Morrisons The Best All Butter Stem Ginger cookies - 200g

Ginger biscuits have been in the British biscuit tin for as long as there has been a British biscuit tin. The ginger nut gets dunked by the plain-speaking, and a supermarket's best range is where you go when someone is coming round and the plate needs to look like you made an effort.

Supermarket own labels are the hardest thing to replace once you leave. You can find a brand name abroad, but a Morrisons packet only exists in Morrisons, so when the craving hits in Canada, this is the exact one people type into a search bar.

It comes as a 200g packet, which is honest about how long it will last in most houses. Keep it sealed in a cool, dry cupboard, and once it is open, tip the rest into a tin or fold the packet down tight. Best with a mug of tea, though crumbling one over vanilla ice cream has its fans.

Most people who spot these put a box of proper British tea in the basket alongside, because a ginger cookie without a brew is only half the job. A few more from the UK biscuit shelf tend to follow.