Well, depending what the experiment is, it could make sense to have a control group, as qwerty mentioned.
On one hand, we only have 2 examples of food disagreeing with halfbloods. But on the other Megan and Sally-Anne are the ONLY two half-blood students with journals, so maybe this is happening to every halfblood at school and we just don't have a large enough sample to realize it.
Penelope doesn't seem like she'd be put off food for emotional reasons, but hers is also the only post where she talks only about a gross taste, and not about feeling ill after eating it. So it's an outlier in that way as well, and likely isn't actually related to the other two.
In fact, the effects were: Megan: tastes off, and made her "feel funny" Sally-Anne: made her stomach feel bad, no specific mention of the taste (although she says the chamomile tea later tastes terrible) Susan: says that her stomach was upset, but we know she actually ran after Hermione, so it's unclear if the stomachache was a cover or an additional reason to leave. No mention of strange taste. Penelope: says it was gross, clarifies that it was the tinned tuna (and the beige color) that made it particularly bad, no mention of feeling strange afterwards.
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Date: 2008-12-03 10:14 pm (UTC)On one hand, we only have 2 examples of food disagreeing with halfbloods. But on the other Megan and Sally-Anne are the ONLY two half-blood students with journals, so maybe this is happening to every halfblood at school and we just don't have a large enough sample to realize it.
Penelope doesn't seem like she'd be put off food for emotional reasons, but hers is also the only post where she talks only about a gross taste, and not about feeling ill after eating it. So it's an outlier in that way as well, and likely isn't actually related to the other two.
In fact, the effects were:
Megan: tastes off, and made her "feel funny"
Sally-Anne: made her stomach feel bad, no specific mention of the taste (although she says the chamomile tea later tastes terrible)
Susan: says that her stomach was upset, but we know she actually ran after Hermione, so it's unclear if the stomachache was a cover or an additional reason to leave. No mention of strange taste.
Penelope: says it was gross, clarifies that it was the tinned tuna (and the beige color) that made it particularly bad, no mention of feeling strange afterwards.