Snape eating or not eating

[Florentine Maier]

No: HPFGUIDX 68630

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jean Lamb" <tlambs1138 at c...> 
wrote:
> We are told that Snape is never seen eating (at least by Harry) at 
12
> Grimmauld Place. There are several possible reasons for this:
> 
> 1) The vampire or part/vampire hypothesis. I lean towards 
part/vampire,
> myself--it would have been difficult for him to conceal it while 
young and a
> student at Hogwarts, and at least two Gryffindors would have found
> themselves with severe iron deficiency soon after the Worst Memory 
incident
> (at least Black would have following the Prank). One can theorize 
that a
> part vampire may never know it if they never consume human blood--
but if
> Voldemort knew of Snape's ancestry and wanted to turn him, this 
could have
> been arranged. Once Voldemort was 'dead', Snape might not have 
needed blood
> on a regular basis, or simply taken his beefsteak _very_ rare. But 
once
> Voldemort arose again, Snape might have felt a certain amount of 
hunger for
> blood once more. (This could lead to him teaching Potions _after_ a
> good&juicy death scene. Given how far north Hogwarts is compared to 
say,
> most of the States, this could be managed with late afternoon/early 
evening
> classes).

When I read about Snape not eating at Grimauld Place, I found it VERY 
suspicious. Looks like a case of J.K.Rowlings putting in clues to 
me... Snape is a part-vampire, I feel it in my toes..

However, I was alwas imagining that Snape could eat at Hogwarts 
because he got specially prepared food there. Possibliy only 
Dumbledore and the house-elfs who prepare his food at Hogwarts know 
about his "special condition". They make his meals look like the 
other people's and slip them in discretely.

Florentine