[HPforGrownups] Food and Figg

[Cristina Rebelo Angelo]

No: HPFGUIDX 56600



> When a wizard conjures food, he is conjuring a temporary
> illusion.  It may fool all the senses, but once eaten will still
> leave the consumer hungry.  If this theory holds true in the HP
> universe, then magical conjuring is nothing more than an
> illusion, which is why you can't magic textbooks, food, clothing,
> etc. out of thin air.  It would all be temporary.  So when Mrs.
> Weasley, or the house elves, or anybody, is making food appear,
> they are making it appear from somewhere, not nowhere.
>
>
> Zach

Me:

In Hogwarts, the food is conjured up from the kitchen, where the elves are
busy most of the time preparing it. I believe this has been mentioned either
about a month ago, or in the H-files.

Actually, I remember wondering why didn't the Weasleys conjure up stuff, and
maybe they could, by stealing it somewhere - but they're just not that kind
of people... And the one image that has always stuck to my mind is that of
Mrs. W angry at the twins, waving her wand, and making the potatoes unpeel
themselves so fast she has to go fish for them all over the kitchen (GoF,
because of the sweet they 'forgot' behind at the Dursleys...) She doesn't
conjure them up, she uses magic to prepare them...

Also, why don't they conjure away the pesty little creatures in their
garden? Because it's funnier to throw them away? (Can imagine the twins
stopping Mr. W from waving them away with his wand, just so they can have a
bit of sport and fun :-)

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