Chapter 292: The Chef and Breakfast

Burleigh the House Elf was born at Hogwarts, just like his parents.

Ever since the benevolent Helga Hufflepuff brought the house-elves into the castle, Burleigh's ancestors have lived in the castle for generations.

The Hogwarts elves are proud of Hogwarts, and the Hogwarts elves are happy to work for all Hogwarts teachers, and whenever a student comes to the kitchen, Burleigh and the rest of the elves will enthusiastically deliver food and accommodate any request they can.

It wasn't until this year that a slightly special student came to Hogwarts......

"Miss Kaslana, may I ask...... Do you have any instructions?"

Before Lu Wei could take a second claw, the huge portrait trembled and spun outward.

At the door of the Hogwarts kitchen, Burleigh, who was pushed to the front by a group of house-elves, raised his head, glanced at the huge three-headed dog that was close at hand, swallowed hard, and his voice trembled a little.

"Finally willing to open the door? I thought you were all asleep. ”

Elena raised her hand and patted Louwi's furry body, signaling for the big dog to calm down for a while.

"Please understand that Headmaster Dumbledore specifically instructed ......"

Burleigh the house-elf wrenched his hands in front of him, his big eyes were full of pain, and he whispered helplessly--actively refusing to help the students is no less than an ordeal for the kind house-elves.

"No need to repeat, I'm well aware of Dumbledore's ban. But you don't have to hide from me in this way, do you?"

Elena pursed her lips with an unhappy face, and waved her hand to interrupt Burleigh's next words, and looked around the orderly Hogwarts kitchen, where there were many glittering copper pots and brass basins stacked on the stone wall, and at least forty or fifty elves were standing in the middle of the kitchen staring at her.

"Looks like you haven't started preparing breakfast yet......"

"Miss Kaslana, I'm sorry to let you see us slacking off, and we'll start preparing breakfast!"

The house-elf Burleigh's face changed, and he kept bowing and screaming, and his thin body kept shaking.

Although Burleigh could explain that breakfast was two hours later, or that different foods were cooked differently, the nature of the house-elves restrained him, and he had no other way to deal with it than bow and apologize.

β€œ...... It's just wonderful. ”

The look on Elena's face relaxed, she nodded with satisfaction, and added, "Very good, I'm worried that you have already cooked all the breakfast in advance, but fortunately you are not late." ”

"Huh?"

The house-elf looked up blankly, looked at the silver-haired little witch who didn't look like a fake, and blinked in confusion.

"What's breakfast today?

Ignoring the house-elves who were standing still, Elena stepped into the kitchen, wandering left and right in the wide room, easily finding the ingredients piled upβ€”pickled herring, bread, eggs, bacon, potatoes......

There is no doubt that even with a return to normal standards, breakfast at Hogwarts is still extremely unimaginative.

Elena only had to glance at the ingredients and her mind would immediately match the next food that might be on the Hogwarts Hall table - if nothing else, today's menu was nothing more than milk, omelette, hard-boiled eggs, slices of bread, oatmeal, pickled herring, sliced bacon, mashed potatoes......

"Miss Kaslana, Miss Kaslana...... Professor Dumbledore said......"

As soon as Elena was not careful, Elena walked into the kitchen, and the house-elf Burleigh quickly came to his senses and quickly trotted all the way over.

"I know that the Hogwarts kitchens can't help me in any way. ”

Elena sighed, looked at the fart-like elf behind her, and turned around helplessly, "But, Professor Dumbledore didn't say that I can't help out in the Hogwarts kitchen, or make some suggestions, right?"

"This ......"

Burleigh, the house-elf, blinked, stayed where he was once again, and said cautiously after a few seconds.

"But, Miss Caslana, the Hogwarts kitchens don't need your help...... I mean, you see, we're perfectly capable of doing all the cooking and serving a delicious and hearty breakfast to the whole school on time. ”

At the end, Burleigh, the house-elf, puffed out his chest proudly.

Nearly all of Hogwarts has little wizarding and wizarding praise for their cooking, which is the proudest of all house-elves, and the kitchen and cooking have been their proudest area for nearly a thousand years.

"Oh, so ...... Do you think that just getting the food cooked and edible, is it enough? Are you getting something wrong, delicious and edible, these are the two most different evaluations. ”

Elena raised an eyebrow, picked up a potato and tossed it in her hand.

"I'm fed up with your perfunctory attitude. Listen, the reason why Hogwarts spends so much money on procuring ingredients is not just to go from a potato platter a day, to a potato platter, pickled herring, and grilled bacon - if only to increase the variety of ingredients, it is enough to buy flour. ”

You know, in order to convince the Ministry of Magic and the wizarding community that Hogwarts is really in crisis, Hogwarts has submitted an application to the school board for a fee crunch as early as last week, and now all the funds for the purchase of these ingredients come from the generous sponsorship of Mr. "Otto Apokalis".

In other words, all the flowers were the Golden Galleons that Elena had worked so hard to bring back from Gringotts.

However, whether it was yesterday morning, lunch, or dinner, the dishes served in the Hogwarts kitchen disappointed Elena - perhaps for most young wizards, this is quite luxurious.

But for Elena, who had long been raised by herself, Hogwarts food that was not boiled or baked really didn't make people feel like she had to live in this school for at least five years in the future, she felt that she should find a way to do something.

"Miss Caslana, even if you are dissatisfied, at least we think we ...... when it comes to food."

Hearing the contemptuous tone in Elena's words, a young house-elf standing next to the workbench couldn't help but argue.

In all these years, no young wizard would make such an assessment of the food in the Hogwarts kitchen, and for a moment all the house-elves, including Burleigh, felt a sense of injustice as if their dignity had been challenged.

"That's you, think you're ......"

Elena turned her head, picked up the pan, and glanced indifferently at the talking elf.

Almost as soon as the girl's fingers touched the pan, a confident and powerful aura erupted from her, as if facing an angry Dumbledore, causing all the house-elves in the kitchen to breathe violently.

The most consumed breakfast at Hogwarts is actually bread.

It should be noted that bread is not quite the same as the toast slices that are common in Western restaurants in later generations, and there is a clear difference between the two in terms of taste, aroma, and even nutritional value.

Strictly speaking, bread is cut into slices and needs to be baked and cooked before it can be called toast

"Breakfast, which needs to be treated with care. Slicing bread is the beginning, not the end. ”

As she spoke, Elena skillfully lit the stove, placed the pan in her hand on it, put a little butter in the pan, waited for the solidified butter to melt gradually, and then methodically cut the bread in her hand piece by piece.

The sound of sizzling and cheering wafted out, and the wonderful smell of milk quickly spread in the kitchen.

"Jam. ”

Elena stretched out her hand to the side without raising her head, and commanded in a normal tone, with an irresistible majesty in her voice, and the house-elf Burleigh almost instinctively took the jam from the cupboard and handed it to Elena.

Taking advantage of the butter melting, Elena took out the slices of bread and carefully spread the cheese, jam, and a little butter on one side of the bread slice layer by layer.

Then, place the bread slices smoothly in the pan, cover the pan, let it simmer for about 10 seconds before turning it back on.

In the pan, the piping hot butter fries the sliced side of the bread until golden brown and crispy. The rising heat melts the cheese on the other side, blending with the sweet and sour jam to create a mouth-watering delicacy.

"Simple, isn't it? ”

Elena took out the cheese-dripping toast slices from the pan with a spatula, placed them on a plate and handed them to Burleigh, the house-elf standing beside her, calmly brushing the silver hair that hung down her cheeks, trying to make her tone less proud and proud.

"Look at the difference between this cheese and jam toast and the slice of bread you bring straight to the table. ”

Grunt~

The entire Hogwarts kitchen resounded with the sound of saliva, you know, it stands to reason that the elves will not be able to take the time to start their breakfast until the whole school has finished eating.

"Whew, whew...... It's hot. ”

Burleigh, the house-elf, swallowed, pinched the edge of the toast with both hands, and after blowing a few times, he didn't care too much and stuffed it directly into his mouth and bit it gently.

Rattle, the golden crispy toast slices make a nice sound.

Immediately after the long cheese is drawn, the fragrant jam also flows, and the three elements of cheese aroma, sweet and sour jam, and crispy toast are perfectly integrated, sublimating ordinary breakfast into enjoyment in an instant.

The expression on Burleigh's face changed in all sorts of ways, and two lines of tears unconsciously flowed down his face, and finally froze into a look of intoxication, happiness and shame - it turned out that breakfast was okay like this, what had they been proud of all these years?

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