| |
Bertie
Botts Every Flavor Beans
Bertie
Botts Every Flavor Beans are a risky treat for muggles
and magicians
alike. They look like regular jelly
beans but some of them taste like
things most irregular, such as ear wax, liver and even vomit. Ugh
gross!
The world first heard about Bertie Botts Every Flavor
Beans from the author of Harry Potter, JK Rowling, in her first book, Harry Potter and the
Sorcerer’s Stone. In one scene Ron
Weasley
warns newbie
wizard Harry Potter about the risks involved in eating the beans.
 Ron
says, “You want to be careful with those. When they say every flavor,
they mean every
flavor - you know you get all the ordinary ones like
chocolate and peppermint and marmalade, but then you can get spinach
and liver and tripe. George reckons he had a bogey-flavoured one once.”
(Left: Rupert
Grint as Ron Weasley in the 2001 movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone)
CLICK HERE to read about Ron and other prominent Harry Potter characters
Despite
(or more likely because of) the risk of eating something utterly
revolting, Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans are the most popular
wizarding treat in Rowling’s magical world.
A man called
Bertie Bott
invented the candy in 1935. While trying to make tasty
sweets that tasted like tasty foods he accidentally made ones that
tasted like smelly socks instead. Realizing the appeal of such a high-risk
treat, he decided to develop this unique candy, which went on to be
marketed with the slogan:
"Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans - A Risk With Every Mouthful!"
Indeed.
The
beans appear in the Harry
Potter books, movies and video games. They
are sold in bags and small striped boxes and come in 149 flavors, which
include the following (the only ones mentioned in the books): baked
bean, booger,
chocolate, coconut, coffee, curry, ear wax, grass, liver, marmalade,
pepper, peppermint, sardine, spinach, sprouts, strawberry, toast,
toffee, tripe, vomit
 "Ah!
Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans! I
was most unfortunate in my youth to come across a vomit-flavored one.
And since then, I'm afraid I've lost my liking for them. But I think I
could be safe with a nice toffee... Hum! Alas! Earwax."
Albus
Dumbledore in Harry
Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
(Left: Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore in the 2001 movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's
Stone)
The
good news for us muggles is that we can buy Bertie Botts Every Flavor
Beans in our world too. The Jelly
Belly company sells about 30 selected
flavors in bags and boxes, just like in the series. Flavors include
horseradish, booger, earwax, dirt, vomit, earthworm, spinach, soap and
rotten eggs. Are you brave enough to try them?!
RETURN HOME from
Bertie Botts Every Flavor Beans to read more about the top 100 fantasy
books and top 100 fantasy movies of all time
|
