Originally Posted by Team ronmione

Adam's eyes bugged out of his sockets. He felt a lump formulate in his throat as he looked at the dish. To him it resembled like brown brain guts with chunks of gooey white snow. Hesitantly he took his fork and took the smallest of a bite, swallowing the dish.

Hmm. It was kind of watery and thick at the same time.

"There's french fries.Win for french fries. And err... is that melted cheese, that one stuff hanging on top of everything else?" Adam asked pointing at the substance.

Originally Posted by natethegreat

Nate looked at the food that was being served right now. He thought it looked kind of wierd. He had to admit some of the things he eats is pretty wierd to. So he had to try it. He wasn't sure where it was from, but he could take a guess at what was in it. He raised his hand and said "It looks like what americans call french fries. With some gravy and cheese. Also it looks like what over here we call mash. Over in america I think it's called mashed potatoes."

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella tried the dish and wrinkled her nose, it was not her favorite. She wouldn't mind the dish if it didn't have so much stuff on it. She had no idea where it was from either so she listened to the other students answer the Professor.

Originally Posted by Anna Banana

Sierra stared at the dish in front of her. Poutine. Hmm. All she saw was a pile of chips with cheese on top of them. Oh, and there was a gravy and what looked like a sauce, too. "It looks like what we call chips," Sierra said, raising her hand, "or...french fries." Lowering her hand, she added, "There's cheese, gravy, and a sauce on top, too." She stared at the dish some more. She honestly couldn't decide whether it looked delicious or revolting. "Oh, and it's Canadian."

Originally Posted by sarahlooo

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Ellie looked skeptically at the first dish they were trying. Poutine? She had never heard of it. And probably for a good reason. It looked... weird.

Picking up her fork, Ellie poked it around for a second before stabbing what seemed to be a french fry. But what were those giant white chunks? Ellie looked around at the other students skeptically before looking back at the poutine. She pursed her lips and took a bite.

... Cheese? That white chunk tasted sort of cheesy. And there was some sort of gravy or sauce on it. It was kind of weird. But intriguing. And made Ellie took another bite. Hm.

Originally Posted by Katergirl

Angelina stared down at the plate. With her not being picky about food what so ever maybe she will like it. Take her fork she took some of the Pourtine. When she began to eat it and taste the flavored Angelina thought it was amazing! She liked it a lot it came on her list of great foods. She couldn't wait to try other foods after this now!

After she was done eating the Pourtine she raised her hand and said, "Is it for Canada or somewhere like that?" she wanted to say from Sweden but that wouldn't be right.

Originally Posted by Lissy Longbottom

Originally Posted by Zekk

Sean looked at the dish, he wasn't sure what to think about it. He'd heard about it but just wasn't sure if he really wanted to try it. He sucked it up, and took a big bite. And it was amazing! He savored the bite, smiling to himself.

Now the Professor had asked a question right? So he was going to try and answer the best he could. He raised his hand and said "I believe it's a Canadian dish Professor." He thought about it more, thinking about what flavors he tasted. "It tastes like there is potatoes and some kind of cheese in it."

Originally Posted by DeathEater1

Cardigan listened to the professor intently.She had never been over to North/South America area yet so she would be need to be attent and alert.She took a sip of her Mocha,leaving a fresh line of Foam across her upper lip.With a quick movement of her tongue,the sweet Foam was cleared from her face.She scooped up a forkfull of the Poutine and took a bite.Mulling it around a bit in her mouth,she noticed how it had a Potatoish taste to it.Not as good as some things she's had,but it was good all the same.

"Didn't Poutine originate in Quebec?"Cardigan asked the professor thoughtfully.She may not have ever been to Quebec or any of the North/South America area,but she still had a vast knowledge!She took a small sip of her Mocha,her throat being parched and all.Didn't want to have a parched throat when trying lots and lots of food!

Originally Posted by Hermione Lily Potter

Lily looked at her plate as it appeared in front of her. She waited until the professor was done talking before she decided to taste the dish. A small bite was all she needed. It wasn't bad but it definitely wasn't her favorite.

Lily placed her fork down and raised her hand to answer the question. "I think it has french fries in it." That's what it looked like at least. Lily had tried poutine before but it didn't look quite like this one, and she thought that the other one tasted better too.

Originally Posted by Lady of Light

Evelyn finished her mocha finally and placed the mug on the table when the professor started to speak. And..suddenly a plate filled with food appeared in front of her. Ten different dishes!? Wow. When the professor proceeded to say that they could try one bite of each dish, Evelyn was a little relieved. She definitely couldn't eat everything.

The girl placed the napkin on her lap and picked up the fork. She took a bite of the dish and chewed on it slowly. Hm. It was good. She'd heard of poutine but she'd never had it before.

Evelyn raised her hand and asked curiously, "Professor, isn't this dish from Canada?"

Originally Posted by Lady of Light

Evelyn frowned when Lewis didn't shake her extended hand. Gosh, she looked so stupid. She could feel her face turn slightly red from the embarrassment. Honestly, why would anyone have to be so rude? Anyway, she turned to look at the professor, completely ignoring Lewis. Yeah. Evelyn didn't get annoyed very often but she was really irritated with the guy right now. PFFT.

Originally Posted by Lunax246

As Avery was sat, bored, in class she kept her head down, her glossy brown hair falling over shoulder and covered half of her face. She looked over at the girl she had sat down next to at the start of class, who also had brown hair and who was looking slightly annoyed, but was looking straight ahead towards the Professor Avery thought that the girl had probably barely resisted the fact that she was sat next to her.

Across the table was a boy with dark hair, he looked quite cute and at one point she thought she saw his eyes flit towards her, so she ducked her head down and sipped on her hot chocolate, which she had got when she had arrived in the lesson.

She then looked up slowly and tucked a lock of her hair behind her ear.

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

Gemma wrinkled her eyebrows with that comment, "Well, of course, it's not from Mars since we are going around OUR world in 80 bites...but remember to keep off hand comments to yourself, because we do have students from the origin of this dish's country and you don't want to hurt their feelings..." she said politely trying to get the student to realize that their comment was a little rude to anyone from Canada....

The professor smiled as the students gave the dish a try and then answered her question. "Yes you are all correct..." she said excitedly. "Poutine is a fast food dish that originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada. It is made of fried potatoes with fresh cheese curd or slices covered in gravy." she finished and then wiped her mouth a little bit with her napkin.

"Now onto our next dish..." she said with a flick. On the board above the bottom square on the left side lite up. "The next dish is a little bit spicy but I know you can all handle it." she paused after taking a drink of water...just the thought of spicy made her thirsty but she loved spicy.

"This dish is called feijoada..." she said the word with her best South American accent but she was sure it still sounded countryish..."Anyone care to guess what it is and where it's from..." she asked and then motioned for the students to give it a try.

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

Gemma nodded at each of the students as their answers posted onto the board.

"Wow, I guess I really didn't imagine how cultured we were...so many different people and so many different countries and backgrounds in one little room..." she said excitedly glancing back up at the list on the board suspended above them. "We are truly lucky to be able to meet so many people from so many different places..." she said smiling brightly as she took a seat once again at her tall table at the front of the room.

With a flick of her wrist, large rectangular white plates flew into the room and landed in front of each of the students. The plates were divided into ten different sections. Inside each section were a few bites of various dishes from around the world.

Once all of the plates had landed, Gemma continued, "Like I mentioned today is going to be part one of our trip around the world eating our way through different dishes..." she paused and took a quick drink and then continued. "Today we are going to focus on dishes from North and South America..." And with the mention of these two locations the flags from these areas flapped wildly in the imaginary wind above the students. After a few seconds they became motionless.

"On your plate are bites from ten different dishes in these locations. We'll go around to each dish and talk about each one..." she flicked her wand and glasses of water flew in and landed at the tables as well. "Now, I don't expect you to eat everything on your plate, but I would like you to try atleast a bite of the dish as we discuss it...." she took a sip of her water, "And along the way remember some of the basic manners we spoke about last time...this isn't a formal setting but simple manners and etiquette should be observed..."

With a flick of her wand, an image of their plates appeared on the board hanging from the ceiling and the top left hand square was highlighted.

"So, let's get started...." she said excitedly, "Our first dish is one that was mentioned by one of your fellow students." she motioned towards the young lady, "It is known as Poutine..."



She grabbed her napkin and placed it across her lap. Then she grabbed her fork and took a little bit of the first sampling on the plate. "O everyone, please give it a try...don't be scared...all of these dishes are amazing!"

"Can anyone, other than the lady that mentioned it, tell me where this dish is from or what is in the dish or just anything about the dish?" she asked the students as she continued eating the last few bites of the dish.

OOC: Please do try the dish...you can share with others what you think of it, but keep it to a minimum please...don't forget to raise your hand when you answer...we are going to move fast today...probably going to be posting each dish every two hours or so....
O and remember Gemma sees you..yes you!

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

Gemma wrinkled her eyebrows with that comment, "Well, of course, it's not from Mars since we are going around OUR world in 80 bites...but remember to keep off hand comments to yourself, because we do have students from the origin of this dish's country and you don't want to hurt their feelings..." she said politely trying to get the student to realize that their comment was a little rude to anyone from Canada....

The professor smiled as the students gave the dish a try and then answered her question. "Yes you are all correct..." she said excitedly. "Poutine is a fast food dish that originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada. It is made of fried potatoes with fresh cheese curd or slices covered in gravy." she finished and then wiped her mouth a little bit with her napkin.

"Now onto our next dish..." she said with a flick. On the board above the bottom square on the left side lite up. "The next dish is a little bit spicy but I know you can all handle it." she paused after taking a drink of water...just the thought of spicy made her thirsty but she loved spicy.

"This dish is called feijoada..." she said the word with her best South American accent but she was sure it still sounded countryish..."Anyone care to guess what it is and where it's from..." she asked and then motioned for the students to give it a try.

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

Gemma nodded at each of the students as their answers posted onto the board.

"Wow, I guess I really didn't imagine how cultured we were...so many different people and so many different countries and backgrounds in one little room..." she said excitedly glancing back up at the list on the board suspended above them. "We are truly lucky to be able to meet so many people from so many different places..." she said smiling brightly as she took a seat once again at her tall table at the front of the room.

With a flick of her wrist, large rectangular white plates flew into the room and landed in front of each of the students. The plates were divided into ten different sections. Inside each section were a few bites of various dishes from around the world.

Once all of the plates had landed, Gemma continued, "Like I mentioned today is going to be part one of our trip around the world eating our way through different dishes..." she paused and took a quick drink and then continued. "Today we are going to focus on dishes from North and South America..." And with the mention of these two locations the flags from these areas flapped wildly in the imaginary wind above the students. After a few seconds they became motionless.

"On your plate are bites from ten different dishes in these locations. We'll go around to each dish and talk about each one..." she flicked her wand and glasses of water flew in and landed at the tables as well. "Now, I don't expect you to eat everything on your plate, but I would like you to try atleast a bite of the dish as we discuss it...." she took a sip of her water, "And along the way remember some of the basic manners we spoke about last time...this isn't a formal setting but simple manners and etiquette should be observed..."

With a flick of her wand, an image of their plates appeared on the board hanging from the ceiling and the top left hand square was highlighted.

"So, let's get started...." she said excitedly, "Our first dish is one that was mentioned by one of your fellow students." she motioned towards the young lady, "It is known as Poutine..."



She grabbed her napkin and placed it across her lap. Then she grabbed her fork and took a little bit of the first sampling on the plate. "O everyone, please give it a try...don't be scared...all of these dishes are amazing!"

"Can anyone, other than the lady that mentioned it, tell me where this dish is from or what is in the dish or just anything about the dish?" she asked the students as she continued eating the last few bites of the dish.

OOC: Please do try the dish...you can share with others what you think of it, but keep it to a minimum please...don't forget to raise your hand when you answer...we are going to move fast today...probably going to be posting each dish every two hours or so....
O and remember Gemma sees you..yes you!

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

Gemma wrinkled her eyebrows with that comment, "Well, of course, it's not from Mars since we are going around OUR world in 80 bites...but remember to keep off hand comments to yourself, because we do have students from the origin of this dish's country and you don't want to hurt their feelings..." she said politely trying to get the student to realize that their comment was a little rude to anyone from Canada....

The professor smiled as the students gave the dish a try and then answered her question. "Yes you are all correct..." she said excitedly. "Poutine is a fast food dish that originated in Quebec and can now be found across Canada. It is made of fried potatoes with fresh cheese curd or slices covered in gravy." she finished and then wiped her mouth a little bit with her napkin.

"Now onto our next dish..." she said with a flick. On the board above the bottom square on the left side lite up. "The next dish is a little bit spicy but I know you can all handle it." she paused after taking a drink of water...just the thought of spicy made her thirsty but she loved spicy.

"This dish is called feijoada..." she said the word with her best South American accent but she was sure it still sounded countryish..."Anyone care to guess what it is and where it's from..." she asked and then motioned for the students to give it a try.

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

Gemma smiled at each of the students as they walked. About halfway through all the students entering she put down her magazine and smiled at the students as she sipped on her Caramel Macchiatto.....oooo how she loved these things...She wiped her mouth and tip of the nose just in case some whipped cream had snuck up there and then she stood up.

"Hello everyone!!! I am so excited to see all of you!" she said excitedly. "And welcome to the second lesson of Muggle Studies for the year." she paused waiting for the conversations to end after her introduction.

She motioned up towards the flags hanging from the rafters and they all swung in unison..."Welcome to Around the World in 80 bites...an adventure around Muggle Cuisine around the world...." she said bringing her arms back down and smiling excitedly as her stomach growled, "This lesson will be divided into parts, so today we will just go around the world in 40 bites..." she said with a little giggle...yes it was a lame joke but it was a joke none the less. "I hope you brought your appetite and an open mind to try each of these dishes...."

She flicked her wand and a board dropped down from the ceiling in front of her little table. "So, let's get thing started by learning from each of you..." she said flicking her wand towards the board. Slowly the words Fellow Students wrote across the board in the Professor's handwriting.

"Please raise your hand and tell me where you are from and share a favorite dish from your area...let's try to keep them muggle dishes if we can since this is Muggle Studies...and don't repeat something someone else has already said..." she said with a nod up and down, "For instance, I'm from the United States," as she said the US, the flag wiggled hurriedly from the rafters, "And one of my favorite muggle dishes is Hot Dogs with cheese and chili..." as she said this her name, hot dog with chili and cheese and the United States was scribbled across the board.

OOC: All conversations should end now...remember not to announce yourself coming in late from this point....also don't forget to raise your hand before your answer....and no repeating other people's answers...and as always, Gemma, is watching!

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

Gemma nodded at each of the students as their answers posted onto the board.

"Wow, I guess I really didn't imagine how cultured we were...so many different people and so many different countries and backgrounds in one little room..." she said excitedly glancing back up at the list on the board suspended above them. "We are truly lucky to be able to meet so many people from so many different places..." she said smiling brightly as she took a seat once again at her tall table at the front of the room.

With a flick of her wrist, large rectangular white plates flew into the room and landed in front of each of the students. The plates were divided into ten different sections. Inside each section were a few bites of various dishes from around the world.

Once all of the plates had landed, Gemma continued, "Like I mentioned today is going to be part one of our trip around the world eating our way through different dishes..." she paused and took a quick drink and then continued. "Today we are going to focus on dishes from North and South America..." And with the mention of these two locations the flags from these areas flapped wildly in the imaginary wind above the students. After a few seconds they became motionless.

"On your plate are bites from ten different dishes in these locations. We'll go around to each dish and talk about each one..." she flicked her wand and glasses of water flew in and landed at the tables as well. "Now, I don't expect you to eat everything on your plate, but I would like you to try atleast a bite of the dish as we discuss it...." she took a sip of her water, "And along the way remember some of the basic manners we spoke about last time...this isn't a formal setting but simple manners and etiquette should be observed..."

With a flick of her wand, an image of their plates appeared on the board hanging from the ceiling and the top left hand square was highlighted.

"So, let's get started...." she said excitedly, "Our first dish is one that was mentioned by one of your fellow students." she motioned towards the young lady, "It is known as Poutine..."



She grabbed her napkin and placed it across her lap. Then she grabbed her fork and took a little bit of the first sampling on the plate. "O everyone, please give it a try...don't be scared...all of these dishes are amazing!"

"Can anyone, other than the lady that mentioned it, tell me where this dish is from or what is in the dish or just anything about the dish?" she asked the students as she continued eating the last few bites of the dish.

OOC: Please do try the dish...you can share with others what you think of it, but keep it to a minimum please...don't forget to raise your hand when you answer...we are going to move fast today...probably going to be posting each dish every two hours or so....
O and remember Gemma sees you..yes you!

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

Gemma nodded at each of the students as their answers posted onto the board.

"Wow, I guess I really didn't imagine how cultured we were...so many different people and so many different countries and backgrounds in one little room..." she said excitedly glancing back up at the list on the board suspended above them. "We are truly lucky to be able to meet so many people from so many different places..." she said smiling brightly as she took a seat once again at her tall table at the front of the room.

With a flick of her wrist, large rectangular white plates flew into the room and landed in front of each of the students. The plates were divided into ten different sections. Inside each section were a few bites of various dishes from around the world.

Once all of the plates had landed, Gemma continued, "Like I mentioned today is going to be part one of our trip around the world eating our way through different dishes..." she paused and took a quick drink and then continued. "Today we are going to focus on dishes from North and South America..." And with the mention of these two locations the flags from these areas flapped wildly in the imaginary wind above the students. After a few seconds they became motionless.

"On your plate are bites from ten different dishes in these locations. We'll go around to each dish and talk about each one..." she flicked her wand and glasses of water flew in and landed at the tables as well. "Now, I don't expect you to eat everything on your plate, but I would like you to try atleast a bite of the dish as we discuss it...." she took a sip of her water, "And along the way remember some of the basic manners we spoke about last time...this isn't a formal setting but simple manners and etiquette should be observed..."

With a flick of her wand, an image of their plates appeared on the board hanging from the ceiling and the top left hand square was highlighted.

"So, let's get started...." she said excitedly, "Our first dish is one that was mentioned by one of your fellow students." she motioned towards the young lady, "It is known as Poutine..."



She grabbed her napkin and placed it across her lap. Then she grabbed her fork and took a little bit of the first sampling on the plate. "O everyone, please give it a try...don't be scared...all of these dishes are amazing!"

"Can anyone, other than the lady that mentioned it, tell me where this dish is from or what is in the dish or just anything about the dish?" she asked the students as she continued eating the last few bites of the dish.

OOC: Please do try the dish...you can share with others what you think of it, but keep it to a minimum please...don't forget to raise your hand when you answer...we are going to move fast today...probably going to be posting each dish every two hours or so....
O and remember Gemma sees you..yes you!

Originally Posted by iceblossom22

Taking a bite, Elis beamed. SPICY! Siping a bit of water, she raised her hand. "Is it Portugal, Professor?" she asked. "Or maybe Brazil...." she added as an afterthought.

Originally Posted by affy7ann

Tayla thought about the sudden accent the professor used and raised her hand to recite. "Brazil, Professor? It seems to be made of meat and beans." She gave the feijoada a try and liked it.

Originally Posted by midnight_thestral

Violet saw the plate going toward her..and oh my goodness! It was poutine! Her favourite dish from Canada! Violet took a good serving of it and ate a small mouthful of the delicious fries and gravy. "Yummy Professor. Haven't eaten this in forever!" Violet heard the student that had said the food looked like alien food and it hurt her a little bit, deep inside her heart, but she was sure that the student meant no harm. She looked down at the poutine and pushed it aside and lost part of her appetite.



Next came a very broth-y type of stew. What was that? It was called feijoada? Interesting. Violet didn't enjoy beans very much, but it was worth a try. She took a small spoonful of it in her mouth, chewed, and swallowed it with difficulty. Already her mouth was starting to burn from the steam coming off it and..oh my..the spiciness of the dish. She opened her mouth and flapped her hands to cool herself off. She remained silent when the teacher asked where it was from. She had absolutely no idea and that would be the first experience she's had this food.

Originally Posted by Katergirl

Angelina tilted her head to the side a bit at the look ofT the Feijoada. She didn't like beans too much. Picking up a random silverwear she found have picked up a spon and dipped it in the Feijoada. Taking a deep breath she put the spon in her mouth and at it. With the affect of the beans Angelina didn't find it to great. As she planned before though she would take about one bit of everything so she wouldn't get to full, so no more Feijoada for her. Taking a sip of her coffee to get the tast down she raised her hand and said, "Professor this is a guess but is the Feijoada from Brazil or around there?"

Originally Posted by Daydreamer11

Alex looked at the feijoada and thought, "mmmm this looks tasty". It looked like a very hearty stew with lots of beans and sausage. The Professor said that it was spicy and Alex believed it. It smelled spicy, but that was fine with her. Alex loved food that had a little kick to it. She took a small bite and was pleased. It was hot and good! She raised her hand and said, "Feijoada sounds like a Portuguese word". "That means that it must be from Brazil.

Originally Posted by lazykitty

Sky thought for a minute. The name sounded like something from… "Is it Brazilian?" Yep definitely sounded South American. She took a bite, and immediately had to take a drink. Whew, spicy! Despite this, it didn't really taste that bad. She finished eating the amount on her plate and took another large drink of her water.

Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie

Really? Kurumi sort of folded her arms for a moment and simply listened as she remembered the events from last term and especially the map that Professor Schirmer had charmed for them to show where everyone was from. Kurumi's personal highlight of the prefect event from last term. The professor was right though, it was nice know that there were so many people from around the world at Hogwarts.

When the first dish arrived, Kurumi recognized it instantly from all the research she had done. It was poutine, a fast food dish that originated in Quebec, Canada, and Kurumi hadn't really been particularly fond of it when she had tried it when testing various recipes for the buffet. Still, Kurumi used her fork and stabbed one of the curd covered fries and popped it into her mouth.

Yep...that was enough of that.


When the next dish appeared, Kurumi sort of sighed again. Spicy dishes and her just did not mix and this was one of those. Recognizing it once again, Kurumi raised her hand. "This dish, feijoada, is the national dish of Brazil and it a meal that is traditionally served on Saturdays and always at lunch time," she explained. "Some people also call it Brazilian Black Beans and it is also served in Portugal." But, since they were told that they were focusing on North and South America, that ruled Portugal out for the time being.

Originally Posted by Jessiqua

Zhenya grabbed a spoon of the beany dish. She couldn't remember what it was called, it was an odd name. But WOW was it delicious. She loved spicy food and this was delicious. She had a think as to where it would come from... "Maybe it's from Mexico," she said, putting her hand up. Well, beans were in Mexican food.

Originally Posted by Lady of Light

Evelyn looked amused when he gulped down the entire dish. He looked like he really enjoyed it. Salty? Evelyn looked doubtfully down at the Feijoada. Heh. She picked up her spoon and took a small...a really small bite and...alright. It was okay. It was a little too spicy but yeah. It was a good. "Thanks. I kinda like it." Evelyn whispered across the table. Yeah, she really didn't want to be told to shut up again.

Originally Posted by CassiopeiaAKTF

Daichi took a sip from his vanilla drink when the next dish came up. It looked like beans and meat in a sauce and as he was taking a bite he immediately noticed that it was a bit on the spicy side. Not that that mattered to him since he had already said he liked Tteokbokki which gochujang sauce was REALLY spicy.

So as he took another bite from the food, he heard the professor asking them a question. He looked at the dish again before raising his hand. "...Fiji , Professor?" because it sounded like it came from there... Wait, was Fiji even in America? Eeeh he really should learn the places on the earth. But right now, his answer was Fiji. And he took another bite.

Originally Posted by Lislchen

Originally Posted by Squishy ♥

Originally Posted by Zekk

Sean moved on to the next dish. It looked like chili, but didn't smell like it. Sean hoped it wasn't spicy, he didn't like anything spicy. He slowly took his spoon and tried a tiny bite. It wasn't great, but the pieces of sausage in it were pretty good.

South America huh? Only so many countries there. He swirled his spoon in the bowl to see what all was in it. He saw beans, sausage and spices. He raised his hand and answered, "Professor, is this from Brazil?" He knew the sausage was Portuguese but that wasn't in South America, but Brazil was very similar and in the right continent.

Originally Posted by Lislchen

Evelyn looked...annoyed to say the least. Even really angry actually. Was this about the fist-bump/shake hands thing? Probably not. Maybe she just didn't like this food-class. Or the professor. Or the girl who'd taken a seat at their table too. Even though she was a Hufflepuff.

Okay, there went that theory. They seemed to be getting along. Too well, actually. This was CLASS after all. They weren't supposed to chat. Though, he would probably never dare tell them to be quiet. Who was he to tell them after all. He wasn't a Prefect or anything.

Oh. But there was somebody telling them to be quiet and pay attention. The girl from the Healing Seminar. Amelia. He smiled at the older Hufflepuff before turning his back on the others again to be facing the professor. This Chai Tea was SO good, by the way. Where was he going to get that from after class?!



Lewis had simply REFUSED to eat the last food the professor had offered them. The one with all the mayonnaise or whatever it had been. The one from Quebec. No, it had just looked too...weird to try. This one looked a lot better though. Mhm.

Taking his spoon, the Hufflepuff carefully dipped it into the dish and then put it into his mouth. It was pretty good, yes. Maybe he would try making that some time. But for now he raised his hand to answer the next food-question. "Well, it could be either from Portugal or from Brazil, Professor, I think." He was pretty sure having seen two different recipes for this in one of his mother's cook-books.

Originally Posted by natethegreat

Nate then heard that the next meal is coming around. He looked at it. Sinced it sounded a little bit like spanish he raised his hand and said "It sounds like it came from Brazil or some type of spanish/portugese country. Also it looks like it's a stew wih beans pork and beef." Once again afer he said that he took a spoon and ate some of it. Whoa! That was hot! Then again the teacher did say this would be spicier then the last. So he can't blame her.

Originally Posted by TakemetotheBurrow

Ella looked at the second dish, nervous to try it. She took a deep breath and put some into her mouth, pleasantly surprised at the taste. The Professor was right, it was spicy, but Ella found she actually liked it. Now where was it from? "Professor, it kind of tastes like the chilli my mom makes at home...It's kind of stew like and is the meat...is it pork? Maybe, well maybe it's from Brasil?" Ella's mom's family had traveled to Brasil before and maybe that's why the dish seemed familiar to her.

Originally Posted by Lezleighd

The professor smiled at the student's guesses and with a little nod left and right she said, "O you are sooo close...their cuisines and dishes are very similar to this country..." she said encouragingly.



She took a drink of water and then said with her usual excitement and smile, "O yes you are all very correct!!" she paused and then walked around the classroom...or coffee house...as she talked, "The second dish is the national dish of Brazil, but it is also served in India and Portuguese." she said motioning towards the students that had mentioned those areas." It is made of a stewed mixture of beans, pork, and beef. The name comes from feijão, Portuguese for "beans". The Brazilian feijoada is prepared with black turtle, white, pinto and red beans, a variety of salted pork and beef products, such as pork trimmings, bacon, smoked pork ribs, and at least two types of smoked sausage and jerked beef ." She motioned to the picture of the dish now being shown on the board... [b]"It is usually served with white rice depending on what the occasion it's being served for."[b]

She headed back to the front of the class, "Okay our next dish sampling is from a nearby country to Brazil. It has similar origins." with a flick of her wand, that section of the plate lite up on the board.

"This dish is called Churrasco with Chimichurri" she kind of stumbled through this one but still made it. "Any guesses about this dish...where is it from...what's in it...what the story behind it..." she asked as she took a bite of the sampling...this was one of her favorites...who didn't love steak!