Scones cause quite some controversy.

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Often we have a cream tea in the afternoon but there has been many discrepancies and arguments surrounding this delicious treat. The first is how to pronounce the word. Is it Scone pronunciation as in Stone Or Scone pronunciation as in song It is said that how you pronounced it determines which class you are from either working class or middle class. The next controversy is the argument as to whether you are having a Cornish Cream tea or a Devonshire cream tea. These arguments have gone on for years. Do you put the cream first or strawberry jam first? Tradition has it if you put the strawberry jam first followed by the clotted cream it is a Cornish cream tea. But should you put the clotted cream first then the strawberry jam on top of the cream and this is the way it is done in Devon. Personally we tend to put the cream first on the scone (as in Song never stone) Home made scones are best they are easy to prepare and bake and take only a short time. Usually you would have one plain scone and one fruit scone per serving. The people of Devon and Cornwall are rivals and do say it makes a difference. Personally I could not care what goes where as long as they are delicious. Do you like cream tea? And what way do you put your clotted cream/ jam on the scone?