Clotted cream clots, Cornish fury at teatime treat blunder
A MOUTH-WATERING advert for the National Trust featuring a Cornish clotted cream tea has enraged locals because the treat is served with jam on top.
The post on social media to encourage visitors to a Mother’s Day event at Lanhydrock House and Garden has drawn angry responses, branding it “unacceptable”, “shocking” and “disgusting”.
The image shows the scone with cream first and jam last, a culinary crime for those west of the River Tamar.
On the other side of the border in Devon, the snap would be perfectly acceptable as the tradition is for cream under the jam but in Cornwall it has brought the threat of a boycott.
One angry Trust member wrote: “The National Trust is in a complete mess. Still letting so called trail hunts using your land and now this. It’s jam first your fools. My membership is well and truly over.”
Another said: “Oh my! Not often something riles me to comment but come on Lanhydrock this is unacceptable.
“I can let the scone (own) scone (gone) argument go at times but as a top Cornish destination you should know tis jam first!”
One user said: “Wow ..... just wow ...... no one would pay for that it’s just all wrong.” Another remarked: “Nnnooooo surely an early April fool joke... cream first what are you doing Lanhydrock .... YOU ARE IN CORNWALL”
One wrote: “Oh god!!! Jam then cream !!!! Think my mum would disown me if I gave her this cream tea”. Another added: “Oh no! I might have to cancel my National Trust membership in protest!!!”
The scoldings came across loud and clear at Lanhydrock where a note acknowledging the blunder was delivered with contrition.
They said: “We’d like to sincerely apologise for any offence caused by a recent scone-shot shown on the page. The member of staff responsible has been reprimanded and marched back over the Tamar. We’d like to reassure our Cornish community that our catering team would never make such a heinous mistake and that our jam and cream are usually served in little pots so the order of their application is not subject to such appalling error. Rest assured, your mothers are safe here.”