| Blast-Ended Skrewt
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Sebastian Price
First Year |  The Harpy of Hogwarts | Dungeon Mistress | Bimba di Serpeverde
SPOILER!!: Good Babies Quote:
Originally Posted by Macavity  Simon updated his notes as the professor supplied the correct answer before his eyes passed over his own packet of the stuff. He knew what it was...having been exposed to muggle items like it since his childhood and he tried to remember some of the characteristics of it that might be useful to a potion especially a bone-regernation one.
"Its Jello, Professor, a type of gelatin," he supplied after raising his hand. "And if I'm not mistaken gelatin is processed collogen...a protein found in bones among other things," he added as it came to mind hoping it was right for once. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lockhartian The cottage cheese was already inside his cauldron, not before cleaning the cauldron thoroughly, and then his eyes widened in surprise.
Dragon?
Wha--?! His head was tilted to one side as he thought of...the dragon. Surely Peruvian Vipertooth was the smallest, but a dragon nonetheless.
His hand was raised, "It is gelatin, Professor...or, well, once prepared it is, right now it's only powdered gelatin" if that made any sense, but he had no idea why they were using this Jell-O packages, really, he preferred pudding, "The real gelatin has something to do with collagen, no? And that helps with all sorts of regeneration" he said, not knowing precisely what the real relation was between gelatin and collagen, it was too complicated, "Though, not sure how collagen fits the powdered gelatin we have here" because it was an animal thing. Quote:
Originally Posted by sweetpinkpixie
Aand dragon would have been another guess. Oh well, she probably would have said boggart first and received a scary look from dragon lady. Kurumi chuckled to herself at the thought of them using dragon marrow in potions class as was instructed by the dragon lady. -snicker snicker-
Kurumi then picked up her packet of Jell-O and smelled it. Oh! Raspberry flavor, one of her favorites. "Professor, this packet contains a powder contains powdered gelatin and some artificial sweeteners." She set her packet down on the table. "It dissolves in hot water and will set when cooled. Gelatin is a protein produced from collagen extracted from the boiled bones, connective tissues, and intestines of animals. My family never used this brand of Jell-O...we always used a vegetarian type because my brother had issues with eating horse hooves." Was this potion going to end up like a Jell-O shot? That sounded like a terrible idea...
She went back to her notes to add in the previous details about the bone marrow.
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Originally Posted by Canoir Greengrass Freya raised her hand "It's a gelatin, Professor. Gelatin is collagen that has been irreversibly hydrolyzed. We used it because without collagen, even though we may be able to digest calcium to the point that it gets into our bloodstream. Without collagen in the bone tissue, there is nothing to hold calcium in our bones when the blood travels through." she said and lowering her hand. Quote:
Originally Posted by Dianna Malfoy Dianna looked at the packet of Jell-o.
"It's gelatin, Professor. Derived from the collagen inside animals' skin and bones. It is commonly used as a gelling agent in food. Also jell-o varies from different flavors and colors." she said as she lowered her hand.
Mmm.. She haven't had jell-o for a long time.. Quote:
Originally Posted by MissFeenella "Thats Gelatin. It can be used as a stabilizer, thickener, or texturizer,Professor", Fee said raising her hand.
Somehow she felt not too good today,but hoped she would succes this time. Quote:
Originally Posted by MugglesStink! "Its a package of J-ELLO. Its a type of geletain thingy" she said. NOW that was obvious. Jello was the most yummeist thing ever! Quote:
Originally Posted by CreativeAllie18 Alice let out a small sigh of relief. She was glad that she was wrong! Copying down what Professor Lafay said about Peruvian Vipertooth and powdered Unicorn Horn, Alice looked up when she asked what the packet in her hand was.
"That's instant jello, isn't it Professsor? And I suppose given it's spongy consistency and the way it kind of forms into a big blob when you make it, it could be used to hold the ingredients of the potion together?"
"Precicely, yes, collagen protein is very important for the bones." She said and then looked at Hollingberry's parchment. He pointed to the horn powder and repeated, slower. "Unicorn Horn, powdered this also has many minerals and properties to strengthen and re-grow bones. I'm not skipping it, I'm just going over it in a faster manner."
She moved away from the child and continued. She held up the tail, which was still wiggling on it's own. "What is this and why are we using it?" She said.
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