Zhenya made sure to listen carefully to the next steps. After adding the Bubertuber pus, she used a metal spoon and stirred it six times counter-clockwise. Okay, she counted individually until it was stirred all six times!
She then heard the next one, and reached out to get the toothpaste. She wanted to brush her teeth because it smelled so minty. She put a generous amount of the toothpaste onto a metal spoon and put it in the cauldron, stirring it around 30 times until the toothpaste all came off the spoon. Next was honey, messy yummy honey!
She listened to Professor Lafay as she instructed them not to rush, and to add the honey onto the spoon and let it drip into the cauldron. She held it about six inches from the cauldron. It didn't take too long to drop off the spoon, and she did it another two times. That made 3!
Zhenya pulled out her mortar and pestle and cleaned it with the "Scourgify" spell. She measured the 4 snake fangs into the cauldron and crushed them up briskly until they formed a fine powder. Then she sprinkled it over her cauldron. Once she had done that she said "Scourgify" to clean her mortar and pestle again, and got her cinnamon stick and her grater. She grated it over the cauldron, and took a nice big smell of it.
She stayed listening to Professor Lafay for the next instruction. Right, garlic. Oh, one of her favourite smells! It always reminded her of her grandparents home in Russia. She got a whole clove and got her knife and cut it up roughly. Then she got the blade of her knife and crushed the garlic, until it was a nice paste, almost. She scooped it off her board and put it into the cauldron, and scraped the excess off.
Next was the Lemon Zest. Mmm, she thought about lemon tarts! Oh, it's potions, not cooking, she told herself. She was glad she forgot to clean the grater, because she didn't need to. She held it over a measuring phial and crated 2 cups worth of Lemon Zest, then added it to her potion.
Whilst she waited for 15 minutes whilst it simmered, she cleaned her equipment, re-organised the ingredients she had been using and cleaned her bench.