"Conjured" food (was Re: The Nature of Galleons)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 118062



> Potioncat:
> We don't know.  Nor do we know what JKR intends when it comes to 
> food.  I think the sandwiches that McGonagall magicked were from 
the 
> kitchen.  And we were told that the plate kept refilling itself.  
> I'll bet it wasn't the first time a student(s) had to eat 
sandwiches 
> by himself/themselves while everyone else had a feast.
> 
> As for the sauce that sprayed from Molly's wand (sounding less and 
> less appitizing as I think about it) she may have summoned it from 
> somewhere else...the ultimate carry out, or it may have been 
> conjured.  

Finwitch:

Easy for kids on a diet, though - with all the fattening dishes as 
conjured, they can have all the taste, but not the fat...

Anyway, maybe all that conjured food is why James Potter kept going 
to the kitchen...

All in all, I don't think ALL the food is conjured.

As to why it's taught in transfiguration - well, thay're turning air 
into something solid. Air does consist of molecules, after all - so 
they're transfiguring some i.e. Nitrogen-molecules into say - 
sleeping bags?

Potioncat:
 
> I  wonder how parents teach kids the day to day magic if magic 
isn't 
> allowed over the holidays?  "Gee, Mum, I'd help with the dishes, 
but 
> it's against the rules." "Hey, Mum, would you do my laundry?  I'm 
> not allowed you know."
> 
> Potioncat (who would have a word or two with DD about that underage 
> magic rule!!)

Finwitch:

Oh, what fun... but:

1) Rich wizard families have house-elves to do all the chores.

2) not-so-rich wizard families - like Weasleys - seem to expect some 
chores in the Muggle way. No magic needed.

3) I certainly don't see a Muggle-born wiz. kids as really needing 
magic, they're just to do things Muggle way.

And um - I believe some, if not most of them - DO break the rule, 
possibly get a warning note, but not much more than that. (and if 
it's in a wizarding family, they do NOTHING, as they cannot tell if 
it was the kid or the parent).

And er - it's not a rule Dumbledore made up. It's a *ministry* 
Law/Decree! (and I'd like to face *them* up for quite a lot...) And I 
do think they ought to lift the ban - it's putting Harry's life at 
risk!

Finwitch