It is a food debate that divides opinion - yet Cornish locals are adamant that scones must be served with jam first and then clotted cream on top. So it is perhaps little surprise that a twist to their afternoon favourite has sparked outrage. Diners are being encouraged to get in the festive spirit by instead dressing a scone in roast turkey, cranberry sauce and a white wine gravy.
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The Cornish Company says its stuffing-infused scones ‘bring a sense of playfulness to the faithful scone’ in the newly-released Christmas hamper, which costs £20 to serve four. Though the product has sold out in time for Christmas Day, Cathy Woolcock, head of the Cornwall Heritage Trust, told the Telegraph: ‘As far as we are concerned, do not mess with a Cornish scone. It is jam first with clotted cream on top.’.
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She expected her fellow scone enthusiasts would be similarly irked by the twist on their local delicacy. ‘A Cornishman would always enjoy a pasty over a Christmas dinner-flavoured scone', she added. ‘I am very much prepared to be wrong but people down here are quite traditional and even a Christmas dinner pasty is treated with suspicion.'.
Diners are being encouraged to get in the festive spirit by instead dressing a scone in roast turkey, cranberry sauce and a white wine gravy. Cornish locals are adamant that scones must be served with jam first and then clotted cream on top (file image).
