Harry: Never heard of him. Oh, well. Can we get back to looking for people I know?
Well, he sort of did, when Marvolo mentioned the Peverell coat of arms that was supposedly on the stone.
Harry: Thank you. [Lays roses on his parents’ grave] Say, if you can conjure this thing, how come you can’t conjure food or money?
There could be a law of magic that conjured organic matter, whether plant, animal or other has no nutritional content, but instead Rowling insists that food somehow can't be conjured but living things can. ARGH for lazy, unthinking writing.
but instead Rowling insists that food somehow can't be conjured but living things can
What wait?! I know they've conjured animals that are considered food in at least a few countries, some places aren't as squeamish about eating rodents as we are. Can they conjure let's an ivy plant, but not a corn stalk? Or does it mean they can't conjure any prepared food (like a plate of pasta) only? If that's they case than they can conjure food, it's just raw and they have to prepare it. That being said, wizards don't seem like the type to bother with farming (did we even see a real farmer wizard- Molly had chickens, Hagrid had a vegetable garden I think, but it couldn't be enough to support a whole school). They probably buy from muggles, or have the House-Elves laboring in the fields somewhere, is my guess.
I would think the problem with eating conjured food would be more likely that it either eventually transforms back or it doesn't have the same nutritional value
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Harry: Never heard of him. Oh, well. Can we get back to looking for people I know?
Well, he sort of did, when Marvolo mentioned the Peverell coat of arms that was supposedly on the stone.
Harry: Thank you. [Lays roses on his parents’ grave] Say, if you can conjure this thing, how come you can’t conjure food or money?
There could be a law of magic that conjured organic matter, whether plant, animal or other has no nutritional content, but instead Rowling insists that food somehow can't be conjured but living things can. ARGH for lazy, unthinking writing.
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What wait?! I know they've conjured animals that are considered food in at least a few countries, some places aren't as squeamish about eating rodents as we are. Can they conjure let's an ivy plant, but not a corn stalk? Or does it mean they can't conjure any prepared food (like a plate of pasta) only? If that's they case than they can conjure food, it's just raw and they have to prepare it.
That being said, wizards don't seem like the type to bother with farming (did we even see a real farmer wizard- Molly had chickens, Hagrid had a vegetable garden I think, but it couldn't be enough to support a whole school). They probably buy from muggles, or have the House-Elves laboring in the fields somewhere, is my guess.
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The House-Elves prepare the food for Hogwarts, but we are never told where they get it.
Wizard seem to be parasites living off muggles.
For students in their last year of school, about to become legal adults, Harry and Co. are really clueless about how to take care of themselves.
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