Hogwarts on the Tip of the Tongue

"Pay attention to the presentation! Lastly, emphasize that the soul of this dish is mainly in the presentation!"

In Hogwarts' kitchen, after Elena turned around and finally told the elves, she glanced at the quirky, whimsical little witches around her, and said lightly.

"Come on, we should go to the auditorium."

Despite some unpleasant episodes, the Hogwarts Auditorium tonight is as impressive as ever.

Hundreds and thousands of magic candles floated above the dining table, illuminating the golden plate and stemware.

The four long college tables were already filled with twitter students. Most people were confused, confused and excited on their faces. From the mouths of friends and classmates, many people already knew what happened this afternoon.

Whether it's the joint stealing of vegetables by the three houses, or the Hufflepuff's sweeping of the staff and vegetable gardens, these little wizards are like milestones-any thing, when the scope and influence are large enough At the time, the punishment for breaking the rules will not be so scary.

As the students whispered, they looked at the expressions of the professors in the faculty seat curiously.

Slightly different from the usual is that there is an extra table next to the staff seat at the end of the auditorium, but there is no seat behind the table, which does not seem to be like a visitor.

In addition to this, although the professors, especially the deans of the college, seemed a little serious, in general, they were not as irritable and angry as the students thought, which made the little wizards a little less nervous.

In the middle of the table of faculty and staff, the principal Albus —— Professor Dumbledore was sitting.

The old wizard's flowing silver-white hair and beard gleamed in the candlelight, and the luxurious dark green robe was embroidered with many stars and the moon. The fingertips of Dumbledore ’s two slender hands touched, his chin rested on his fingertips, and his eyes looked at the ceiling above the auditorium through half-moon-shaped lenses, as if in deep contemplation.

The ceiling is enchanted with magic, and it looks as if it is the night sky outside. Countless stars are dotted in the deep night sky. The twinkling starlight brings a layer of dreamy mystery to the entire auditorium-just like today The only dish on the menu has the same name.

"Looking up at the starry sky is really an intoxicating name."

Hobwarts divination class professor Sybil Trelawney took the menu in his hand and glanced up. He looked at the starry sky above the auditorium dimly and whispered in a voice similar to an aria.

"How rich is the combination of ingredients and how poetic does it take to be called this name?"

It is a romantic experience to enjoy the delicious dishes called [Looking up at the starry sky] in the auditorium under the deep starry sky.

"Cough."

Just as Professor Trelawney had just begun his reverie, Dumbledore's clear cough came from his ear.

I saw that Professor Dumbledore stood up suddenly, the buzzing in the hall stopped suddenly, everyone stopped talking, and subconsciously turned to look at Dumbledore.

"So." Dumbledore glanced at the white-haired dumplings who had just entered the auditorium and raised his eyebrows with a little seriousness. "I think you already know that something happened in the afternoon, a regrettable group garden theft. Therefore, Before starting today ’s dinner, I ’m going to make a few announcements. "

"In view of the stealing incidents at the four colleges today, Hogwarts Kitchen will temporarily refuse to cook ingredients of unknown origin. That is to say, the cooking tasks for vegetables and staple foods tonight will be completed by everyone here-for this, The Hogwarts kitchen has specially prepared crucibles, frying pans, knives and various common condiments. You can flexibly adjust and choose according to your own taste. "

With Dumbledore's voice, steaming crucibles, various styles of kitchen utensils, and dozens of unnamed seasoning pots appeared on the tables of the four colleges.

Immediately afterwards, piles of students' dormitories or vegetable gardens, together with earthy fragrant 'stolen goods', also appeared at the end of each college long table. The extra green is pollution-free.

Dumbledore's mouth twitched a few times-he seemed to have seen the chaotic scene a few minutes later.

After a short pause, Dumbledore continued.

"In addition, starting tomorrow, Hogwarts will implement the [potato exchange system]. Each college can determine the dishes that will appear on the table of the college next week by paying a certain amount of potatoes. The actual ingredients reserve and cooking difficulty of the college are determined. "

"At the same time, the college fair is open every weekend, you can sell / purchase the desired ingredients and new menus to the kitchen or other colleges. Special instructions, the coverage will include all three meals including meat and drinks ... "

"Great!" George blinked and touched his twin brother with his elbow.

"Yes, just keep growing potatoes." Fred nodded and smiled the same on his face.

According to the new regulations promulgated by Dumbledore, the large potato field planted at the Gryffindor College instantly became the treasured land of "gold" from the worst choice nobody had ever bothered about-think about it. Whatever they want to eat, they can buy it with endless potatoes.

"Why, I always feel something is wrong."

Hermione frowned in confusion, turned her head to look at Elena sitting next to her, and asked quietly.

"Elena, why does it sound like it's rewarding Gryffindor? It stands to reason that if you violate the school rules several times in a row, we should be the most likely to be punished ..."

There is no doubt that if there is anyone in Hogwarts who can better understand the meaning of the new rules, then Elena Kaslana, who is directly involved in the formulation, is definitely the most suitable candidate.

"This is already a punishment ..."

Elena glanced at the Gryffindor boys in ecstasy with a little pity, shook her head, and said softly.

"Do n’t forget, the pricing power is in the hands of Hogwarts Kitchen and other colleges. Potatoes as a benchmark currency measure mean that the value of the crop units grown in the Gryffindor College is at the bottom of the entire system. ——Simply put, if they want to eat an apple in the future, they may need to exchange a dozen potatoes for it. "

Hogwarts's "potato standard" sounds similar to the "gold standard", but in fact there is a very essential difference, that is, in this system, potatoes still exist as a basic currency unit.

On the other hand, the “commodities” of Slytherin College, which is extremely irreplaceable, although theoretically has the highest trade pricing ceiling, sparseness does not mean expensive, only when “Slytherin specialties” are widely demanded After that, the crops they planted will slowly start to rise in price.

Of course, there is more complicated logic.

The entire [Potato Trading System] is fair and open at first glance, but the Hogwarts kitchen as a market blackhand can actually adjust the pricing power to interfere with the “asset value” of all colleges at any time.

This kind of economic dimensionality reduction blow, not to mention that this group of children generally less than 18 years old, even experienced Dumbledore, Professor McGonagall, etc., it is difficult to bend all the corners in a short time. Went around to understand everything.

"... The specific rules will be posted on the bulletin boards of various colleges."

Dumbledore looked at the students in front of him with a smile, and said-the students were like bomb wasps, so that he had to raise his voice to ensure that his words could be heard by everyone.

There is no doubt that most of the children's attention is obviously attracted by the subsequent "potato trading market".

Everyone was excited to figure out what they were going to eat next week and how to sell the crops grown by their college to other colleges.

In desperation, Dumbledore had to clear his throat again.

"Oh-you still have a whole week to understand and discuss this ... don't worry ..." Dumbledore said, "Now let's turn our attention back to today's dinner as a punishment. In addition to the [Looking at the Starry Sky] fish dishes provided by the kitchen, all the remaining cooking needs to be done by yourself. "

With Dumbledore's reminder, the little wizards finally pulled back slowly and returned to the table in front of them.

"Looking up at the stars? Do you know what that is?"

"I don't know, but listening to the name is wonderful. It is definitely the same dream dish as the starry sky above."

"I didn't expect to have such a big disaster, and I can still eat delicious, so lucky!"

"It seems that the teaching staff seats are the same as ours, so don't worry about it this time."

"I don't know what kind of dishes it is. The authentic Scottish flavor is really nostalgic."

"Huh, it's really a group of innocent guys. When the little girl left, she was obviously angry ..."

All the teachers and students looked at the empty plate in front of them curiously, looking forward to the appearance of [Looking at the Starry Sky], while thinking about how to prepare a delicious dish full of creativity and imagination.

No one realized what would happen next.

"If there is no problem, shall we start?"

Dumbledore smiled and looked around the auditorium ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ Raised his hands and applauded gently.

At the next moment, countless dishes of famous British dishes [Looking up at the stars] appeared in front of everyone in the auditorium. (Picture)

In the golden-colored traditional pie, the fish heads and tails came out of the ribs. Under Elena ’s repeated instructions, the house elves adjusted the plate of each plate of [Looking at the Starry Sky] particularly carefully. The shape ensures that each fish head is facing the sky, and each pair of dead fish has a strange light flashing in its eyes.

"..."

Slowly lowered his head, staring blankly at the dozen of staring fish eyes staring at him, Albus? Dumbledore's cheek twitched-this is the legendary authentic Scottish fish cooking method ? !

at the same time……

As if the entire auditorium was released with silencer magic, everyone silently looked at the fisheye in front of them and fell into a long and complicated life thinking. This night many people are destined to have nightmares ...