Six of the Best

[Moonraker]

The Guardian featured this on Tuesday...

[MJE]

     I thought for a moment this was going to be about corporal punishment in Blyton books. (That might make an interesting thread, actually; let me think about it to see if there are any angles to follow there.)
     I guess we all know that "lashings of ginger beer" doesn't appear in any actual book; but doesn't the phrase "lashings of cream" appear somewhere? I seem to vaguely recall that it does, although I wouldn't have a hope of recalling where.

Regards, Michael.

[Anita Bensoussane]

All of the quotations printed by The Guardian are mentioned in our thread The Wisdom of Enid Blyton (quotes on various subjects):

http://www.enidblytonsociety.co.uk/foru ... =17&t=2897" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Moonraker]

I suppose they would be!

[Daisy]

I guess we all know that "lashings of ginger beer" doesn't appear in any actual book; but doesn't the phrase "lashings of cream" appear somewhere? I seem to vaguely recall that it does, although I wouldn't have a hope of recalling where.

"Lashings of hard-boiled eggs" occurs on Mrs Penruthlan's tea table in "Five go down to the Sea"

[Moonraker]

And 'lashings of lettuce' also appears.