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Petunia’s Violet Pudding

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"Dear Mr. Potter,
We have received intelligence that a Hover Charm was used at your place of residence this evening at twelve minutes past nine."
-- Mafalda Hopkirk, Ministry of Magic (CS2)

 

"Just our nephew - very disturbed--meeting strangers upsets him, so we kept him upstairs."
-- Vernon explaining why the violet pudding was ruined (CS2).

Petunia’s Violet Pudding

A special dessert made by Harry’s Aunt Petunia Dursley, described as “a masterpiece of a pudding, the mountain of cream and sugared violets” (CS2).

 

  • It was created on Harry's 12th birthday, alas not for him but for some business acquaintances of Uncle Vernon's, a Muggle couple named Mr. and Mrs. Mason.
  • Unfortunately, Dobby the House Elf also showed up on Privet Drive that night, levitating the pudding near the ceiling before smashing it into the floor in a pile of cream. It was all part of Dobby's plan to get Harry expelled for doing underage magic at home so he wouldn't be in danger from a nefarious plot at Hogwarts planned by Lucius Malfoy, Dobby's master (CS2, CS10).
  • Harry did receive a warning from the Improper Use of Magic Office, but he was allowed to go back to school.
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Notes

In the book, the pudding is covered with edible violets dipped in sugar. In the CS movie, the violet pudding resembles a purple and green layer cake with whipped cream and cherries on top, and when it levitates has a white smoke effect underneath like a flying saucer. It is dropped on Mrs. Mason's head instead of being dumped in the floor as in the book.

Some fans have noticed that the movie pudding closely resembles a Rolling Stones album cover from 1969. Interestingly that is about the same year that Petunia and Lily met Severus Snape on the playground as children.

Pudding - Rolling Stones AlbumPetunia Pudding CS Movie

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Chamber of Secrets Chapter 2