Morrisons Lemon Curd - 420g

On a British breakfast table, lemon curd sits between the strawberry jam and the marmalade. It is the sharp option, for people who find jam a bit polite. It also does a lot of work in the kitchen: tarts, sponges, scones, anything that needs a bright yellow middle.

People in Canada go looking for this one because they want the jar they actually had, not a lemon curd in general. A supermarket own-brand is what was in the cupboard at home, and that is the taste people chase when they have been away a while.

It is a proper big jar, so it goes a long way. Unopened, it keeps happily in the cupboard; once it is open, follow what the label says. Spread it on toast or warm crumpets, swirl it through yoghurt, sandwich a sponge with it, or fill shop-bought pastry cases for lemon tarts in ten minutes flat.

It tends to go into the basket alongside crumpets, a box of proper tea and a jar of marmalade for the one person in the house who refuses to try it.