The Extraordinary Apothecary at Hogwarts

While speaking, there was a slight wave of magic power a few feet away from the door, followed by the sound of the air being forcibly unscrewed.

"Dudu! I was thinking about when you will come back!" Sissy smiled and stepped forward, holding Dudu's cheeks with both hands and squeezed inward, then grabbed her cold hand and folded it in her palm cover up.

Dudu couldn't hold back her sudden enthusiasm, her mochi-like round face turned red, her big ears drooped and pressed against her cheeks, and she began to speak incoherently, "I... I, I, I, I just went to sweep Wentiantai. "

"Clara told me just now, hurry up and warm up by the fireplace. In such a cold season, the observatory is very windy. You have to use magic to protect yourself...Eh? Your hands are not cold at all."

Without using any magic, the temperature of the little hand climbed up, and soon became warmer than Sissy's palm.

Sissy let go of her hand in surprise.

Shyness does cause body temperature to rise, but I didn't expect the elf's body temperature to be so significant.

But Dudu is probably a very rare phenomenon, and her appearance and way of speaking are also quite different from other elves, perhaps due to a genetic mutation.

"Huh," Dudu took a breath and his complexion gradually returned to normal, "What do I need to do?"

Clara: "She said she wanted to celebrate Professor Snape's birthday."

Sissy nodded, and then shook her head slightly, "Yes, I plan to learn how to cook a few dishes, but I'm not sure which one to choose. The professor's mind is too difficult to guess, so I just ask without telling."

Dudu tilted his head, "In fact, other professors have more or less expressed their preferences. For example, Professor Flitwick likes pear juice soda with ice and umbrella snails, and Professor Dumbledore likes lemon sherbet. We always add an extra spoonful of sugar to his portion.

But in these years, only when you were on bed rest, Professor Snape came to ask us about dietary requirements, hey, but that has nothing to do with what he likes. "

"Yes, the professor seems to treat everything he doesn't dislike equally, as if it doesn't matter, and nothing can make him happy."

"It stands to reason that even if you're not a picky eater, you should have something you like more." Dudu leaned into her ear and whispered, "I'll tell you a secret, sometimes I hide and quietly observe the students' expressions on new dishes. , so that I can know how to improve it next, you can try it too, you can always find it.”

Sissy took a sip from the hot cup, "I've tried it, such as black tea, traditional Victorian black tea, rose and green orange, cherry and raspberry, chestnut milk tea...a lot of variety to try one by one Passed by without capturing any particular feedback."

"Well... pay more attention to details, such as the number of times you choose to use the fork on the same dish in a row, and the small change in expression when you just eat it."

When talking about his expertise, Dudu's tone gradually became excited.

"I tried my best, really," Sissy lowered her eyes and pouted her lips, "it's definitely more careful than observing the filamentous cryptic patterns of Amanita amanita and Pseudomonas amanita .”

Dudu seemed to have heard some amazing words, his eyes widened, "Wow, so you treat Professor Snape like a poisonous mushroom?"

Sissy:? ? ?

What's going on with this out-of-the-ordinary thinking?

"For example, it's just an example! Don't go out and talk nonsense. Why don't you go invisible during meal time and help observe?" Sissy stuffed a piece of nut shortbread into Dudu's mouth.

"No, how can I... absolutely not to spy on the professor," Dudu lowered his head and kept poking his left and right index fingers, "And my invisibility is still effective against the students, go to Professor Snape's place It must have been spotted right away."

"Oh, I can't help it, how about grilled salmon with herbs and dill butter sauce," Sissy covered her mouth with her fingertips, "and French stuffed pigeon legs!"

Then, hey, why do you only think about the main course and side dishes, and finally there is the cake, and there must be something refreshing in front of it.

"Alternatively, I would like to choose the Southern Fanis salad and veal consommé."

Dudu laughed out loud, "These...are you like to eat at all?"

"Hey, it's okay." Sissy rolled up her sleeves with great enthusiasm, "Come on, I will eat it myself if I failed, and I will never waste it."

"Then I guess you'll have to eat the soup until you're full." Dudu got into the cupboard with his small body, and after a while, he even pulled out half a cow.

"Did a lot of traceless stretching spells be used here? It's so good!" Sissy leaned over to look, and threw a fluorescent flash into Hei Qiuqiu's cabinet.

Good guy, even if you don't go out to buy ingredients, you can eat it for several months.

It's nice to be prepared.

Sissy withdrew her gaze, and looked at the cow on the ground with her mouth tightly pursed, "Uh, Dudu, don't you think—my failure times must be so many that I used up half a cow!"

Although she has little experience in cooking, this is too exaggerated.

"The clear soup is only made from beef shank." Dudu stretched out his finger and drew a bright arc under the kneecap, "The shank meat will not be greasy. If there is too much oil, you can't make a clear soup. Then, use onions, celery, and carrots." for flavor."

Dudu let the vegetables line up to the faucet to wash them clean, and piled them next to the chopping board, forming three small fortresses.

"Peel the carrots and remove the heads and tails, cut them into four pieces lengthwise, remove the roots and leaves of the celery, peel off the dry skin of the onions and cut them in half."

Sissy looked at the round pile of onions in front of her, and decisively put a head-soaking spell on herself, as if a spherical goldfish bowl was placed upside down on her head, and the little elf who was watching behind her covered her mouth and snickered.

"Where is the most likely to cause problems when cooking clear soup?" Sissy asked while chopping vegetables.

"Of course it is to remove impurities. This is irreplaceable by spells and a single filter. The impurities are too small. After the cold water is placed in the pot, the temperature is controlled to rise gradually, and the particles in the soup will condense and float. If the temperature is handled properly, it will Condenses other small impurities in the soup and makes the soup crystal clear."

"So that's it, I just happen to be good at temperature control!" Sissy stopped her hands, "So I think so many may be enough, you see, the knife skills are not bad."

For a process that has never been done, you must try several times to find the feel to achieve the expected effect.

It will be much more convenient if there is gelatin, and it can even ensure a one-time success.

Sissi had seen a filter method used by a German scientist before, which can form a fine network structure under the condition of close to 0 degrees, which can filter out impurities such as fat and protein almost perfectly, and allow salt to pass through smoothly.

Here, there's no such thing as gelatin, and the texture of Flobber's slime is relatively close.

It's a pity, if you really pour the insect slime into the soup, the taste won't be right...