Florian Fortescue: (was: Peeves / Lily / Slytherins / Ice Cream / ...)

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 176623

---  "Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)" <catlady at ...> wrote:
...
> 
> Jen wrote in 
> <http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/176319>:
> 
> << there wasn't even any *ice cream* anymore for 
> crying out loud! >>

> Catlady:
> 
> It's tragic that Florian Fortescue was captured by the
> enemy (and presumably tortured before being killed), 
> but saying there was no ice cream anymore is a bit of
> an exageration. There would still be home-made ice 
> cream from householdy witches like Molly and Andromeda, 
> or householdy wizards I suppose, and House Elves could
> make even gourmet ice cream like Florian's.
> 

bboyminn:

Sorry...Florian Fortescue captured and killed? I was
under the impression that Mr. Fortescue's fate was
unknown, with the only hint being that he might have 
closed up shop and fled for the duration of the war.

And that is exactly what I prefer to believe, that
he simply fled for whatever reason; perhaps he had
muggle-born relatives. Or perhaps, he realized what
the wizard world would be like if Voldemort won,
and figured he could sell ice cream anywhere in the
world. 

Personally, I suspect he visited relatives in Italy
and spend the duration making fine Italian gelato 
and Italian ice. 

Extending this, I prefer to think he came back after
Voldemort's defeat and opened up shop again. So...
ICE CREAM FOR EVERYONE! WOO-HOO!

Steve/bboyminn