Arabella Figg & cabbage

[Debbie McLain <debmclain@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 49790

Okay, okay. Maybe I'm a dork. I have followed the posts about Mrs. 
Figg and the polyjuice potion. I never really agreed with it. Why 
would someone do that for 13+ years? And what about the person they 
are polyjuicing? Where are they "locked up"? It just didn't make 
sense.

However, I just read something on http://www.the-leaky-
cauldron.net/blogger.shtml --- the "other" leaky cauldron, mind you. 
It's a theory about Arabella Figg and cabbage.

In SS/PS,  About Mrs. Figg's house: "Harry hated it there. The whole 
house smelled of cabbage.."

Again, SS/PS, "Then they visited the Apothecary, which was 
fascinating enough to make up for its horrible smell, a mixture of 
bad eggs and rotted cabbage."

In CoS, "Pinching his nose, Harry drank the potion down in two large 
gulps. It tasted like overcooked cabbage."

I know there have been repeated posts about Mrs. Figg and the 
polyjuice potion, but perhaps I missed the post regarding the 
cabbage? JK either is blatantly telling us something here, or she 
just can't stand the smell of cabbage.... and I'm willing to bet on 
her prowess as a writer.

I am now a convert. I believe in the polyjuice!Figg theory now. 

-Debbie