Next step! Which was....uhm...Kevin looked at his notes on the table. Ah! Adding the handful of dried Salamander skin. Which was disgusting in a totally cool way, you know? But as he read further he saw that he needed to dice something as well so the Lion decided to do that first.

He grabbed a clean knife and placed the jalapeno in front of him. He brought the knife down on the ingredient and began to cut it. It...wasn't perfect though because he hadn't really used a knife before except for in a few potion classes so he will still trying to perfect it. But after a while, the Gryffindor was happy enough with the result and put the not so perfect diced jalapeno in a small bowl.

Kevin opened the jar of the dried salamander skin now and as he looked inside he made a face. He was facinated, yes...but ewww. Not sure if he should wear his gloves now or not, the twelve year old played it safe and put them on just in case. His hand went in to the jar and grabbed a handful of dried skin before adding it in to the cauldron.

Taking off his gloves, he pointed his wand at them and began to clean them with a "Scourgify" and placed it on the table. He then grabbed the bowl of the jalapeno he had cut and added it in to the cauldron as well.

So far so good!