[HPforGrownups] Arabella Figg

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 11241

A B wrote:

> we're told her house smells of cabbage
> whenever Harry stays there. Cabbage seems to be
> associated with the magic world. The Polyjuice Potion
> tastes of over-cooked cabbage, and IIRC, Snape's
> dungeon smells like cabbage, too.

It might just be that JKR doesn't particularly like the smell....forgive
me, O Brits, but cabbage isn't eaten with great regularity Over There,
is it? My husband's a Polack, we eat it a lot, but it *does* smell nasty
when cooking, so maybe it's just a handy, lots-of-people-will-identify
icky smell. Or are there traditional magical connotations I'm unaware
of?

--Amanda


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