The pie floater: it’s all gravy, upside down

A ‘pie floater’ consisted of a meat pie, thick with gravy, smothered in pea soup. Photograph: beyhanyazar/Getty Images

In the 1970s, a nursing colleague of mine talked about an Australian street food known as a “pie floater” (Letters, 30 June). This delicacy used to be sold from kerbside carts, and consisted of a meat pie, thick with gravy, served in a bowl, inverted and smothered in pea soup.
Melanie Hewitt
London

• During David Cameron’s term at No 10, my father was asked by his doctor for the name of the prime minister (Letters, 30 June). After a slight pause, my father replied: “I hate his guts!” The doctor laughed and, pointing at my father, he turned to me and said: “There’s nothing wrong with him!” End of memory test.
Brenda Cox
Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear