{"id":191,"date":"2020-09-23T01:31:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-23T01:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/?p=191"},"modified":"2021-07-15T06:37:23","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T06:37:23","slug":"the-law-of-proportionality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/the-law-of-proportionality\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson From Cream Teas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scone-cream-jam.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scone-cream-jam.jpg 550w, https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scone-cream-jam-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/scone-cream-jam-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Zan Azahiro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\"><strong>The cream tea habit is something that I have picked up from my years in England.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s something magical about eating a scone with clotted cream and strawberry jam that I can&#8217;t describe. However, for it to taste &#8220;right&#8221;, the two ingredients must be in the right proportion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Things in proportion are beautiful. And, in the case of Devonshire cream tea, tasty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from proportionality, the order of things is important. Cream first, and then jam. Unless, of course, you&#8217;re from Cornwall, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/cuisine\/2018031346960\/cream-jam-first-scone-buckingham-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\">or you&#8217;re the Queen of England<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keep things in proportion. <\/strong>It&#8217;s a recipe for most things that will matter. Like, a warm scone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cream tea habit is something that I have picked up from my years in England. There&#8217;s something magical about eating a scone with clotted cream and strawberry jam that I can&#8217;t describe. However, for it to taste &#8220;right&#8221;, the two ingredients must be in the right proportion. Things in proportion are beautiful. And, in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zanazahiro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}