Cream, Dev′onshire

Prep. 1. ( Devons hire raw cream .) From sour cream mixed with an equal quantity of fresh cream, and sweetened with sugar. Eaten with fruit. 2. ( Devons hire scalded cream, D. clouted c. ) The milk of yesterday is set in a polished, shallow, bra pan, over a clear fire free from smoke, and gradually heated until very hot, care being taken not to let it boil; when the undulations on the surface look thick, and form a ring round the top of the fluid, the size of the bottom of the pan, it is removed from the fire and allowed to cool; the next day it is skimmed off for sale. Used with either tea or coffee, and excellent with both; it is also eaten with sugar and fruit, and is made into butter. See Cream ( above ).