Follain Traditional Whiskey Marmalade - 370g

Marmalade sits right at the heart of a British breakfast, somewhere between the teapot and the toast rack. A whiskey marmalade is the weekend version: same ritual, slightly more swagger, usually eaten slowly while nobody asks you to do anything.

People in Canada go looking for this one because the name sticks. You had it once at a deli counter or a guesthouse table back home, and every jar since has been measured against it. Typing it into a search bar at seven in the morning is entirely normal behaviour.

It comes in a 370g jar, which sounds like plenty until someone else in the house finds it. Thick on hot buttered toast is the classic, but it is just as happy on a scone, stirred into a glaze for a gammon, or spooned onto cheese and oatcakes when the evening calls for it.

Follain makes a wider range of jams, chutneys and preserves, so this jar rarely travels alone. Most people pair it with a box of proper British tea and a packet of crumpets, and then claim the whole lot was for guests.