Clotted Cream

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "sistermagpie" <sistermagpie at ...> wrote:
>
> > Geoff:
> > The article is fairly accurate except that I think it was written by 
> a 
> > Publicity Officer in the pay of Cornwall..... :-)
> > 
> > Cream teas are very much a part of tradition especially in the West 
> > Country counties of Cornwall, Devon and Somerset, the latter being 
> > the county in which I now live.
> > 
> > Basically, you cut a scone in half, spread some strawberry or 
> > raspberry jam on it and then a thick layer of clotted cream on top. 
> > Eat slowly and enjoy....
> 
> Magpie:
> Cream teas, or as I like to call them "Food of the Gods."
> 
> I first had it in Cornwall and never looked back. I can't imagine 
> making the clotted cream, probably because it was so impressed on me 
> it had to be Cornish. Even swapping out clotted cream from Devonshire 
> was iffy for some people.:-)


Geoff:
Hmmm.

Try telling that to people who live in Devon, Somerset, Dorset, 
Hampshire and Sussex.....

You might get rather dusty answers.

...not to mention people who live in some of the northern 
counties. Cornwall can't have it all its own way - anyway, 
the best bit of Cornwall is the Isles of Scilly, but don't start 
me on that....