# clotted cream versus butter **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clotted-cream-versus-butter/830945 "2019-03-11T13:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clotted-cream-versus-butter/830945/1 "2019-03-11T13:27:39Z")
I had read about clotted cream and jam on scones, so I decided to make some. I probably should have done a little more research on the topic. I thought clotted cream was a thick custard type spread. Turns out it is another form of butter. Now I have a jar of really expensive white butter. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clotted-cream-versus-butter/830945/2 "2019-03-11T13:56:31Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > Turns out it is another form of butter. It’s really not. If it tastes like butter, it’s not proper clotted cream. How did you make it? ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clotted-cream-versus-butter/830945/3 "2019-03-11T15:46:32Z")
Yeah, sounds like something’s gone a bit wrong… Clotted cream tastes basically like ordinary cream, with the artery clogging factor dialled up to 11. The classic ‘cream tea’ often includes both butter _and_ clotted cream (plus jam), because people round here (Cornwall, England) have heard of the concept of low fat, but aren’t buying it. ---
**Author:** ![Teuton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teuton/32/3864_2.png) [@Teuton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teuton)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2019, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clotted-cream-versus-butter/830945/4 "2019-03-11T18:52:53Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > It’s really not. > > If it tastes like butter, it’s not proper clotted cream. How did you make it? My mum used to make her own clotted cream by putting heavy whipping cream into a slow cooker for days. As delicious as that was, I just use Rhodda’s finest these days on my scones. Cream first, then jam, for those that fight wars over this sort of thing. ---
**Author:** ![SuperAbe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@SuperAbe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuperAbe)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clotted-cream-versus-butter/830945/5 "2019-03-12T02:04:52Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > Cream first, then jam, for those that fight wars over this sort of thing. You Monster!!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clotted-cream-versus-butter/830945/6 "2019-03-12T06:32:10Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > Cream first, then jam Aw, _hell_, no! ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2019, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clotted-cream-versus-butter/830945/7 "2019-03-12T07:39:19Z")
> [@Teuton](#): > > … Cream first, then jam, for those that fight wars over this sort of thing. I mix mine together thoroughly first, so that I achieve a clotted cream / blackcurrant paste, then spread that on the scone.