Thursday, July 7, 2011

Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans!

Acid 
Almond
Apple 
Avocado *NEW*
Bacon 
Bagel 
Baked Beans 
Baking Soda 
Banana 
Beanstalks 
Biscuit
Blackberry
Black Pepper 
Blackcurrant
Blueberry 
Bogey 
Broccoli  
Bread
Brown Sugar 
Brussel Sprouts
Bubble gum
Buttered popcorn
Butter 
Buttermilk 
Candy Floss 
Carrots 
Caterpillar 
Cauliflower 
Caviar 
Celery 
Centipede 
Cheese 
Cherry 
Cherry Tart 
Chewing Gum 
Chicken 
Chilli
Chocolate 
Chocolate Mousse 
Cinnamon 
Coconut 
Cod 
Coffee 
Compost 
Cookie Dough 
Copper 
Corn 
Cough medicine 
Cranberry
Cucumber 
Curry 
Custard 
Diesel 
Dirt 
Dirty Sock
Earthworm
Earwax 
Egg yolk 
Eucalyptus Leaves 
Farm dirt
Fish
Flowers 
Fried Beans 
Frog Legs
Grape jelly
Grapefruit 
Glue 
Grass
Gravy
Green apple  
Ham 
Honey 
Honeydew 
Horseradish 
Hot Sauce 
Ice Cream 
Ink 
Iron 
Kidney Beans 
Ketchup
Lamb 
Latex 
Leather
Lemon
Lemon drop 
Lettuce 
Lima Beans 
Lime 
Liver 
Lucozade 
Mango 
Maracana Nuts 
Marmalade 
Marshmallow 
Marzipan
Mashed Potatoes 
Mayonnaise 
Meatballs 
Menthol 
Milk 
Mince 
Mucous 
Mud 
Mustard 
Noodles 
Onion 
Orange 
Paint 
Paper 
Paprika 
Parsley 
Parsnips 
Pasta
Peach 
Peanuts
Pear 
Pepper 
Peppermint 
Pepperoni 
Perogies 
Petrol 
Pina Colada
Pink Grapefruit
Pizza 
Plaice 
Potato 
Prawns 
Prune 
Raisin 
Raspberry *NEW*
Roast beef
Rotten Egg 
Rubber 
Rum 
Salad Dressing 
Salmon 
Salt 
Sand 
Sardines 
Sausage 
Shampoo 
Shrimp 
Soap 
Soda Water 
Sour Cream 
Spinach 
Sprouts
Squid 
Strawberry Jelly 
Strawberry Mousse 
Sugar 
Sulphur 
Sushi
Sweetcorn 
Syrup Tartar 
Sauce 
Tea 
Thyme 
Toast 
Toe nails 
Toffee 
Tomato Ketchup 
Tripe 
Troll bogey
Trout 
Turnip 
Tutti-frutti
Vanilla 
Varnish 
Vinegar 
Vomit 
Walnuts 
Watermelon
Wildgrass 
Wood 
Worcestershire Sauce 
Yoghurt 
Zucchini

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Helga Hufflepuff



"I'll teach the lot and treat them just the same."
Helga Hufflepuff
—Professor Hufflepuff's view, unlike that of the other founders.
Professor Helga Hufflepuff was a witch of Medieval times and was one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. While the other founders chose to have special students, Hufflepuff accepted them all, but the students of her house are described as loyal and hard-working. It is unknown when she died. Helga's portrait remains at Hogwarts.

Biography
Early life
                 "... from valley broad..."
—The Sorting Hat on Hufflepuff's birthplace.
Helga Hufflepuff was born in the 10th Century and came from the broad valleys of Wales.
Founder of Hogwarts
Helga Hufflepuff was one of the four Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. She was a friend of Rowena Ravenclaw. Hufflepuff helped to build the school, and admitted students into her House that were unafraid of hard work. While the other Founders took students based on either ambition, bravery, or intelligence, Helga Hufflepuff took the rest, treating them all equally and teaching them all she knew. She brought people from different backgrounds together to help in the building of the school, and was known for her charming ways.
Helga Hufflepuff had a gift for food-related Charms, and her recipes are still used as the basis for many Hogwarts feasts. Helga Hufflepuff also arranged for the House-elf contingent to work in the kitchens, giving them somewhere safe to work where they would not be mistreated or abused.
Post-mortem
Helga Hufflepuff lent her name to one of the four Houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hufflepuff. She does not appear to have applied particularly strict standards of selection to her house, which sets her apart from the other Founders by making her an egalitarian.
One relic of Hufflepuff's, a small golden cup, had been passed down to her distant descendant Hepzibah Smith. Smith said the cup was supposed to have some magical powers, many of which she had not tested. The Cup was stolen from Smith by Tom Marvolo Riddle, who changed it into a Horcrux. The Cup was destroyed by Hermione Granger with a Basilisk fang during the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998.
The symbol of Hufflepuff house is the badger, and the colours are yellow and black.
Personality and traits
Hufflepuff favoured loyalty, honesty, fair play, and hard work. Members of her Hogwarts House usually display at least one of these traits in varying degrees. Cedric Diggory, the deceased Triwizard Tournament Champion, was one of the students who appeared to embody all four. Additionally, Hufflepuff was renowned for her compassionate nature; she took in the House Elves to work in Hogwarts Kitchen where they could work in peace and safety and while the other founders were careful in selection of students, Hufflepuff took in the rest.
Magical abilities and skills
§  Magical device inventor: Hufflepuff created a cup which, according to descendant Hepzibah Smith, had magical powers.
§  Charms: Hufflepuff was skilled with cooking charms, as many of her recipes are still used in Hogwarts.
Etymology
§  The name Helga is from Helge, from Old Norse heilagr, meaning "prosperous" or "brave." Their symbol is the badger, a large mammal related to the weasels with distinctive white stripes on its head. In Celtic mythology, a badger was a guide. The badger also can symbolize a tendency to be hard-working, strong and tenacious (sticking to something and not giving up). Hufflepuffs are known for loyalty and hard work.
§  Hufflepuff could mean "huff and puff", or blustery. "Huff" also means to breathe; "Puff" is a Medieval term for pastry.