Tripe

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Tripe is the stomach of a cow or ox, it is eaten as a dish.^[2]

History

Tripe was one of the many flavours in the wizarding product, Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans. Ron Weasley thought that tripe was a disgusting flavour.^[3]

On 25 December 1993, Christmas Day, tripe was served in the Great Hall at the High Table. Minerva McGonagall offered Sybill Trelawney some tripe, additionally humorously commenting on her absurd predictions she had just made as a double entendre (as "tripe" also means nonsense).^[1]

Behind the scenes

• Tripe is J. K. Rowling's least favourite food.^[4]
• "Tripe" seems also to be the surname of a wizarding Pure-blood family, since a Magenta Tripe was known to marry Licorus Black sometime in the 19th century.
• "Tripe" is also a British adjective meaning nonsense. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Severus Snape calls his student's essays "tripe".^[5]

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (First appearance)
• Pottermore
• Harry Potter (website)

Notes and references

Meals served in the Great Hall
Feasts
Start-of-Term Feast · Hallowe'en feast · Christmas feast · Welcoming Feast · Leaving Feast
Foods
Breakfast	Bacon · Cornflakes · Eggs · Egg on toast · Fried egg · Hard-boiled egg · Kipper · Orange juice · Porridge · Roll · Sausage · Toast
Main course	Arbroath smokies · Bacon and steak · Black pudding · Bouillabaisse · Bread · Breadsticks · Casserole · Chicken leg · Chicken noodle soup · Cornish pasty · Crown roast · Cucumber sandwich · Happy Fish Grill · Lamb chop · Pork chops · Roast chicken · Roast beef · Sandwich · Sausage · Sausage roll · Shepherd's pie · Singing Hot Pot · Steak · Steak and kidney pie · Steak and kidney pudding · Stew · Tripe · Yorkshire pudding
Sauces and spreads	Butter · Jam · Ketchup · Gravy
Vegetables and side dishes	Baked pumpkin · Boiled potato · Carrots · Chips · Corn · Cucumber · Natto · Fried tomato · Mashed potato · Onion · Peas · Sprouts
Desserts, fruits, and drinks	Apple · Apple pie · Boisterous Biscuit Sandy · Blancmange · Chocolate eclair · Chocolate gateau · Custard tart · Grapes · Hogwarts celebration cake (2011 special event only) · Ice cream · Doughnut · Flappy Jack · Jelly · Marshmallows and crumpets · Mint humbug · Pumpkin juice · Pumpkin tart · Rice pudding · Shortbread cookies · Singing Sunrise · Spotted dick · Strawberries · Sugar Bomb-Bombs · Swiss rolls · Treacle tart · Trifle
Christmas specialties
Chipolata · Christmas pudding · Christmas cake · Cranberry sauce · Egg-nog · Roast turkey