At 12:30 noon, it is the busiest time in the Hogwarts kitchen every day.
The little wizards who had completed the morning classes gathered in the auditorium above the kitchen and enjoyed the lunch they had been looking forward to all morning.
The lunch time is only one hour. After half an hour, they will return to their dormitories to take a short rest, and then be full of energy to face the afternoon classes.
As usual, the hard-working house elves prepared nutritious and hearty food for the students.
There is no doubt that just like Hogwarts Castle, which has been passed down for thousands of years, today’s dining tables still continue to have these timeless classic dishes - the rich starch in bread and potatoes, and the sufficient protein in meat,
Enough to meet all the nutritional needs of growing little wizards.
In order to ensure that nearly a thousand students can eat steaming hot food, the house elves in the Hogwarts kitchen are under tremendous pressure every day.
They not only have to ensure that new food is properly filled in the empty space on the plate before each food is consumed, but also change the order of presentation of various foods according to the schedule to make the entire meal process go smoothly.
However, today's Hogwarts kitchen seems to have encountered some new troubles.
"It's really, really disappointing."
Elena stood at the door of the kitchen, frowning and shaking her head.
She originally thought that after the changes in the morning, the house elves would show some surprising attempts during the following lunch.
However, it turns out that today's lunch once again returned to that boring cooking method.
And more importantly, Elena saw something in the kitchen that made her particularly angry.
On the table in the corner of the kitchen, a large amount of food taken from the table was piled up, most of which only had a few bites or more than half left...
There is no doubt that the wasteful tradition of buffets is most vividly reflected in Hogwarts, which has restored dining standards.
Before Dumbledore could react, Elena looked around the kitchen, waved her hand, and said in a cold tone.
"Mr. Burley, turn off the fire and tell everyone to stop what they are doing."
"But... the meal time is not over yet."
Burleigh, the house elf, glanced at the old man standing behind Elena and explained in a low voice.
"I, say. Turn off the heat! Stop!"
Elena frowned, raised her voice, and repeated it word by word.
The girl's lake-blue eyes stared at the sad-faced house elf in front of her. She put her wrist in the air and cut it horizontally, just like a sharp kitchen knife.
"Miss Kaslana, if you interrupt the kitchen work again, maybe I need to ask you out of the kitchen."
Dumbledore, who finally realized what had happened, coughed slightly, raised his eyebrows, and said seriously.
"You know, this is not a place where you can cause trouble at will. There are nearly a thousand students waiting..."
According to Albus Dumbledore's original idea, the most he could do was to take some food and return to the infirmary. This unexpected situation was beyond his expectation - fortunately, at least the Hogwarts kitchen would not
obey……
"That's it, close the kitchen, I don't want to do it the fourth time!"
Ignoring Dumbledore's words, Elena glanced at the elves in the kitchen and growled in a sweet voice.
"..."
"Yes, chef."
"As you command, chef."
"Understood……"
Facing the furious white-haired dumpling, the house elves looked at each other and stopped what they were doing.
"very good."
Elena's face looked a little better, she nodded, and glanced at Dumbledore behind her.
"Then, let me explain to you now why we need to close the kitchen -".
As she spoke, Elena raised her hand and pointed at the debris piled up in a corner of the kitchen, "Open your eyes and take a good look at the wasted food. I have no doubt that even if the number of people in Hogwarts doubles, it will still be the same."
In Elena's opinion, there may be no greater sin in the world than wasting food.
Not to mention the obsession that comes from the depths of her soul in her previous life, over the years, in order to find a way to feed a child in an orphanage, Elena's search and development of surrounding food has almost reached an extreme.
Whether it’s a fat chicken with a round face passing by, or a strong lake fish; whether it’s a slimy snail, or pig and cow offal discarded by the slaughterhouse; whether it’s mixed with bran and wheat germ coarse bread, or even pigs don’t like it.
The purslane she ate... As long as it was enough food, she and the children in the orphanage would accept it.
Following Elena's fingers, Dumbledore's eyes turned to the pile of "leftovers" that was as high as a hill, and his pupils shrank slightly.
"Are these... all the food that the students took out before they finished eating? Is this the case every day?!"
The old wizard frowned and asked in disbelief.
"Ha, Albus, you're finished. This little guy hates this scene the most."
Grindelwald on the side whistled happily and leaned against the door frame with his arms folded.
When he was at Nurmengard Castle, Grindelwald had already seen Elena's utilization and obsession with ingredients. So much so that Grindelwald had to eat the food extremely clean every day, otherwise he would be nagged.
Talking about it all day long - of course, with Elena's cooking skills, waste is actually a more difficult thing.
However, at this time, Dumbledore was obviously in no mood to pay attention to Grindelwald's ridicule.
Dumbledore looked at the "hill" piled up in the corner in silence, and his face gradually began to look ugly.
The waste at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry far exceeded Dumbledore's expectations.
The bread with the crust bit off, the steak that was spat out after chewing for a few bites, the dough with the fillings eaten away, the sausage with only half left, and the mashed potatoes that seemed to have only been touched by two or three spoons... This was the first time in his life that he had eaten the crust.
For once, I intuitively felt the terrible waste going on every day in this school with nearly a thousand people.
After all, no one had ever visited the Hogwarts kitchen during meal time before. Even Dumbledore, who had lived in this castle for most of his life, could not be bored enough to understand the leftovers in the kitchen every day.
Dishes situation.
"Actually, it's a little less busy today than usual."
Burleigh, the house elf, shrank his head and gestured slightly with his fingers in the air, "Everyone seems to have a pretty good appetite at noon today, so relatively speaking..."
As if feeling the stagnant atmosphere, a house elf standing behind Burley stood up, twisted the napkin on his body, looked at the livid Dumbledore, and added stammeringly.
"Deng, Mr. Dumbledore...and you can rest assured that these foods will not be completely thrown away. Everyone in the Hogwarts kitchen will try their best to eat them all."
"I see."
Dumbledore took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and rubbed his temples, "Elena, I'll leave the kitchen to you. I'll take a rest first... We'll discuss the follow-up matters later."
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