[HPforGrownups] Re: Dietary Needs at Hogwarts.

[Doreen]

No: HPFGUIDX 12629


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Amy Z 
  To: HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 12:38 PM
  Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Dietary Needs at Hogwarts.


  > Speaking of food at Hogwarts, in PS/SS Chapter 10 (Halloween), at 
  the
  > evening's dinner (before the troll was discovered) it says "The 
  feast
  > appeared suddenly on the golden plates, as it had at the 
  start-of-term
  > banquet."  Which implies that the food does not appear suddenly the 
  rest of
  > the time.  

  In the food descriptions (you're right, there are a lot) JKR sometimes 
  shows the trio helping themselves/each other from serving dishes.  I 
  picture a family-style arrangement:  each table has serving dishes 
  along it with various foods, people help themselves, as opposed to 
  cafeteria-style.  The contrast at the abovementioned feasts is that 
  the food appears magically on the individual plates, rather than in 
  the serving bowls as it usually does.

  Amy Z

  At the start-of-the-term banquet, it says, The dishes in front of him were now piled with food....Harry piled his plate with a bit of everything except the peppermints and began to eat. SS-7

  Maybe JKR is using the term, "plate" meaning dinner plate in some places and serving plate/platter in others?

  Doreen



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