We’ve been getting around a bit recently. In the past few months our posts have come from such diverse places as Pleased To Meet You in Northumberland to the Final Checkout in Shetland. It seems fitting, therefore, that we should now be having a Cornish Cream Tea in Cornwall. Except that we’re not! We are enjoying a Cornish Cream Tea but we’re not at the most southerly tip of England, we’re at home. This cream tea was a gift from friends and it came in a box.
How nice is that? A genuine Cornish Cream Tea from the Cornish Company without the twelve hour drive to get there. What’s more it came with everything required of a cream tea including two wee bottles of prosecco … fab! There was Cornish scones, Cornish jam, Cornish Smugglers Brew tea and a tub of Rodda’s Cornish clotted cream. We normally object to Rodda’s when more locally sourced cream is readily available but in this instance, of course, it was totally appropriate. What more could you ask for?
They are particular about their cream teas in Cornwall so it came with full instructions. 
Step 3 is marked “very important” and refers to the ‘jam first’ rule. A few years back when the National Trust advertised a cream tea at one of its properties in Cornwall it used a photograph of a ‘cream first’ scone. The ensuing outrage resulted in mass resignations from the National Trust. ‘Cream first’ is, of course, the Devon way and totally abhorrent to Cornish folks. A grovelling apology was issued.
No such ridiculous faux pas here however, we already knew how to prepare a scone properly … the “jam first” way, the civilised way, the Cornish way!
It was a fine day so we sat in the garden with the only sounds coming from blackbirds nesting in a nearby hydrangea. Our scones were fab, as was everything else. As we have often done recently, we thought how lucky we were to be able to do this and to have such wonderful friends.
What do we know?
We can all breathe a sigh of relief, the Eurovision Song Contest is over for another year. Sweden’s Loreen won with her song Tattoo. We don’t understand why it won except that people must have voted for it. But then, we have a Westminster government intent on ruining the UK and people must have voted for that as well?
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How can you possibly have a good cop of tea using a tea bag🙁🙁🙁. We would never do that in Australia! Scones sound pretty amazing though – we are never fortunate enough to have clotted cream here. Must plan that trip ……
Aw Jann, we can’t afford the silver tea strainers or the butlers needed for loose tea. If you get away from your tea however and get that trip organised we will happily get a silver tea strainer and some loose.
Even though I’m not a fan of jam, when forced to prepare the scones for family members, ( this was because I was good at serving them the proper way. Or was it just because I was the youngest ?Anyways, I always put the jam first… those who moaned…. Got jam elsewhere . I’m a fruit scone , preferably toasted , with a dollop of butter kind of person.
Dearest Elizabeth, who would have guessed that you possessed such skills and good taste? 🤔 was thinking about you recently when we were in Ardlui … nice thoughts. Good to hear from you.
We were a bit nervous about a Cornish offer but it seems to have passed muster.
With flying colours!
Your writings always bring at least one smile to our face, sometimes more.
The thought occurs to me that you might consider preparing Travelogue of Scotland for tourists like us. Or, how about approaching Rick Steeves as a consultant for his next tour of Scotland. He would certainly benefit.
Lastly, we don’t seem to hear much from Pat. Have you muzzled her?
Don’t know Rick Steves … does he like scones?
I haven’t muzzled Pat but feel free Milan if you want to try … entirely at your own risk of course.
This was a lovely cream tea which we both thoroughly enjoyed and we give a huge thanks to our friends for sending it to us. Lucky for us that the sun was shining and we were able to sit in the garden.
Can I just take this opportunity to thank everyone, especially our daughters for such a fantastic surprise and all the gifts on our anniversary. The cream tea being one of those gifts.