If it is said that from the beginning of admission, Albus?? Dumbledore had spent almost a hundred years in Hogwarts Castle, and in his long life, he had witnessed all kinds of banquets and unexpected situations.

But never once has it been like tonight...... It's a nightmare, but it's fun and adventurous.

Everyone seemed to be in a hurry, and the dinner lasted nearly three hours, so much so that the evening class time had to be adjusted accordingly.

There were so many impressive scenes on this chaotic night.

Seamus?? When Finikan unleashed the spell to grill the fish, he accidentally burned his own eyebrows and set fire to the cloth of the Gryffindor long table, triggering a waterfall summoned by dozens of students to extinguish the fire;

Due to the lack of main course ingredients, the faculty and staff seats rarely enjoyed a feast of condiments, such as fried shallots with garlic, crispy devil peppers, stewed cheese with ginger, and barbecued leek skewers, which greatly enriched the imagination of the professors;

Zacharis?? Smith cooked a pot of "sweet, sour, bitter, spicy and salty" whole fish soup, and the large herring that had not been removed from the dirt and gills sank to the bottom of the crucible, exuding an ominous and strange fishy smell;

Percy of Gryffindor?? Weasley was one of the few wizards to complete most of the [Stargazing] process, and his only regret was that he accidentally mixed salt and sugar to make a plate of sweet and greasy fish pies;

Inspired by Elena, Slytherin House set up at least four or five fires, half for fish and half for durian, and the terrible smell of toilet drains blowing up filled the entire auditorium;

Most of the Ravenclaw girls had tears in the corners of their eyes, and the backs of their hands and cheeks were covered with traces of being "snapped" by large herrings......

Thankfully, after some failures and struggles, both professors and students have found a balance.

For the young wizards of Hogwarts, surrounded by dozens of dark dishes, they quickly determined the most suitable way to cook and satisfy their stomachs by elimination—boiling everything in a white water cauldron, breaking it and dipping it in spices.

On the other hand, however, the atmosphere at the staff bench is noticeably more relaxed and pleasant.

As long as you cross the hurdle in your heart, in addition to the taste and ingredients that look a little strange, under the double insurance of "Special Chef" Elena and "Potions Master" Snape, it is generally a relatively good dinner.

What's more, Elena was generous in sharing her birthday cake with everyone in the faculty chair - something Dumbledore and Grindelwald had expected.

According to their original thoughts, with the white-haired dumplings' life-hungry personality, they can only be divided among a few close friends at most.

Dumbledore glanced at the harmonious faculty table, turned his head and whispered to Grindelwald behind him.

"Elena, this kid...... You actually gave up the cake, you taught?"

"You know I don't care about these things, and I don't think I can teach them. ”

Grindelwald shrugged his shoulders, glanced at the white-haired ballboy who switched between "fierce" and "well-behaved" with a rather satisfied eye, and said with emotion, "Perhaps, this is the so-called talent." ”

While tasting the delicious jam cake and admiring the energetic students below, the small complaints in the hearts of many professors also dissipated, and almost everyone had a gentle and kind smile on their faces.

There are several types of dark cuisine, and not all of them have a strong visual impact similar to [Stargazing].

In fact, for starters, aside from the obvious toasted ones, the vast majority of dark dishes seem to be barely acceptable until they've tried it for themselves – especially if the cooks are magical wizards who have many ways to make the dishes in front of them look less scary at least on the outside.

This is one of the reasons why the professors are so calm.

In the eyes of the professors, in addition to not being as elaborate as Elena's cooking, most of the food that the other Hogwarts students made up themselves actually looked decent - at least not poisonous.

As for the pompous expressions of the students...... After tasting the craftsmanship of the Hogwarts kitchen, it is understandable that there is a slight picky eater, after all, there is still a certain gap between the two.

Moreover, this is part of the punishment for the theft of the vegetable garden by the students.

"It's nice to be young. ”

Professor Sprout said with a smile as he picked up a piece of raspberry jam cake from his front of him, which happened to be in the shape of a Gryffindor tower, and looked around the auditorium, which was more than ten times more lively than before.

"It suddenly occurred to me that it was probably more important for children to acquire some basic life skills than to simply learn what they were learning from books – so that they would at least know how to support themselves. ”

......

The rest of the week was spent in a particularly magical atmosphere.

Hogwarts seems to have returned to its former peace, and the peaceful campus life that Dumbledore had hoped for is truly back in the old magical castle.

It's just that in some subtle places, Hogwarts has undergone a little change.

The points in the hourglass of the four houses were all emptied, and all the houses were back on the same track again.

Potions became the most popular subject in the school, and Professor Snape's own unknown cutting magic has become one of the most desirable spells for young wizards throughout Hogwarts.

"It's an extremely dangerous spell, and for you idiots who can't even tell the difference between salt and sugar, how to use knives safely and effectively is what you should be focusing on right now!"

After being asked about the spell for the Nth time, Professor Snape replied coldly, as if there was murder in his eyes.

However, since the students had tasted the delicious potions and food that Professor Snape occasionally cooked in Potions class, this level of displeasure and coldness was completely unable to repel the young wizards. (Although Snape's intention was to allow students to gain experience in handling and brewing potions while cooking ordinary dishes.)

Severus Snape soon discovered that rewarding the dishes he and Elena had prepared was more effective in motivating his students to learn Potions than threatening to deduct points.

So, though still a little awkward in his heart, the dedicated Potions professor would cook a delicious dish every time he went to class as a reward for the student who did the best in the class.

At the suggestion of an enthusiastic teaching assistant who did not want to be named, the student who performed the worst in each class would also receive a special gift - a random copy of [True Dark Cuisine] cooked by Elena, or another student's cooking failure.

At the same time, with the update of the rules of "Hogwarts Happy Farm", growing vegetables has gradually begun to become standardized.

The vegetable gardens of each college have almost tripled in size compared to the original area, and the rotation responsibility system has been assigned to both the level of fineness of the planting and the patrol shifts at various points of the day.

Potatoes, as the base currency, have become a crop that every academy must grow.

According to the latest rules, each house can pay a certain amount of potato products to purchase a complete version of the recipe according to the recipe list provided by the Hogwarts kitchen, and load it into the next three meals.

If they are willing to pay a certain amount of extra potatoes, they can even buy and add recipes from other houses, and the Hogwarts kitchen will purchase the required crops from the gardens of other houses for cooking after deducting a fee.

For example, the durian pancake from Slytherin House has become one of Ravenclaw House's favorite desserts.

As a result of the defeat in the previous "Vegetable Stealing War", at least a quarter of the labor force and potatoes of the Gryffindor House were converted into various desserts and delicate snacks, and disappeared into the bottomless appetite of the Ravenclaw girls.

Cooking, on the other hand, is a thing with inertia.

Since that day's self-cooking in the Great Hall, many young wizards have opened a door to a new world, pondering what to cook in a crucible or bake by the fireplace whenever they have time.

If you're willing to pay for potatoes, the Hogwarts kitchens can even provide a barbecue guide, free bamboo skewers, spice powder, barbecue tools, condiments, and even make them on your behalf.

The most obvious change is undoubtedly Slytherin House, which lives by the lake.

As far as Elena knew, the Fish-Man tribe in the Black Lagoon at Hogwarts had protested to Professor Dumbledore several times.

Many Slytherin students like to lie on the outer wall of the common room at night and watch the magical creatures swimming at the bottom of the lake swallow their saliva, which makes the fish feel very uncomfortable and frightened - the hungry eyes that glow with a faint green light in the middle of the night are really terrifying.

If it weren't for the dangers hidden in the mysterious black lake, poaching might have been widespread long ago.

Of course, there is another reason because Slytherin House, which has a large number of specialty crops, quickly realized its competitiveness, and with its innate shrewdness and skill, it soon opened a relatively immature business elite model under the "potato standard" play.

Through buying, selling, promoting, and trading, Slytherin House quickly gained a large number of "Hogwarts Kitchen Vouchers", which could be exchanged for delicious dishes that satisfied most people, even if they didn't have to go to the lake to fish themselves.

Comparatively speaking, Gryffindor House, which is at the bottom of the exploitation, is much simpler and crude.

From the Quidditch pitch at Hogwarts to the blank cordon near the edge of the Forbidden Forest, the Gryffindor cubs have reclaimed all of this vast clearing, planting lovely potato germs in every side of the dirt.

With the help of broomsticks, the work of sowing, receiving, and patrolling is not as troublesome as imagined.

The active and inquisitive Gryffindor cubs soon learned how to fly slowly while unleashing their planting magic on the ground below, producing an unbelievably large enough potato production to support their debts and most of their normal meal-buying needs.

As for Hufflepuff House, it chose a different way......

"Starting today, the first three floors of [Helga's Dungeon] will be fully cleaned and mapped, and the first three floors will be opened for basic crop planting before Halloween. ”

Professor Sprout stood in the Hufflepuff common room, glanced at the entrance to the unfathomable underground botanical garden, and said to Cedric and the other Hufflepuff seniors with a serious face.

"In addition to the common plants, there are many magical plants hidden in the underground botanical garden, and even magical insects and magical creatures, although most of them are not dangerous, but I still hope that you will be vigilant. ”

"Year 7 and Year 6 students will be working with me to transplant the original plants from the first three layers to the lower level, while we will also be planting and cultivating some of the protective magic plants around the ground garden. ”

"By the way, Elena Kaslana...... She was not allowed to go to the underground Botanical Garden area alone - this was specifically instructed by Professor Dumbledore, and I hope that all of you will help to supervise and remind you. ”

————

————

I can finally fast forward the timeline, so excited~ The next time will be so fast~

Don't worry, fat chickens, you can't see the end of the first school year~