Colman's Parsley Sauce Mix- 20g

Parsley sauce is one of the old faithfuls of British home cooking. It turns up beside poached haddock, a slab of boiled ham, a gammon steak or a fish pie, and the Colman's packet is the version a lot of British kitchens have kept in the drawer for as long as anyone can remember.

People in Canada go looking for it because they want that exact taste, the one from a parent's kitchen on a weeknight. You can make parsley sauce from scratch, and plenty do, but it never quite tastes like the packet, and the packet is the one you remember.

It comes as a single flat 20g sachet, which tucks into a cupboard or a drawer and keeps there quietly until fish night comes round. Follow the back of the packet, stir until it thickens, and pour.

Colman's is best known for its English mustard, and its packet sauces and gravy mixes sit alongside it in the British cupboard. People who pick this up often have a gammon, a fish pie or a Sunday roast in mind, and something hot and yellow to go on the side.