Harry Potter Lord of Shadows

Severus Snape looked at his competition and smirked intriumph. This contest was as good as his. He was not going to be bested by an11-year old of all things. No, he made sure of that. He doubted that he'dgotten everything he needed from Potter like he was supposed to so he went insearch of alternate information to ensure his victory.

He noticed Potter put the cauldron on the fire and beginputting his ingredients in order. What the…? What was that?

"No knives, Potter? Planning on giving up now?"

Harry looked up at his opponent who seemed to befamiliarizing himself with the layout of the mobile kitchen the elves hadsupplied. "Not really. I'm going to use this handy, dandy food processor.It slices, it dices, it even juliennes ingredients. Great time saver actually,especially after I charmed it to use ambient magic to power it up. By the way,what are all those knives for, professor? You do realize you don't need to cutanything for your recipe, don't you?"

"A good Potions Master has to be prepared foranything. When you're trained, you'll know that. In the meantime, quit lookingat me, boy!"

"Whatever you say. Pops."

Twitch. Don'tlet the boy rattle you, Severus, he thought. Just go to your happy place.And instantly James Potter was on an ancient rack being pulled in two by agrinning Severus.

After a moment's contemplation and reflection of being inhis happy place, Professor Snape pulled the recipe from his pocket and comparedit to the one he'd gotten from Potter moments before. It was time to comparehis independent source's information to that of the whelp's.

And who better than to tap for homemade biscuit makingthan Hagrid? Well, the elves in the kitchens would have been better, but theystill weren't talking to him after he'd complained several years ago about thestate of lunch one day. I mean, really, who ate peanut butter and jellysandwiches with the crusts still on? That was so muggle it was laughable.

The first thing Snape noticed between the two recipes wasthat Potter's was much shorter. That was to be expected, though, since he hadused a Dict-A-Quill at Hagrid's a few days previous.

Hagrid's Snickerdoodles receipe:

Arr, 'tis a good time to start a Snickerdoodles batch,bein' in th' afternoon' an' all. Okay, yer gonna be wantin' ta remember some o'th' ingredients are… uhm, a bit touchy, so yeh best stay on yer toes.

Okay, first start wit' some soft butter. I find it bestta use th' butter of TodeFode taken th' night of no moon from under a mediumelm tree. About a thumbs worth should do.

Next, yer gonna need ta find some short shortenin' whichI usually get from a gremlin fer a few knuts down in Knockturn Alley. Ask ferSmokey Bob an' say Hagrid sent ya.

While there, go ta th' Apothecary an' get some sugarcane. Yer gonna need ta refine it. Use a still.

Then yer gonna need two eggs: the ashwinder eggs reactmore violently than asp eggs, but taste better, tha's fer sure. O' course,tha's provided you keep the oven below 400 degrees Celsius.

Next, yer gonna need ta milk the vanilla plant fer about20 minutes. That reminds me o' a story… what? No time fer stories. Okay, butit's a beaut, I tell you. Ask me again later.

Next, crush some flowers to make flour. Sure, yeh can buyit, but this way it tastes better and yeh have more money ta buy things fer yerstill.

Next, grab th' kilt of a Scotsman, makin' sure it showstrue tartan colors. Wha? O' course yer gonna need it! How else do yeh expect taput the fire out wit'out scorchin' th' snickerdoodles, man?

Then take sum o' those muggle drinks called soda and turnit ta powder. This is called bakin' soda. I find it usually helps to solidifythis powder by mixing in some graphite powder.

Next, down at th' sea's shore is some salt. Get some.Seaweed is optional.

Yeh got yer refined sugar yet from th' still? It's morepotent than regular sugar, but ifn' not, ask the house elves for a few cubesyeh put in yer tea.

And finally, yer gonna need some ground cinnamon ferappearance.

Considering he was there when Hagrid had given therecipe, the conversation still rebounded in his head as he read over the recipethat insolent Potter boy gave him per the rules of the competition.

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