In the Chamber of Secrets at Harris Temple, the windows had all been thrown open, and the curtains kept rising and falling in the night breeze.
On the desk in the room, aside from a few plates whose covers had not yet been removed, the centerpiece was a rather unusual copper pot. A chimney-like structure rose from its middle, with glowing red charcoal inside it, making the pot around the chimney steam and smoke, and filling the entire room with a sweet, meaty aroma.
"Glug, glug." In the boiling soup, slightly yellow sauerkraut floated up and down.
The three members of the Ravenclaw family were sitting around the square table, eating with great relish.
At that moment, Luna picked up the plate of mutton and turned it upside down, bottom up. The mutton stuck tightly to the plate, showing no sign of falling off. "If it doesn't fall, does that mean it's good mutton?"
"And my excellent knife work~" Seeing that Luna, who had had no appetite, was eating quite happily, Allen felt a little pleased with himself. "Cho Chang's parents didn't have this stuff at home, so I used the German sauerkraut Mum pickled instead. But the taste should be about the same. When Father was eating roast pork knuckle before, he said this batch tasted better than any of the previous ones."
"When the sauerkraut was being pickled, I helped Grandma." Helena maintained medieval court etiquette as she took a sip of soup with a silver spoon, then elegantly dabbed the corner of her mouth with a napkin, her tone full of pride. "Grandma said that cabbages from autumn and winter are firmer. The ones from this season are a little soft, otherwise they'd be crunchier."
"Helena made it? You've gotten very skilled at switching states lately..." Seeing