SC - Every-Flavor Beans and Other Wizard Treats

[Michael F. Gunter]

Susan Fox-Davis wrote:
 
> In the place of Every Flavour Beans I bought the 39-flavor mixed Jelly Belly
> beans, which come in a dizzying variety of taste treats whilst omitting the
> dangers of earwax and lasagne flavors.

Lasagne, eh? I knew I forgot something...
 
> Butter Beer I'm still contemplating.  OK, it's suitable for serving to minors,
> but gets house-elves tipsy, and can be served hot or cold.  "Butter" sounds like
> an unlikely ingredient for a water-soluble brew, but possibly that's a reference
> to the color?  When I get the time [after Iron Chef], perhaps I will put
> something together with root beer and butter/butterscotch extracts in fizzy
> water.

Emulsifiers, my friend, emulsifiers. I'm thinking of a sweet milk stout
mulled with a hot iron, with a pat of butter swirled in. I don't
remember if butter beer is warm or cool, but since even cool beer in
Britain isn't very cold, this could work. On the other hand, there is a
moderately common (normally undesirable) by-product of the fermentation
of top-fermented ales, which makes the ale taste of butter, some kind of
volatile ester. Maybe Rowlings is a home brewer.
 
> Most of the other foods mentioned in the Harry books has been pretty standard
> English fare, with the occasional twist.  Did you notice that the Yorkshire
> Pudding gave Ron a North Country dialect for the next few lines?

I missed that, I'll have to go back. Which book is it in?

Adamantius (fourth-book deprived until next week)
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