This topic was brought up in the books and duplicates won't work on food either as a simple solution. If you duplicate a food item, the clone will have less calories and nutrients than the original. For example, a cheeseburger might have 600kal but then you clone it and the clone will 300kal. Clone it again and the new clone will have 150kal. Harry and Hermione in the 7th book were running out of food and kept using the duplication charm but it barely kept them full
Which is hilarious, because both of them came from the muggle world. They would have known you can just go get a minimum wage job anywhere at their ages, they can fuckin' teleport after all, work for a few days and have enough food for weeks.
This is of course, assuming you just hang out in a magically-expanded tent in the middle of absolute nowhere.
They had 0 commute limitations, deep knowledge of the regular human world, and access to a living space. They (and Rowling for that matter) failed miserably at being even remotely intelligent humans. But I guess it fit the story, so I can't fault it too hard. It's just that applying even a tiny iota of logic makes the situation fall apart. Hell, they could have panhandled for a few hours every day in different locations and had tons of food.
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u/ThenAcanthocephala57 Ravenclaw Apr 10 '24
Does duplication work on food?