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| Tripe | |
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Stomach of a cow or ox |
- "Tripe, Sybill?"
- —Minerva McGonagall in 1993[src]
Tripe is the stomach of a cow or ox, it is eaten as a dish. Tripe is also used to mean nonsense as well as the food.
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Bertie Botts Every Flavoured BeansEdit
- "- you know you get all the ordinary ones like chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you can get spinach and liver and tripe."
- —Ronald Weasley to Harry Potter[src]
Tripe is one of the many flavours in the wizarding product, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans according to Ronald Weasley. He thinks that tripe is a disgusting flavour. [1]
1993Edit
In 1993, tripe was served at the Great Hall at the Staff Table. Minerva McGonagall both offered Sybill Trelawney tripe as well as using tripe as a comment on Trelawney's previous remark.[2]
1997Edit
- "Before we start, I want your Dementor essays. And I hope for your sake they are better than the tripe I had to endure on resisting the Imperius Curse."
- —Severus Snape insulting the previous homework of the N.E.W.T class.[src]
In the 1996–1997 school year, Professor Snape insulted his Defence Against the Dark Arts class about their essays on resisting the Imperius Curse, calling it tripe.
Behind the scenesEdit
- Tripe is J. K. Rowling's least favourite food.[3]
AppearancesEdit
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Notes and referencesEdit
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter. 6
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter. 11
- ↑ Harry Potter Reading Club live webchat, 11 October 2012 (source here)
