“...... Anyway, as my cooking skills improved, people realized that it was okay not to eat meat. ”

Elena gently supported her chin with one hand, with a little helplessness and nostalgia in her eyes, and said softly.

"Especially when you find out that the ingredients you like are actually very cheap in the market, which is really good news – if you have a little more money, you can have a big meal every week. ”

"Of course, I occasionally try to go to the lake and get some fish, and if I'm lucky, I can catch some wild birds. ”

"The happiness of the children in the orphanage is much simpler than most people's - once a week they eat stir-fried liver and waist, or stewed pig's trotters with white beans, and from time to time they can have grilled fish, fish soup, and chicken soup to change the taste, isn't it?"

Can't buy normal meat...... It doesn't matter?

Newt Scamander froze, his knife still resting on his pork chop, an assumption he hadn't thought of before, a marginal corner that wasn't even so conspicuous in the non-magical world.

The closure of the wizarding world is only relative, and the secrecy law restricts more products and ideas after the industrial revolution.

For the vast majority of wizards, the definition of poverty is usually limited to the number of gold gallons, as well as the difficulty of some magic items and magic items, and rarely really falls into a situation where even basic food and clothing cannot be guaranteed.

Whether it's using magic to achieve basic self-sufficiency, or bullying and teasing Muggles, even crappy third-rate wizards have a way to survive in this world - while the Aurors of the Ministry of Magic may come looking for trouble, it doesn't matter to the down-and-out wandering wizards who can't afford to pay the fines in the first place, as long as they don't get into Azkaban.

"So, if you have time," Elena shrugged, "maybe you should go to Africa, or to the shadows of the cities of Russia, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia—you may find it hard to understand, like everyone else in our orphanage before...... In this world, there are some people who have done their best just to live. ”

Elena could see the confusion and contemplation in the Scamanders' eyes, not much different from the expressions on Hannah and Luna's faces, and although they might be shocked by it, it was more of a surprise from looking down from above.

Or rather...... Sympathize.

The girl narrowed her eyes and did not continue to explain and render the content of the story.

As Dumbledore had said, she would never be Grindelwald, Tom...... Even people like Dumbledore himself, because Elena is a real person who came out of the quagmire and has struggled on the edge of life.

Wizards who have not experienced the life of the underclass, or even ordinary people, find it difficult to understand the meaning of that resilience.

"Well, okay......" Newt Scamander hesitated for a few seconds, nodded, and said slowly.

"When you go to training in a few days, I'll take the time to go to those places and find out. If, in so many places, so many people, and people are having a hard time, I will reconsider the proposal of the livestock association that you mentioned earlier. ”

Newt looked down at the pork chop on his plate, and suddenly felt that dinner didn't seem to be as delicious as before.

Although Elena's description sounds lighthearted, and judging from her current performance, she does like dishes made of pig offal and corner tissue, Newt can still vaguely imagine the bitterness behind it.

This is the end of the topic of offal.

In the follow-up process of dinner that day, no one took the initiative to talk about hot kidney flowers and spicy roast pig brains.

Everyone was silently eating the dishes on their plates, and after a busy day, everyone was indeed hungry.

The Scamanders had the idea of trying some kidney flowers, but on the one hand, Elena didn't bring up the shared waist flowers and brain flowers again, and as elders, the two were embarrassed to take the initiative to ask for the dishes on the plates of the three little girls—especially when the girls were still quietly fighting from time to time.

However, on the other hand, it is mainly because, even if there is some surprise and shock, but the pig brain, pig kidney, etc., whether it is for Tina or Newt, this psychological hurdle is still not so easy to overcome.

Elena didn't have much of a surprise about this.

If you want the Scamanders to eat the "dark dishes" like Hannah and Luna, it's best to start with something that seems normal...... For example, pork offal sausage or mixed meat pie, or maybe braised pork tongue, cold pork ears, braised pork heart, and braised pork liver are all good choices.

As with any dish, first impressions are always very important.

Not to mention that most of the three meals a day are mainly cooked by frying, roasting and boiling, even many gourmets from big foodies are not very accepting of traditional Sichuan cuisine with heavy oil and spicy, and this gap also includes physiological levels.

A large part of the reason why Hannah and Luna are so receptive is also due to the subtle influence of the past year - you know, the three of them enjoy the top chef-level cuisine every day, whether it is the texture, taste, and preference, they have long been clearly touched by Elena, and they have almost completely changed into Elena's shape.

As for the Slytherin House, where the "Devil's Pepper" is grown, it has been excavated to hide the attributes hidden deep in the body.

The human body is a very wonderful existence.

With the help of magic, the little wizards of Slytherin will soon fall in love with the hot pleasure of dancing on the tip of their tongues as long as they endure a few rounds of the initial heat, and it is obviously a greater joy for the little snakes to be able to have some uniqueness that distinguishes them from the little wizards of other houses than the discomfort of the moment.

Especially, when they found out that the Gryffindor cubs were completely unable to beat them in terms of spicy eating......

Before you know it, "no spicy or happy" has even become a new label for Slytherin House.

Fortunately, no matter what family they are in, the underage children do not have much say at the dinner table.

Those adult wizards from pure-blood families should not have noticed these subtle details for the time being, and they don't know that the tastes of those little gentlemen and ladies in their own family have become unusual - it is not a strange thing that rebellious children can be picky eaters, after all, they are not the ones in charge of buying vegetables and deciding on recipes.

Hope...... The seventh-year Slytherin graduates were used to living outside the school......

Maybe the first batch of off-campus stable users of "Round-faced Fat Chicken Takeaway" can consider starting to develop from among them, but that's all things that need to be considered later, and now we still have to find a way to solve the problem of food supply first.

Elena shook her head slightly, retracting her divergent thoughts and returning her attention to the dinner table near the end.

"Mrs. Scamander," said Elena, turning her head and smiling, "I'll take care of the rest of the kitchen later." I also have some ingredients to work on and may need to borrow your utensils. ”

"Elena, today's dinner is already very good, I'll leave the rest to Newt and me! Besides, you are now guests, and guests should rest and enjoy their vacation......"

Tina Scamander frowned, a hint of displeasure and condemnation in her amber eyes.

Before Mrs. Scamander could finish speaking, Elena quickly picked up the apron that was behind the chair, walked to the kitchen counter, picked up a long strip of white lard, shook it, and stuck out her tongue to explain.

"I'm not trying to do a job in the kitchen, but you see, fresh lard should be boiled as soon as possible, so that when the lard has solidified a little, you will be able to use it tomorrow morning or noon. ”

"As for the helper......"

Elena paused slightly, her eyes wandering off the table and landing on someone looking down at the ostrich on her plate.

"After Hannah and Luna are settled, just let Mr. Scamander come down to the kitchen and help me with the handle, Senior Newt's attainments in animal organization are quite trustworthy......"

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Wow, the recovery has been updated~

Sorry for the wait......