Which comes first?!
Like all neighbors, the English counties of Devon and Cornwall have their rivalries and disagreements. But one conflict burns so strongly between these two southern states that it has the entire country talking: When it comes to assembling a cream tea, does the jam go on first or does the cream?
Cream tea is traditionally a midday treat, a kind of afternoon tea service in which you're presented with a pot of tea, scones, jam, and clotted cream; pour the tea, slice the scones, and then slather the scones with cream and jam—or jam and cream. Despite its simplicity, the preparation has caused quite a stir.
Devonians lay claim to the first ever cream tea being served in Tavistock Abbey in the 11th century. Following Viking raids in the year 997, the Abbey was damaged and had to be restored. Fragments of manuscripts written by monks from this time, and discovered by local Devonian historians, tell us that the Earl of Devon, Ordulf, rewarded his workers with bread, clotted cream, and a strawberry preserve. At some point down the line, the bread was replaced with scones and the cream tea was realized.
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