Morrisons Ginger Nuts - 300g

In the British biscuit pecking order, the ginger nut sits with the plain, sturdy ones: the digestive, the rich tea, the biscuits you have with a cuppa rather than instead of dinner. It is the one with a bit of heat, and the one that survives being dropped.

People in Canada go looking for it because they want that exact snap and that particular warmth. If Morrisons was the big shop on a Saturday, the own-brand packet is the one your hand still reaches for.

They come in a 300g packet. Roll the end over or tip them into a tin once it is open, and they stay crisp in the cupboard. Dunk them in tea, obviously, but they also crush down well for a cheesecake base or over a bowl of ice cream, if you can bear to break them on purpose.

Most people pick them up alongside a box of proper British tea bags, because a ginger nut without a mug of tea is only half a plan. A packet of digestives for the visitors does not hurt either.