Devon at 55 - A Difficult Place To Be

[Serial_Apologist]

Doesn't it depend on which way up you hold the scone ?

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

The idea of spreading the scone on the jam or cream seems a pretty crummy one to me...

[french frank]

Doesn't it depend on which way up you hold the scone ?

If you held it upside down, wouldn't the jam and the cream fall off when you tried to spread them?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

If you held it upside down, wouldn't the jam and the cream fall off when you tried to spread them?

Devon clotted cream is extremely thick. It might just stay on.

[Beef Oven!]

Btw, is it pronounced scone or scon? I always pronounce it scon, and I am almost exclusively wrong at this sort of thing. I am Mr Non-U.

[french frank]

Btw, is it pronounced scone or scon? I always pronounce it scon, and I am almost exclusively wrong at this sort of thing. I am Mr Non-U.

It is scon, unless it's a stone when it's a scoon.

Devon clotted cream is extremely thick. It might just stay on.

I think it would stay on once you'd spread it on and then turned the scone upside down. But wouldn't gravity make it quite tricky if you turned it upside down and then tried to spread it? In which case, you'd need to decide which order to spread the jam and cream first.

[Beef Oven!]

Yippee!

[LeMartinPecheur]

I speak as someone living in E Cornwall who is therefore duty-bound to rubbish Devon as being part of 'England', but won't (look the other way Cloughie!).

Devon is nearly as good as Cornwall at being a really slo-o-ow county. So just come and relax, chill, the natives really are friendly Tavistock is indeed recommended, as above. The pannier market is good for cheapo classical CDs and books, and a lot of food. Tavi is pretty great for food generally - I believe M*cd*n*lds opened there and were forced to close owing to unfair competition from local establishments who who insisted on going on cooking real, distinctive dishes

Loads of other places though. Exmoor if you like slightly bleak, & big clapper bridges. Right next to Tavistock Dartmoor even bleaker (in bad weather) but wonderful walks, climbs, neolithic settlements but with a good smattering of pubs. Don't try Widdicombe in a hurry though - bi-i-ig tailbacks while in the grockle/emmet season. This is a bit better now schools have restarted, but not yet over by any means.

Lynton & Lynmouth v scenic and a fun water-powered cliff railway to connect them. Ilfracome, Westward Ho (Kipling's old school, Stalky & Co etc), Bideford. Just pick a gazetteer and choose at random!

There are loads of other places, even Plymouth and Exeter if you feel a yen for city amenities. But try not to: just take it real slow.

Do let us know how you get on!

[On the above vital cream-tea issue I do of course support Cloughie's orthodox-Cornish position set out in #13, bur here in E Cornwall there are some local farmers who've somehow been duped into marrying W Devon girls who still get it wrong Have to concede that with eyes tightly bandaged and spoon feeding, the flavour is almost indistinguishable!]

[cloughie]

Devon clotted cream is extremely thick. It might just stay on.

I have heard that Devonians put the jam on last to hide the cream that they are ashamed of!

[Serial_Apologist]

Yippee!

It's there one minute, and it's scon the next.

[cloughie]

Btw, is it pronounced scone or scon? I always pronounce it scon, and I am almost exclusively wrong at this sort of thing. I am Mr Non-U.

It can be either!

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

It can be either!

Is that "eether" or "eyther"?

Aaah, let's call the whole thing off.

[Dave2002]

Take no notice of Pulc - Jam first is the only way.

We argue about that in our house. I always put the cream on first. In my defence, in recent years I saw a video clip of the Queen eating a scone. Actually she was probably presented with it to eat - people often look rather awkward if filmed while eating, as some former Labour leaders have found. As I recall, the cream was below the jam - not that that's a justification really - but I thought I'd mention it.

[Pulcinella]

There's me trying to put Lat-Lit at ease, and I've whipped up a storm in my cream teacup!

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

I have heard that Devonians put the jam on last to hide the cream that they are ashamed of!

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

[Serial_Apologist]

Is that "eether" or "eyther"?

Aaah, let's call the whole thing off.

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