Chapter 358 Privileges And New Challenges
Cooking, in Elina's opinion, is an art no less than magic.
Unlike most of the simple and crude ways of eating ingredients, human civilization has long attempted to process ingredients, seeking ways and methods to make food tastier, more appealing, and more nutritious.
With the memory of food in her soul, the conventional vegetable plants grown in the Hogwarts vegetable garden alone cannot pose difficulties for Elina, as long as it is an edible existence in the normal category; it is usually processed by roasting, boiling, steaming, frying, sautéing, cold mixing, ground into sauce...
What is a gourmet at the top of the food chain? If she cannot even handle this small scene, Elina will not have the confidence or energy to extend the devil's claws to the broader world of magical animals and magical plants.
Of course, Elina is not in a hurry at the moment. After all, she has not fully inspired the desire for food from the Hogwarts students. If she appears too soon, it is likely to provoke some more challenging magical circles. Surely, smaller.
If horseradish manages to seize the opportunity time and time again, it will have less room to play in the future.
Only when the wave of Hogwarts' food culture spreads, it will be the best time for her to truly show her powers. The so-called law does not blame the public. Even the most important wizards in the world can't stop everyone from eating, right?
At the same time, Hermione and Hannah huddled at the edge of the Hufflepuff long table, whispering as they watched Elena, who they saw fall into a vacant smile every day.
"What should we do? At this rate, let alone the other houses, if we keep tasting such strange dishes every day, we will surely gain weight! Especially Slytherin's dish style is truly terrible, cilantro and durian, why are such diabolical plants in this world!"
As true tasters of Elena, today at breakfast, Hermione and Hannah had tasted all the new dishes that the academy would have in the kitchen today.
Of course, it includes both the delicious and beautiful small dishes on the faculty seats, as well as the terrible dark dishes like grilled durian egg tart and cilantro now displayed on the Slytherin table...
Facing the terrible smell of the food, Hermione had planned to escape, but before she could turn around, Elena, who was in a "Hellish Chef" state, grabbed her arm and fed her with the inexplicable and evil existence.
You have to know that as a gourmet who was once on the brink of death in a past life, even in front of her two wings, Elena will not be indulgent at all. Any food waste will only unleash the "hell" of feeding.
"But Hermione, I don't dislike cilantro and durian," Hannah shrugged.
Hermione's face hardened, and she suddenly remembered that Hanna had finished all the durian and cilantro tart that she hadn't finished...
"...That's because you haven't realized how bad they are yet. The problem now is not that, but that we must unite and persuade Elena when necessary, so she doesn't play in the kitchen."
"Granger, we can't help Elena alone."
Hannah calmly caressed Hermione's head and said seriously, "Did you forget her performance in the field this weekend? Once in the kitchen, it's her territory. Unless we both think a dish doesn't taste good, Elena will always be right."
"No, I still think it's unreasonable."
Hermione shook her head and continued to argue to persuade Hanna, "Elena is the chef, how can she be one of the judges, these dishes were originally made according to her ideas..."
"But there's no one else but us," Hanna said helplessly.
"Otherwise, go and ask Elena if there is anyone else in Slytherin or Ravenclaw. Is there anyone else who can be recognized by Elena?"
According to the agreement between Dumbledore and Elena, to ensure fairness and objectivity, the wizard who is entitled to taste the food and sign can only be one person per house.
This is also to prevent a situation where any house clouds the conscience in order to attack other houses.
It's just that Elena's current food testing team has only two people.
Considering the fact that the exotic plants in Slytherin and Ravenclaw are all fruits, it seems to the teachers that it is acceptable to at least reach the minimum number of people who can complete the voting.
"That's true, mainly because there are no other people. Elena is such a proud person that she wouldn't be willing to let too many unrelated people enter the kitchen."
Hermione nodded and did not insist.
After all, Hermione has reservations about some of the dishes made by Elena. But overall, as one of the major interests, she doesn't have much to complain about.
You know, the level of the meals she enjoys now is of the same standard as in the Hufflepuff House.
The comparison at breakfast may not be so obvious, but from lunch onwards, the style of the Hufflepuff Academy is very different. Beef Wellington, Caesar salad, borscht, braised beef, sautéed dragon fish, fried autumnal sunflower...
From any point of view, it is much better than eating more Gryffindor potatoes.
And on the other hand, although Elena has always behaved much, it seems that she can talk to everyone, and there is no arrogance.
But slightly smarter wizards can see that it is not an easy task to really enter the small group recognized by Elena Caslana.
Not only Elena, but also Hermione and Hannah have a trace of pride in themselves.
That's why Hannah must join the beginner Quidditch team, and why Hermione sits and reads a book as soon as she has time. In addition to their talent, they have to strive harder than ordinary people to keep up with Irene Ravenclaw.
Of course, in the eyes of most young wizards, even if Elena is not taken into account, the other two older sisters are also unattainable stars.
Among the two whispering girls, the time for the owl messenger to be sent arrived.
After passing through the army of owls on the first day of classes and the bombardment of letters last week, over a hundred owls suddenly flew into the auditorium every day; it was truly difficult to make any visual and psychological impact.
However, this morning was a bit special because the grain that had disappeared over the weekend suddenly returned and brought Elena a thick, heavy envelope.
There is no doubt that it is a response from the Lovegood family. From the point of view of the handwriting, it was still personally copied by little Luna.
"It has finally arrived, the eagerly awaited new issue of 'Singing the Opposite'..."
Elena composed herself, tore off a piece of fish and handed it to her plump, round-faced hen as a reward, and eagerly opened the large envelope wrapped in thick parchment paper that the grain had brought her.
"Hermione, Hannah, look... our several articles about the magical era have been published."
Wow!
Chapter Two, the current progress (5/25), can immediately return below twenty, the plump chicken rushes back.