Green's Dumpling Mix - 137g

In Britain, dumplings are not a side dish. They are the reason half the family turns up for stew. They sit on top of a casserole or a pot of mince, soaking up the gravy underneath, and the argument over who gets the biggest one is part of the meal.

People in Canada go looking for this mix because it is the one they grew up with. It is the taste of a winter tea after school, and making dumplings from memory rarely ends up quite the same.

It comes as a small 137g packet of dry mix, so it sits happily in the cupboard until the weather turns and somebody announces it is a stew sort of night. Follow the pack, keep the lid on, and resist lifting it to check. Everyone lifts it to check.

Green's is a name British kitchens know for its baking mixes. Most people put this in the basket alongside gravy granules and stock cubes, because if you are making a proper stew, you may as well make it properly.