• Food and drinks Tea is a popular beverage among Britons, Muggles and magical folk alike. Read More
• Occupations Tea-boy was a job serving tea which Leonard Spencer-Moon held in the Department of Magical Accidents when he first started working at the Ministry of Magic (Pm). Read More
• Food and drinks A large rich layer cake, where some of the layers are made of cream or fruit.  … Read More
• Food and drinks The Tombstone Cake is the centrepiece on the table at Nearly Headless Nick’s Deathday Party (CS8). It is a large grey cake in a tombstone shape with black icing. Written on the cake is the inscription: Sir Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington died 31st October, 1492 It… Read More
• Magical discipline Transfiguration is magic which changes one object into another. It is possible to change inanimate objects into animate ones and vice versa. Some Transfiguration spells alter a part of something, such as changing a person’s ears from normal into rabbit ears. At Hogwarts, Transfiguration is taught by Professor McGonagall. The… Read More
• Glossary Treacle is a by-product of the sugar refining process and can vary in grade from very light Golden Syrup to Black Treacle (rather like molasses). Treacle Pudding is a plain steamed suet pudding which has warmed treacle poured over it. Treacle tart is a flat pastry case filled with treacle… Read More
• Glossary A layered dessert of sponge cake soaked in sherry, topped with chopped fruit in jelly (jello), topped with custard, topped, in turn, with whipped cream. The top of that may be decorated with angelica, glace cherries, chocolate flakes or hundreds and thousands (tiny rainbow sugar candy pieces). Read More
• Event Hermione frets about stealing the bread and eggs even though she left money to pay for the items in the chicken coop. Ron, with his mouth full of scrambled eggs on toast, tells her “‘Er—my—nee, ’oo worry ’oo much. ‘Elax!” (DH14)… Read More
• Glossary The stomach of a cow or ox, eaten as a dish. Yes, it is disgusting. Tripe is also used to mean nonsense as well as the wonderful gliding food. Read More