[Sca-cooks] Harry Potter munchies

[Michael Gunter]

>This can't be right -- they have to be stackable. From PoA5 (p. 79 in the 
>Scholastic edition): ". . . she handed Harry a large stack of Cauldron 
>Cakes." There's another stack of them in GoF11. My guess (from the analogy 
>of the names) is that these might be like Welsh griddle cakes, or something 
>similarly firm for eating as finger food. If cooked in a cauldron, they 
>might cooked in deep fat rather than on a greased surface.

Or a sweet type of naan. So they are cooked stuck to the sides
of the cauldron like a tandoori. When it's magic, the cauldron can
be as hot as you want.

>They must have misread. These are pasties, not just any kind of pastries. I 
>don't know of any "canonical" description. My best guess is flaky pastry 
>wrapped around punkin chunks with sugar and spice, possibly mixed with 
>other fruits and/or veggies.

True. I would expect them to be more like the pumpkin empanadas
so popular in Mexican shops.

>Alex Clark/Henry of Maldon

Gunthar

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