[HPforGrownups] Food in wizarding world

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 76413

Kim:
> This is an insignificant point, but one that has been nibbling away
> in my mind since my first reading of the first book.  I wonder about
> how wizards procure their food.  Do they have grocery stores or
> markets?  We don't hear about any markets in Diagon Alley (that I can

Travelling over long distances doesn't seem to be a problem for the denizens
of the WW so my mental picture is of them having some sort of farmers'
markets to which the local wizards apparate, floo, fly, come on the bus, or
whatever to pick up their groceries.

More exotic things - well, there has to be some sort of import/export trade
going on, not only for foodstuffs but also for more esoteric things like
magical ingredients and the like. Possibly those sorts of things _are_ sold
in Diagon Alley.

The cultural ignorance that most wizards have of the muggle world leads me
to think that those who don't have a foot in both camps (through parentage
or marriage) would be totally lost if they tried popping down to Tescos!

> adding another potato to the soup.  I don't remember there being any
> livestock at the Burrow, from the canon descriptions.  How do they
> put such copious amounts of food on the table?

They have chickens. They also have a large garden and a paddock walking
distance away - so maybe they produce quite a lot of their own food.

Cheers

Ffred

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