Tag: Clotted Cream

What Is Cream Tea & The History (It’s National Cream Tea Day)

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Updated June 2026 The last Friday in June is National Cream Tea Day, which begs the question: What is cream tea? Most Americans might think the obvious: It’s adding cream to your tea. But no. Cream tea is a light British afternoon snack of a pot of black tea, scones, clotted cream, and fruit jam—typically…
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RECIPE: Classic Peaches & Cream

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For National Peach Month, August, try one of the oldest peach recipes: peaches and cream. If you read novels or short stories from centuries past, you’ve no There are many ways to make peaches and cream In a book of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s short stories, The Basil And Josephine Stories, he introduces Basil, a fictionalized…
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TIP OF THE DAY: Creme Fraiche, Mascarpone, Sour Cream

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[1] In photos, four cream-based products can look alike. But the flavor, weight and production techniques differ. Vive la différence: they’re all wonderful. This is crème fraîch (photo © Vermont Creamery). [2] Sour cream is thicker and tart notes (photo © Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board).   Cream is easily whipped into a delicious topping or…
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