Enid Blyton (FF & SS) - obsessed with food. Discuss.

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justkeepswimming · 20/06/2008 20:35

I have been rereading all the Famous Five & Secret Seven books (my DH kept them from when he was a kid & his parents have been clearing out their loft, lol).
Have been chatting to DH about the level of detail she goes into about food.
I mean did people actually normally eat 4 meals a day (bfast, 'dinner', tea and 'supper') ?
Or was she just obsessed with food?
He thought that maybe it was almost like propaganda, given that they started just after WW2, so most people would have been on rations, so it made people feel better to read about lots of food?

What does anyone think?

(leaving aside all sexist crap references for now!)

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justkeepswimming · 20/06/2008 20:41

always lashings

and munching on chocolate

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justkeepswimming · 20/06/2008 20:41

i can't get to them atm as in ds2's bedroom, but if i could i would quote from them.
they rave about radishes, and crisp lettuce, and sides of ham.
and for tea they seem to be allowed to gorge on cakes, buns, scones and biscuits! a whole meal of junk food, fab!

and they drink tea and coffe - surely not wise at pre-teen-ness?

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Othersideofthechannel · 20/06/2008 20:41

I remember the hunks of gingerbread and the lashings of ginger beer.

constancereader · 20/06/2008 20:39

I remember the tongue sandwiches
And the fact that the evil person was always 'swarthy'.
I loved the Famous Five though, the Secret Seven were too suburban. The Five had more exotic locations.

Botbot · 20/06/2008 20:36

All I remember is that they always carried salt with them for their picnics in a little twist of paper. I loved that detail.

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