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A cream tea or
Devonshire tea is tea taken with a combination of scones, clotted cream, and
strawberry jam.
In the United
States, it is promoted as a typically English and perhaps upper class meal.
Cream tea is
offered for sale in tea rooms throughout the Commonwealth, or wherever
someone wants to give an impression of British influence.
Within England
it is a straightforward regional speciality, marketed to holidaymakers but
widely eaten locally.
Other items
served at a cream tea may include cucumber or watercress sandwiches with the
crusts cut off, various small cakes and mousses.
Purists regard
these items as excrescences, and avoid them.
The name
Devonshire tea, used in Australia, comes from the county of Devon in
England, where it is a local speciality, although it is disputed that this
type of meal is original to Devon.
It is indeed
served all over South West England, and in England is known just as a cream
tea. |