Taylors Spicy Prawn Cocktail Crisps - 150g

In Britain, prawn cocktail sits in the top tier of crisp flavours, right up there with ready salted, cheese and onion, and salt and vinegar. It is the pink packet of the school lunchbox, the pub table and the party bowl, and most people have firm opinions about it.

Here in Canada, it is the flavour that British expats go hunting for. One bag and you are back on a wall outside the corner shop, or in a beer garden pretending the sun is out. That is usually reason enough to search for it.

This is a 150g sharing bag, so it is a good deal bigger than a lunchbox packet. Keep it in the cupboard and clip it shut once it is open, assuming there is anything left to clip. Tip it into a bowl for film night, or put a handful next to a sandwich the way it was always meant to be eaten.

Taylors make other crisps besides this one, and people rarely stop at a single bag. Most baskets end up with a couple of British crisp flavours, a bar of proper chocolate and a packet of biscuits for the tea.