"So," said Tina Scamander, carefully choosing the words, "I hear you say that, before you entered Hogwarts, Elena, the circumstances in which you lived might occasionally take these ...... into account"

"A Muggle orphanage on the shores of Lomond in the Scottish Highlands. Elena said calmly.

"Muggle orphanage, sorry, dear, I don't know ......"

Mrs. Scamander did not hear any embarrassment in Elena's voice.

However, the girl's answer was still surprising, she had thought that the girl was at least a well-off, non-magical family, if not from some old wizarding family—Tina rarely met such an elegant little girl.

"That's right," said Elena, calmly looking at the Scamanders' somewhat startled faces, "a private orphanage run by a stupid priest, but there's nothing to apologize for, I consider myself lucky." ”

"But it's hard for you to even eat meat, right?" Newt frowned in confusion.

"If you define 'meat' as you would have defined it, then it is. ”

Elena smiled slightly, ignoring that Newt might not understand some of the words, and quickly continued.

"But strictly speaking, I think anything rich in protein can be considered meat, such as pork loin, pig brain, pig intestine, pig heart...... In a sense, cholesterol-rich offal can be used as a substitute for eggs – and that's a good choice for those living in orphanages. ”

As she spoke, the chopsticks in the girl's hand lightly tapped on the hot waist flower in front of her.

"Indeed, at first, it would have been a bit of a difficult thing to accept," Elena shrugged, a rare look of softness flashed in her eyes, "but perhaps because of the lack of choice, people have gradually fallen in love with this cheap and unique ingredient, which I didn't expect, or even ...... Even more than the likes for normal pork. ”

Regarding this matter, Elena is actually a little distressed.

Due to the difficult conditions, before the Hogwarts kitchens took over the catering service of the orphanage, almost all the three meals a day in the orphanage were handled by Elena, which naturally inevitably made the children's tastes a little strange.

Whether it is flying in the sky, running on the ground, growing on the ground, or buried in the ground, not to mention the pig offal, pig head, pig tail that looks quite normal, even if it is some strange insects such as silkworm pupae and termites, in the eyes of the children in the orphanage, they all belong to the scope of the recipe that is eaten correctly.

"All in all, it's not a sad thing. ”

Elena turned her head to look at Newt Scamander and said quite seriously.

"Just as you are interested in exploring the realm of unknown magical beasts, I am simply building on you to exploit the untapped surplus value – edible, medicinal, commercial...... These normal human social behaviors inevitably lead to the loss of animal and plant life, which is part of the natural cycle, but waste is undoubtedly the worst. ”

"On the other hand, hunger still threatens many lives in places you can't see. ”

Elena nodded the waist flower in front of her and said in a solemn tone.

"It's just that some people are not as fortunate as me to be able to find the foods that can sustain life in the vast nature, and to cook them deliciously on this basis is an unrealistic luxury. ”

A large part of the reason why Chinese cuisine is so inclusive is due to the continuous experimentation of people generations ago, including cultural changes, wars, and even diseases and natural disasters......

In order to continue to survive, the predecessors of those flower planters used their lives to pave a set of paths for future generations.

In comparison, this is also the biggest difference between Europe and China - the heritage of food culture.

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