Question of the Day - Saturday, April 13th, 2024

[fowltemptress]

Seriously do Americans not have cream tea?!

We have biscuits and gravy, instead.

 

[Evadig]

Seriously do Americans not have cream tea?!

Why is it called a cream tea when there’s no tea involved? Just wondering…

 

[fowltemptress]

Why is it called a cream tea when there’s no tea involved? Just wondering…

I was thinking the same thing! I was thrown off by the picture because I felt sure it must be a drink.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Seriously do Americans not have cream tea?!

No. Tea is an English thing. We have a bit of a philosophical opposition to it after the whole rebellion incident.

 

[azurbanclucker]

Why is it called a cream tea when there’s no tea involved? Just wondering…

I was thinking the same thing! I was thrown off by the picture because I felt sure it must be a drink.

They have snacks with their tea breaks, and cream tea is one "style" of snack served.

 

[Rock17]

We have biscuits and gravy, instead.

That is gross

Why is it called a cream tea when there’s no tea involved? Just wondering…

traditionally it is eaten with tea

No. Tea is an English thing. We have a bit of a philosophical opposition to it after the whole rebellion incident.

Actually tea is indian

They have snacks with their tea breaks, and cream tea is one "style" of snack served.

Most British people do not have tea breaks. Some do but it is very rare. Cream tea is usually something that people have when they go on holiday to Cornwall or Devon. Tea breaks last happened commonly about 100 years ago.

 

[Rock17]

I do not know anyone who has a tea break but my grandmother

 

[Meg Gerstenfeld]

I'm a fan of breaking off pieces of my scone and adding clotted cream and preserves on each piece.

 

[Rock17]

I'm a fan of breaking off pieces of my scone and adding clotted cream and preserves on each piece.

I will try that

 

[fowltemptress]

That is gross

In the college town I used to live in we'd get a lot of people from across the ocean, and they always said that biscuits and gravy sounded gross until they actually tasted it! Mostly they seemed like they were under the impression that our biscuits would be more like scones, which isn't the case. Scones are disgusting. Also, white gravy doesn't seem to be a big thing over there? I do love brown gravy, but brown gravy on biscuits does sound unappetizing to me.