Green's Golden Syrup Pancake Mix - 232g

In Britain, pancakes have their own day. Shrove Tuesday means thin pancakes, a squeeze of lemon, a shake of sugar and someone attempting a flip they have no business attempting. Golden syrup is the other half of the story, the sticky tin every British kitchen seems to own.

In Canada, pancakes usually mean a tall stack and maple syrup, which is fair enough. People who grew up in a British kitchen go looking for this one because it tastes like their mum's frying pan on a Tuesday night in February, and nothing else quite lands the memory.

It is a 232g packet of dry mix that sits happily in the cupboard until the mood strikes. Follow the instructions on the pack, heat the pan properly and accept that the first one is for the cook.

Green's is best known in Britain for its packet baking mixes, the kind that turn up for birthday sponges and rainy weekends. People tend to buy this alongside a tin of golden syrup and a bag of lemons, because pancakes without the extras are just a warm-up.