International students at Hogwarts

Chapter 108

Lu Ren returned to the auditorium and directly called the three of them to go with him as soon as possible - this dish is quite time-consuming, so hurry up.

The four of them trotted all the way to the ideal cooking place that Lu Ren had identified: Hagrid's hut.

Hagrid's attitude towards Harry is close, and he is friendly to himself and others. It is no problem to cook in his territory.At least you don’t need to worry about the food being confiscated halfway through cooking or being cut off while waiting for the mutton to be cooked.

They had just come near Hagrid's cabin when they heard Fang's sonorous cry.Higra opened the door, and seeing that it was Harry and the others, she couldn't help showing a surprised expression.

"You should be having lunch at this time, why did you come to my place?" Hagrid asked in a low voice.

Lu Ren stepped forward and explained his reason for coming to him. Hagrid suddenly realized and laughed. He patted Lu Ren on the shoulder and made him stagger.

"I didn't expect you to be able to hunt at such a young age!" Hagrid smiled heartily, "Do you need my help?"

"No, no, no." Lu Ren rubbed his swollen shoulders, politely rejecting Hagrid's offer.Hagrid gave him plenty of firewood, though.

Lu Ren dug a big hole on the ground in the backyard of Hagrid's hut, put the firewood in it, and put some dead branches and leaves as fuel for the fire. Then he drew out his wand, knocked out a string of sparks, and ignited the firewood.

The fire was raised, and the unique smell of burning wood gradually wafted out.

Lu Ren was not idle either.He picked a board from the rest of the wood, cleaned it a bit, and used it as a cutting board, on which he put the mutton.

The goats that Lu Ren hunted weighed only seventy catties, and the shaved meat was less than thirty catties.Toto had already cut the meat into palm-sized pieces, which was convenient for Lu Ren.He sprinkled the mutton with his own seasonings and mixed them together.After that, he stuffed the seasoned mutton into the lamb belly bit by bit.

"This dish originated from the Kalmyk prairie, and the locals call it a poor man's dish..." Lu Ren explained the origin of this dish while stuffing the meat.

"These poor people seem to be quite rich, and they can afford such a dish..." Ron complained.

Lu Ren smiled and said that the local people were nomads, and there were still a lot of livestock, but iron products such as pots were luxury goods, and the poor had no pots, so they could only cook mutton in this way.

Of course, this is also the opinion of Lu Ren's family.However, the Central Plains also has a similar famous dish called Beggar's Chicken, which is similar to this mutton belly.Poor people and beggars have almost the same meaning. In Lu Ren's opinion, this dish can also be called beggars.

Soon the meat was all stuffed in, and the tripe became bulging.Lu Ren left a copper pipe at the opening of the lamb tripe - this is very important, it can be used to let the steam out during stewing, if not, the lamb tripe will swell and burst.Then he took out a thread and tied the mouth of the goat belly tightly.

Lu Ren picked up the lamb bones that had just been marinated, cast a floating spell on them, and let them float above the flames to roast slowly.To be honest, knowing the Levitation Charm is quite practical, at least he doesn't need to worry about how to roast these bones on the fire now.

On top of the mutton bones, Lu Ren put some bacon and black bread.The fat oozing from the bacon drips on the mutton bones, which not only makes the meat not so fatty, but also adds a little fat to the mutton bones so that they will not be burnt.

"Would you like some roasted bacon sandwiched with black bread?" Lu Ren extended a sincere invitation to Ron.

Ron looked at the weird black bread, smelled the faint sour smell, and shook his head: "Even if I, Ron, were starved to death, I wouldn't take a bite of black bread."

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"Brother, please have another one, thank you."

Ron swallowed the black bread in his mouth with the water in the kettle - after the reform, pumpkin juice is also a paid drink...

Lu Ren handed two slices of black bread with bacon to Ron, "Eat slowly, the lamb bones will take a while to bake."

Ron took the bread, took a bite, and said with a smile, "Oh, it's so delicious!"

Lu Ren: (～￣▽￣)～

Soon, the bones of the lamb were almost roasted, and the four of them ignored the burning of their mouths, and quickly gnawed the bones clean, and the bones were not wasted. The bone was thrown to Tooth, and let it go with the molar.

After eating more than ten catties of mutton bones and bacon and black bread for four people, the four people were already full.

Lu Ren made some clay and spread an even and thick layer of mud on the tripe.In order to keep the stomach intact and prevent it from being cracked by roasting, Lu Ren specially applied more clay so that the soil would turn into a shell under high temperature and protect the meat inside.

It's a pity that there is no lotus leaf, and a sheep tripe was wasted in vain. Lu Ren felt a little sorry for this. It seems that there is an improved method for this dish. Put the lamb tripe around the hot stone, and let the heat of the stone cook the meat inside.However, Lu Ren didn't know the specific steps, and he didn't dare to try indiscriminately, so he had to give up.

'Anyway, so much water wasted, so it's not bad. Lu Ren comforted himself.After the mud was wrapped, the fire pit was almost ready.

By this time the flames in the fire pit had been extinguished.All that remains is the scalding charcoal and the soil that has turned brown due to the heat.The charcoal emitted billowing white smoke under the high temperature, and Lu Ren used a floating spell to move them out. The temperature even made him sweat all over—you know, this is the Scottish Highlands in September!Today's temperature is only ten degrees.

Soon, the charcoal ash formed a small hill, with a faint red light emitting from it.Lu Ren put the morel wrapped in mud inside, and then covered it with charcoal ash.

All that is needed now is to wait.After five hours, the residual heat of the charcoal fire will cook the meat, and then a bag of delicious and juicy mutton can be scooped out and eaten—and it happens to be dinner time.

While other little wizards ate black bread and drank cold water, Lu Ren and the others could enjoy mutton.This is the advantage of mastering a craft.

After everything was dealt with, Lu Ren and the others bid farewell to Hagrid and returned to Hogwarts Castle. They still had classes in the afternoon.

It's Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration.The students in the same class this time are the little wizards of Ravenclaw.

After a week of study, the little wizards have basically mastered the key points of turning matches into needles. The theme of today's transformation class is to test the students' learning results.

Lu Ren and the others went back to the tower first, changed into a set of clothes, cleaned off the smell of fireworks, and left for the Transfiguration classroom after a short rest.

When they entered the classroom, Professor McGonagall, in human form, was already waiting in the classroom.

(End of this chapter)