McCoy's Flame Grilled Steak Crisps - 6 Pack

McCoy's sit at the heavy-duty end of the British crisp aisle: ridge cut, thick, built for crunch rather than delicacy. Flame grilled steak is one of those flavours British crisp makers have made their own, sitting alongside prawn cocktail and pickled onion in the great tradition of crisps named after things you would never expect in a bag.

People in Canada go looking for these because of a very specific memory. A pint on a sticky pub table, a bag split down the side and laid flat so everyone can dive in, and the ridges catching every last bit of seasoning.

The pack holds six individual bags, so it lives happily in the cupboard and gets handed out one at a time (in theory). Keep it somewhere cool and dry. Once a bag is open it will not be lasting long anyway. They go in a lunchbox next to a sandwich, or, for the committed, inside the sandwich.

Most people fill the rest of the basket with the things that go with them: a box of proper tea, a bar of British chocolate for afters, and a jar of Branston for the crisp sandwich nobody admits to making.