As Albert had anticipated, Shanna's quest to find a chef quickly fizzled out. It wasn't that no one considered becoming a chef, but even if they wanted to, they needed to know how to cook first. Consequently, anyone willing to try would help Dobby in the kitchen to learn how to prepare good food, but the strange thing was that everyone who tried gave up very quickly.
Suffice it to say, in the culinary wasteland that was Britain, there was simply no fertile ground for many chefs to survive.
As for Isobel and Katrina's trip to France, it also came as no surprise to Albert. Given the current developmental trajectory of the wizarding world, a true production line naturally did not exist. Behind the birth of every single batch of beauty potion was a hardworking potion-maker laboriously brewing it. This directly resulted in French potion-makers becoming a highly sought-after profession.
The only thing that caught Albert by surprise was that they did not use the imaginative giant cauldrons capable of brewing hundreds of potions at a time. Instead, they used custom-made cauldrons specially commissioned by Catherine, which, according to standard procedures, yielded twelve standard portions of potion upon completion.
To be honest, the efficiency was extremely low.
This was because the last time Albert brewed the Smartening Potion, he had used a giant cauldron capable of brewing hundreds of portions in a single go.
Of course, he also understood why Catherine chose to do that.
Brewing …
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