Potions, Yuck?

[Milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 26412

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Mindy C.L." <mindyatime at j...> wrote:
> I am quite repulsed by the list of ingredients that go into the 
various
> potions Snape brews with his students. Are these things actually 
DRUNK by
> the students or are they applied topically to surfaces of whatever 
needs
> to be affected? Can you imagine downing something containing dragon
> liver, bat spleen, rat brain, crocodile heart, leech juice, 
boomslang
> skin, powdered beetles, and mashed caterpillars??? EEEE YEWWWW!!!
> ________________________________________________________________

Hmmm...then I guess you don't eat sausages or hot dogs ;-)

Seriously though, the US FDA (Food and Drug Administration to 
non-USAers) allows certain "safe" percentages of beetles, grubs and 
other insects in foodstuffs like flour, grains and products made from 
those items.

Not to mention, some foods are produced by little critters: cheese 
contains molds, yogurt contains "live bacteria", honey is essentially 
bee vomit. 

Some foods and foodstuffs aren't even "processed" to remove bacterial 
growth, such as some ciders and home-goods from farm stands. The Amish 
community uses "night soil" (human feces and urine) and raw 
(non-sterilized) manure to fertilize their crops...talk about 
"organic"! 

I imagine that while the ingredients in the potions are gross; they've 
also been boiled in some kind of liquid or have been heated to 
temperatures that inactivate the "little buggies".


Milz