Clotted Cream

[Goddlefrood]

In:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/33426

> Melanie:

> I always felt that Biscuits had a more fluffy texture to them 
> and scones more firm (like a cookie). I could be wrong about 
> this but that is the distinction that I have always made between 
> them. Yes, they are extremely similiar.

Goddlefrood:

They certainly look the same from the picture supplied by Carol 
of an American biscuit. Scones shouldn't be too firm, a good 
scone should melt in your mouth but not be like cement to eat. 
They may well be slightly firmer than an American biscuit, however 
I wouldn't describe their texture as like biscuits (that's cookies 
to you Transatlantic types).

In:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/33427

> Geoff:
> 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....

Goddlefrood:

We are into a controversial area it seems, the age old argument 
of whether the jam should be spread before the clotted cream or 
the other way round. I use the clotted cream first and put the 
jam on top. This practice is frowned upon by some, something 
like putting milk into your tea first, which is a big no no. 
This latter is so as not to scold the milk and does make for 
a better taste as it happens and, therefore, is not just snobbery 
unlike the jam / clotted cream controversy.

In:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/33430

> > Magpie:
> > Cream teas, or as I like to call them "Food of the Gods."

Goddlefrood:

An apt name, something akin to ambrosia, not that I've ever had 
ambrosia ...

> > Magpie:
> > 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.:-)

Goddlefrood:

Despite being from the greatest dairy producing County in the UK, 
I would agree that Cornwall is the place where clotted cream is 
at its finest.

> Geoff:
> ...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....

Goddlefrood:

Don't worry, I won't ;-)