SW) works better on top of firmer, set jam.

I wouldn't put the jam on a bare sconnn. I'd spread it with butter first (quite thinly as I usually use olive oil spread). Then jam. Then cream.

[Roslynmuse]

I treat the thick cream as I would butter, and put that on the scone (scon) and then finally add the jam.

Haven't been to Devon for years but was looking enviously at a friend's holiday pictures the other week, fond memories. Salcombe and environs on the south side, Bideford and peaceful rolling fields on the north. Clovelly is a lovely, tiny place.

Have a great holiday, Lat-Literal!

[ardcarp]

I wouldn't put the jam on a bare sconnn. I'd spread it with butter first

OH DEAR!!!

The Somerset lass to whom I'm married would scorn your scone method, ff. Real clotted cream..which itself should have buttery lumps in it...goes on the bare scone followed by the jam.

Going back to Devon, and changing the subject just a bit, I wonder if Lat would consider a visit to Haccombe Church near Newton Abbot? It is one of only two churches to have an Archpriest, answerable directly to the Archbishop of Canterbury and not the Bishop of Exeter. Haccombe is the family seat of an ancient Devon family going back to the Norman conquest. (The house itself is nothing sepcial having been re-built in Georgian times, undistinguisehd and now divided into flats.) The tiny church of St Blaise however is incredibly special, having spectacular medieval monuments, one being a Heart Burial...which was supposed to have been banned by Pope Boniface VIII in the early 13th century.

Give Newton Abbot a miss though.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I wouldn't put the jam on a bare sconnn. I'd spread it with butter first (quite thinly as I usually use olive oil spread). Then jam. Then cream.

Ahhh - what I like to think of as "the civilized method".

Well, apart from the olive oil spread. I rarely have a Cream Tea these days, but if I'm going to treat myself it has to be the full cholesterol option.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Plain scones, too - if any fruit is involved, then I leave out the jam.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

If you insist, but you're not tomato mine!

That's puree malevolence on your part, S_A.

(Sorry to have taken so long to reply - it's taken me this long to ketchup on the Thread.)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Plain scones, too - if any fruit is involved, then I leave out the jam.

And no bits of peel, either!!!!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Apologies to Lats - I'm not able to offer any suggestions about Devon, as I've never been there! (Dorset and Cornwall, yes - Devon not. )

Anyway - I hope you're having a fantastic time.

[Serial_Apologist]

Widecombe

Best avoided unless either your first name is Anne, or your surname Pearce, and you are returning a borrowed grey mare.