Jacob's Christmas Biscuits For Cheese Festive Selection - 450g

In Britain, the Christmas cheese board is practically a course of its own, and Jacob's is the name on the box underneath it. The selection turns up in the supermarket around the same time as the mince pies and stays on the sideboard well into the new year.

People in Canada go looking for it because a cheese board without it looks slightly wrong, the way a tree looks wrong without the wonky star. It is the box you remember being opened at your gran's, and the one you want on your own table now.

It is a proper 450g box, enough for a family evening and the Boxing Day leftovers too. Keep it in a cool, dry cupboard, and once it is open, fold the inner bag over so the crackers stay crisp. Put them out with whatever cheese you have, a pickle or two, and let people help themselves.

Jacob's makes plenty more for the cupboard, from its cream crackers to Twiglets, and plenty of people grab a box of each while they are at it. A bit of British chutney never goes amiss either.