I guess the Barney and the Adventure Series will be pretty similar to the Secret Series and the Famous Five - big meals at home or at inns or farms and nice picnics. All these books ignore the rationing that in most books would have still been in place.
I have decided to see which/how food is mentionend in the three books set openly in the wartime.
Smuggler Ben (1943)
- sausages
- porridge
- bacon
- eggs
- "their butter and jam" (Maybe a hint of "their" rations?)
- bread
- sandwiches
- cake
- currant buns
- sweets
- chocolate
- ice-creams
- plums
- homemade lemonade
“Gracious, Hilary—you don’t mean to say you’ve had enough tea yet?” said Alec, pretending to be surprised. “You’ve only had seven pieces of bread and jam, three pieces of cake and two currant buns!”
The Children of Kidillin (1940)
- bull’s-eye peppermints
- blackberries
- tomato sandwiches
- eggs
- salt
- brown bread
- butter
- scones
- currant cake
- ham sandwiches
- tomatoes
- apples
- jam-tarts
- ginger buns
- milk
More food is mentioned but of course this book covers quite a long time span - and some of the food stems from the German stores.
- fruit - peaches, apples, pears, pineapple, bilberries
- soup
- potatoes
- runner beans
- tinned asparagus tips
- baked beans and tomato sauce
- bread
- rolls of bread
- buns
- butter
- eggs
- sausages
- tongue
- potted meat
- fish
- prawns
- shell-fish
- salmon
- sugar
- salt
- chocolate
- biscuits
- toffee
- Nestlé’s milk
- milk-powder
- tinned milk
- cocoa
- water
The boxes were full of tins — there were tins of soup, meat, vegetables, fruit, sardines — everything one could think of. There was a chest of flour, a chest of tea, tins of salt, even tins of butter and lard, well-sealed and air-tight.
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The children each chose what they thought they would like to take away. Sugar they wanted, and salt. The tinned butter would be splendid, and any tins of meat and fruit. Jill thought she might be able to make some rolls of bread with the flour, or, at any rate, some scones. They took tins of powdered milk too, and each child carried quite a heavy load down the narrow passages that led from the Round Cave to the shore-cave.