Culinary comparison

In Competition No. 2772 you were invited to liken a well-known figure, living or dead, to a foodstuff.

This challenge fell on somewhat stony ground, producing a small if distinguished entry in which politicians featured strongly. Here’s a flavour of George Simmers’s Tony Blair pudding: ‘The inviting exterior has no real content, but is a glossy shell which quickly deflates, degenerating too soon into a brown mess with a bitter aftertaste…’ David Cameron hardly fares better.