Q for Harry Potter superfans

[Andabottleofrum]

DS is halfway through reading the first HP book. He hasn’t seen the movie.

We live abroad, and are visiting UK in summer. We were talking about food we want to try, and he mentioned the lemon thing from Harry Potter.

All I could get out of him was- it was before Harry went to Hogwarts and was still with the Dursleys. Or maybe before he went to the Dursleys and he was a baby and there was a cat.

So… does anyone have any idea what this
lemon thing is or do I need to read the book myself??

Dumbledore likes lemon sherbet sweets

Sherbet lemon. It's a somewhat old fashioned sweet, but readily available.

Sherbet lemon sweets!

As everyone else has said, it will be Sherbet Lemons. They are a hard bolied sweet.

Maybe a sherbet lemon? (Seems to be referred to as a lemon drop in American sources). Dumbledore mentions it in the 1st book as a sweet he is fond of.

Sherbet lemons are a type of boiled sweet with a fizzy sherbet centre.

That didn’t take long! Thank you all so much! Next Q- are these easily available to buy?

I am actually English but have been away a long time..!

Yep you can buy them in any supermarket and most corner shops etc as well as sweet shops.

Like this (other brands available)

Could also be the lemon lolly Harry has while at the zoo for Dudley's birthday

He has a lemon ice lolly

Yes - my first thought too

Lemonade ice lollies are also easily available.

I’ll have to ask DS, but I’m sure he’ll be happy try both!

You can get R Whites lemon ice lollies almost everywhere. They are very lemony.

depending on where you’re visiting you can go to an old fashioned sweet shop, where you can choose your sweets from lots of huge jars and then get them measured out. They will definitely have sherbet lemons!

DS will be so pleased, thanks all!

Sherbet lemons probably for sale at King's Cross Station platform 9 1/2

It's the lemon ice lolly he gets on the trip to the zoo.

Doubt he'd have said 'lemon thing' if it was the ice lolly. Most places have ice lollies, including lemon flavour, and with an English mother he'll have heard the term 'ice lolly' even if they're called something else where he lives.

Sherbet lemons are much more mysterious if you weren't raised in a place that has them.

Oooh lemonade sparkle ice lollies, remember them?

It was a "cheap lemon ice lolly". Nothing exotic!

Is English his second language, or is his book in another language?

Because it may be something different, if he's having a hard time explaining.