McVitie’s Raspberry & Cream Digestive Biscuits - 232g

McVitie's digestives sit right at the centre of the British biscuit tin, the one everybody has an opinion on and nobody turns down. The raspberry and cream version is what turns up when someone fancies a change without wandering too far from home.

People in Canada search for this one because they remember it from a particular kitchen: a gran's, a flatmate's, the staff room where the packet never lasted past eleven. A biscuit like that sticks with you, and so does the urge to have it again.

It comes as a standard 232g packet, an easy one to keep in the cupboard. Store it somewhere cool and dry, roll the end over once it is open, and it will see you through the week. Or the evening, depending on the evening. It goes with tea, with coffee, or straight from the packet while standing at the counter pretending you are only having one.

McVitie's makes a long line of British biscuits beyond this one, the plain and chocolate digestives included, and most people fill the basket while they are at it. A packet of these sits very happily next to a box of proper British tea.