Colman’s Fish Pie Mix - 20g

In Britain, fish pie sits right alongside shepherd's pie and cottage pie as proper weeknight comfort, the kind of dish that turns up when the weather turns. Colman's sachets have been a fixture on the supermarket shelf for years, the shortcut nobody feels guilty about.

Fish is easy to buy in Canada, Halifax especially. What people go looking for is the taste of the fish pie they grew up on, and a lot of that taste lives in the sauce. That is why this sachet gets searched for by name.

It is a flat 20g sachet, light enough to forget about until you need it. Kept in a cool, dry cupboard it sits happily with the rest of the pantry, and the method is printed on the pack, so there is no guesswork when you are cooking for a hungry table.

Colman's is a mustard name first, and plenty of people pick up a jar of English mustard while they are at it. Add some frozen peas on the side and you have the full British teatime.