Google Doodle Sparks Scone Debate

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Google is honoring British scones. The celebration is happening today. Google made a cute Doodle. The Doodle makes reference to the endless argument of jam and cream.

The picture shows two talking scones. One has cream and jam, while the other has jam and cream. They look at each other in doubt.

The Doodle is a fun nod to a popular British debate. People argue about whether they should first put jam or cream on their scones.

Cream tea is a tradition in the UK that started in the 11th century. There's a disagreement between people in Devon and Cornwall about the proper way to eat it.

In Devon, people put clotted cream on the scone before jam. However, in Cornwall, the tradition is to put jam first, and then clotted cream.

Lots of people in Britain have seen the Google Doodle reference on Twitter. They feel really happy about it.

One person wrote something with a winking emoji. They showed both the proper way and misguided way in a diplomatic manner.

Someone else on the internet commented, “The Google Doodle seems to be intentionally causing problems.”

One person commented, "People in Devon and Cornwall won't like today's Google Doodle." Another said, "The design is inappropriate and disrespectful." A third person added their opinion, expressing that the Doodle will not be well-received in the region.

Some people in the UK have a problem with pronouncing the word "scone". This is a scone-specific issue.

UK has different ways to pronounce the word. Some say it like "gone". Others say it like "cone".

Someone suggested saying "sc-on" instead of "scone" since once you eat it, it disappears.

Someone else said they say both ways. But, they added that when they want to sound fancy, they say 's-cone'.

The late Queen Elizabeth II had a certain way of eating her cream tea. She would spread jam on her scones first, and then add cream. This was discovered in 2018.

Darren McGrady, a former chef for the royal family, recently tweeted about an important rule for Buckingham Palace garden parties. He said that jam should be placed on scones before cream. This is the tradition at the palace.

At the garden parties in Buckingham Palace, the Queen ate her homemade Balmoral jam. She put some clotted cream on the top of it. She did this at all royal tea parties.