nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyr6g8uk6kv0yvp4s294hh602rtx20wsjgwtfuvshdf0nh6mxqx2mgq5rtt8 (nprofile…rtt8) Enid Blyton, along with a lot of British comics in the 1980s still maintained cultural memories of wartime rationing so there's a lot of celebratory feasting.
In hindsight, it reads a lot like bulimia or binge-eating with kids drooling at the prospect of eating multiple cakes and stuffing their faces.
Even in the 1980s, that made it feel very much like historical fiction.