Beviset finns i pudding (ha!)
“Without any supper?” said Snape, a triumphant smile flickering across his gaunt face. “I didn’t think ghosts provided food fit for living people at their parties.”
“Now, Ron, the Sorting’s much more important than food,” said Nearly Headless Nick as “Madley, Laura!” became a Hufflepuff.
“ ’Course it is, if you’re dead,” snapped Ron.
Varför finns det mat på Nicks dödsfest? Eftersom det är en fest. Maten är dock mögelaktig och äcklig, inte menat att de ätas av levande människor.
“Can you taste it if you walk through it?” Harry asked him.
“Almost,” said the ghost sadly, and he drifted away.