Franzeluta Sushki "Lyubitelskie" Crisp Bread Rings, 1.1 lb (500g)

Sushki are the rings you dunk in tea. Small, hard, barely sweet, and almost indestructible — a bag lives in the cupboard for months and never goes soft. Across Eastern Europe they are what gets put on the table the moment anyone puts the kettle on, and children thread them onto string.

These are the Lyubitelskie grade — "amateur's", the everyday one — from Franzeluta in Chișinău, Moldova's largest bakery. They are drier and harder than bagels, closer to a rusk than to bread.

How to eat them: dunk briefly in hot tea so the outside softens and the middle stays crisp. Good with jam or condensed milk. A 500 g bag holds a lot.

Ingredients: wheat flour, sugar, vegetable oil (sunflower oil), yeast, iodised table salt (salt, potassium iodate), antioxidant: green tea extract.

Allergens — contains: wheat. May contain traces of eggs, sesame, soya and milk.

Net weight 500 g (1.1 lb / 17.06 oz). Made in Moldova. Protect from grain pests, store cool and dry, keep away from heat.