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[alt_hydra]

Things I very much like to eat
Toast or rolls with butter and jam
Toast with beans
Mashed potato (not too lumpy or runny)
Eggs
Sandwiches with egg and cress, or cheese and cucumber
Rice (without herbs)
Cheese and onion pie
Carrots
Fruit
Porridge with honey
Chips
Pumpkin, tomato, or potato soup
Bubble and squeak
Cakes, biscuits, tarts, and chocs
Pan haggerty


Things I will eat if I have to
Peas
Mushrooms
Swede
Tomatoes
Lettuce
Roasted beetroot
Red cabbage (not green)
Onion soup


Things I don't like to eat
Beef
Chicken
Pork
Prawns
Fish
Kidneys
Broccoli
Turnips
Black pudding
Spinach
Aubergine
Smelly cheese

Comments

[alt_rodolphus]

Well, at least I see some improvement from a few years ago, when you regularly turned down tomatoes and beets. But then we used to get meat into you if it was tucked into a pie, and now it seems you won't even eat it at all.

What are those words you've crossed out? Something to do with sweet foods? Crossing them out suggests that you're letting the compulsion affect even your thoughts about sweets. See if you can overcome that, Duckie.

[alt_hydra]

I still don't like the way that tomatoes look, with so many seeds, but they taste nicer than I remember. Swe Almost sweet.

I'd rather not eat meat. Do I have to?

Cakes. Tarts. I can do it but it takes concentration. Just like how I can bite into a biscuit now and even chew it a little...but then I can't seem to stop myself from spitting it out.

From,
Hydra

[alt_rodolphus]

Funny thing, that. When you stop eating so many sugary foods, your palate starts to notice the natural sweetness in something like a tomato or a beet.

If you really don't want to eat meat, you'll have to be sure to eat plenty of eggs and beans, and lots of veg, too. Otherwise, you'll be living on nothing but bread and potato. That's what they feed the muggles in the camps, you know, when they are able to spare them any non-transfigured foods. It's something to subsist on, but it's not something to grow on.

As for eating the biscuit, remember that the chewing is what's actually bad for your teeth, so you've already got past the worst part. Swallowing it down will come in time.



Duckie, I should tell you that your Mummy has decided she wants a nice dinner at home tonight. She hasn't had a decent meal in weeks, so we'll be having her favourite.

[alt_hydra]

Beef Wellington? What should I do?

From,
Hydra

[alt_rodolphus]

You'll have to get creative, Duckie.

In better news, the healers sent word this morning that your Uncle is starting to have moments of consciousness, which means that the curse has almost run its course. Hopefully, he'll be back to his old self soon enough.

[alt_hydra]

I guess I will.

That is better news. Can we have him over right away?

From,
Hydra

[alt_rodolphus]

As soon as he feels up to it.

Now, it's coming on lunch time. Are you alright on your own, or shall I come up?

[alt_hydra]

I'm alright on my own.

After hearing you and Uncle Lucius talk I know how busy you are with the important artefacts.

Does the Head Girl keep working after you come up at night?

From,
Hydra

[alt_rodolphus]

No, she goes home to her parents. Or perhaps to her boyfriend. And you can simply call her Miss Sandoval, as she's no longer Head Girl.

[alt_hydra]

Do you think Miss Sandoval is scary?

People at school did, but I didn't much.

From,
Hydra

[alt_rodolphus]

I confess I do find her scary, but likely for entirely different reasons than your classmates.

Now Ducks, go have a grand time in the garden and I'll check in with you before supper, alright?