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In the 1970s, a nursing colleague of mine talked about an Australian street food known as a “pie floater” (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/jun/29/on-the-gravy-trail-forging-cross-border-cultural-food-links-over-a-special-burger">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 (https://www.theguardian.com/food/2026/jun/29/on-the-gravy-trail-forging-cross-border-cultural-food-links-over-a-special-burger">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