It's a Typo! (was: Re: Inquiring minds want to know: violet pudding)

[Haggridd]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Amy Z" <aiz24 at h...> wrote:
> Hi!  You Brits up for another food question?
> 
> Exactly what is the nature of a violet pudding?  Is there violet 
> flavoring throughout, or does it just mean there are a few sugared 
> violets on top, or what?  (While we're at it, I know pudding has a 
> different meaning there but I still don't know exactly what it is, 
> except that it includes suet a bit more than I consider quite 
> healthful.  Is it a generic term for any dessert whatsoever?)
> 
> In US coo-zine, violets are strictly limited to a few candied ones 
on 
> desserts baked by Julia Child, or possibly fresh ones sprinkled onto 
> a salad at a very overpriced restaurant.
> 
> Amy Z
> who will now get 50 posts from her fellow Americans telling her 
about 
> other times they've eaten violets

It's a typo, Amy.  JKR really meant to write "violent pudding,"  an 
irascible sort of dessert that smashes to the ground in the presence 
of House-Elves.

Haggridd