1. Enid Blyton Nostalgia & Food
Ah, the jolly fun of Enid Blyton! For me, as a child in the 1980s, Blyton’s novels represented escapism, adventure and reassurance. Thirty years later, Blyton culture remains fixed in my psyche; both as a nostalgic throwback to my childhood and as something comforting to offer my children. With the majority of Blyton’s texts written in the 1930s and 1940s, anachronisms of an earlier time succeeded in offering me solace forty years after their original publication; I can honestly say the same can be said for my children another generation on. The classic Blyton language: 'jolly, ghastly and scrumptious,' still provide my friends and me with endless entertainment (all avid Blyton fans of old obviously). The aim of this blog is to concentrate on the food in Blyton's work. Let's think 'lashings of ginger beer, google buns, pop, cake and wholesome picnics! I will attempt to illustrate how the seeming insignificance of the edible fancies which proliferate Blyton’...
