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Felixir · 02-28-2010, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"Boil for fifteen minutes means exactly that-- once the potion comes to a boil, time it for fifteen minutes then remove it from the flame." Kazimeriz offered.

"Aye, aye, cap'n," Jake gave a mock salute and reset his watch again. He kept an eye on his potion, but kept becoming distracted by other things in the room. Little things. Because now he wasn't focusing on DOING something, he was quite liable to lose concentration.

When the potion finally began bubbling, Jake pressed the timer on his watch. For the next fifteen minutes he sat staring at the watch, glancing up every fifteen seconds to make sure the potion was okay.

Those fifteen minutes.

Took.

FOREVER.

Probably something about that phrase, a watch kettle never boils... but this was a cauldron, so that didn't really make sense. Ah well.

FINALLY, his watch made those bell noises, and straight away Jake moved the cauldron from the flame and quickly turned off the bunsen burner. He stalled here, having forgotten the next step, but it came back him soon enough. He put the stirrer back in and attempted to count out seventy seconds for stirring the potion clockwise (he was in a bit of a rush to set his watch again), then held it still.

Finally, in went the porcupine quill aaaaand-

One, two, three, four, five.

-he was done! It just had to cool now.

Beginning the process of tidying up his equipment, Jake hesitantly called for the man in charge. "Ssssir... would you mmmind telling me if I buhh-brewed this good?" Okay, bad grammar, but he was distracted. "It's mmmeant to be an easy ppppotion... I just wwwant to make sure I did it ggggood."

Quote:

Fever-reducing Potion

Ingredients:
2 g willow bark (dried, crushed)
0.4 g snake fangs (crushed)
2 g horned toads (bowels)
1 porcupine quill

Instructions:

*note: portions of this potion are brewed on ice

1) place the bowels of horned toads in 500 mL ice water

2) add snake fangs and stir counter-clockwise for 7 minutes on ice

3) add willow bark and stir clockwise 5 times before placing over flame

4) allow mixture to boil for fifteen minutes then, remove from fire

5) stir clockwise for seventy seconds then, add porcupine quills and stir five times clockwise

6) allow potion to cool

02-28-2010, 09:10 PM	#83 (permalink)
Felixir Forum Manager Book Club Mod Alley Proprietor Banshee Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Posts: 50,165 Hogwarts RPG Name: Charlie Upstead Gryffindor Fifth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Aurelio Kaiser Slytherin Third Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Alexei Petrov Slytherin First Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Yves Flamel Slytherin Sixth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: Achilles Zacharias Ravenclaw Third Year Diagon Alley Proprietor: Ezekiel Ransom-Kruus Ollivanders x12 x12	Prof. K Lovely™ \| Captain Hurted \| Ariana's Bane \| Resident Antagonist \| Unparalleled Delight Quote: Originally Posted by XanaSnape "Boil for fifteen minutes means exactly that-- once the potion comes to a boil, time it for fifteen minutes then remove it from the flame." Kazimeriz offered. "Aye, aye, cap'n," Jake gave a mock salute and reset his watch again. He kept an eye on his potion, but kept becoming distracted by other things in the room. Little things. Because now he wasn't focusing on DOING something, he was quite liable to lose concentration. When the potion finally began bubbling, Jake pressed the timer on his watch. For the next fifteen minutes he sat staring at the watch, glancing up every fifteen seconds to make sure the potion was okay. Those fifteen minutes. Took. FOREVER. Probably something about that phrase, a watch kettle never boils... but this was a cauldron, so that didn't really make sense. Ah well. FINALLY, his watch made those bell noises, and straight away Jake moved the cauldron from the flame and quickly turned off the bunsen burner. He stalled here, having forgotten the next step, but it came back him soon enough. He put the stirrer back in and attempted to count out seventy seconds for stirring the potion clockwise (he was in a bit of a rush to set his watch again), then held it still. Finally, in went the porcupine quill aaaaand- One, two, three, four, five. -he was done! It just had to cool now. Beginning the process of tidying up his equipment, Jake hesitantly called for the man in charge. "Ssssir... would you mmmind telling me if I buhh-brewed this good?" Okay, bad grammar, but he was distracted. "It's mmmeant to be an easy ppppotion... I just wwwant to make sure I did it ggggood." Quote: Fever-reducing Potion Ingredients: 2 g willow bark (dried, crushed) 0.4 g snake fangs (crushed) 2 g horned toads (bowels) 1 porcupine quill Instructions: note: portions of this potion are brewed on ice 1) place the bowels of horned toads in 500 mL ice water 2) add snake fangs and stir counter-clockwise for 7 minutes on ice 3) add willow bark and stir clockwise 5 times before placing over flame 4) allow mixture to boil for fifteen minutes then, remove from fire 5) stir clockwise for seventy seconds then, add porcupine quills and stir five times clockwise 6) allow potion to cool __________________ Days of Potter 2023:___________________________ Which Bertie Botts Flavour* Are You? You are Chocolate!