Morrisons Fruit Shorties - 200g

In the great British biscuit pecking order, the fruit shortie lives in the reliable middle. Not fancy enough for guests, far too good to be left in the packet. It is a tea break biscuit, the one you reach for at half ten without thinking.

Morrisons started out in Bradford, and plenty of people from the north grew up with that yellow and green shop on the weekly run. Searching for these from Canada is less about biscuits and more about the Saturday big shop, the trolley with the wonky wheel, and a packet sneaking into it.

They come in a 200g packet that keeps happily in the cupboard. Once it is open, fold the end over or tip them into a tin, because shortcake goes soft if you leave it out. Dunk with care: they crumble, and fishing bits out of your tea is nobody's idea of a good time.

Most people do not stop at one packet of anything. Fruit shorties tend to go in the basket with a box of proper British tea and whichever other biscuits you have been quietly missing for years.