SPOILER!!: Instructions
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1) Once your pot of water has begun to boil, start by adding the chrysanthemum and nettle tea leaves. Stir occasionally.
2) As the colour of the water turns amber, add two generous pinches of cayenne pepper, a generous drizzle of neem oil and a splash of apple cider vinegar. Stir occasionally.
3) As the colour darkens, take a handful of fluxweed and knotgrass, then stir.
4) Take a whole garlic bulb, slice it in half (diffindo) then drop it into the solution.
5) Add 3-4 whole dreid lacewing flies and a small (yes, thick) drizzle/plop of bubotuber pus.
6) Simmer, stir and leave to cool for about half an hour (in which time you clean up your work space and return any unused items to the stores cupboard.)
7) Once your Minsecticide has cooled, strain it into a spray bottle.
So Ella was watching people finish up and it freaked her out, as she still had several more steps to complete. She bailed on the whole fantasy cooking show daydream she had going on, deciding to really get down to business. It was totally focus time.
Taking the whole garlic bulb, Ella placed it down in front of her and then picked up her wand. She'd used this incantation before so the third year was pretty confident she could complete the task without chopping off a finger or something in the process. That would have been awkward...and bloody. >.<
"Diffindo!" She said seriously, watching with a small smile as the onion split in two. Yes. She'd done it! Grin. Picking up the halves then, she dropped them into the solution and watched as they mixed in with the other ingredients. Right. Another step to cross off the list. Cool.