Was the actual brewing portion fun? He supposed so, though truthfully his preference was usually more discussion and note-taking than practical application. At least in this class, as Transfiguration and Charms were quite fun in application process as well. Once they were released to get started, Evan pulled his textbook closer - opened to page 394 and looking back and forth between that for reference and the blackboard with the modified instructions.

First things first, gathering the ingredients. Standing, Evan followed after Claudine in order to gather the necessary ingredients. Once that was finished, it was time to get started.

Step one was fairly simplistic - heat the milk on medium heat. He pulled his egg timer from home, a muggle device he always found rather handy - particularly with potions - and set it for 3 minutes after the heat started. While that started and he waited for the timer to go off, he went ahead and moved on to step 2 and filled his cauldron half full or was it left half empty?. He just reached the half way mark when the timer went off, so Evan carefully got the milk and poured it into the cauldron with the water.

Two steps down already.

His cauldron was then placed on low flame while he moved on to chopping the fluxweed. Fine always seemed such a poor description of how much to chop, but he went for it anyways. One gram was not too large of an amount, so it didn't take too long to get it the right (approximately) size. Adding in the fluxweed, he grabbed his metal stirrer, putting it into the liquid and starting at what would have been the 12, he stirred seven times clockwise before pulling the stirrer back out and setting it aside.

Next step. Adding in a handful of dog hair. He spread that into his potion, watching the clock as he did so to ensure he was done sprinkling within the allotted 10 seconds. And because step number seven seemed SO important, he chose to forego his timer for this portion and just stare at the clock and watch the seven minutes count down. He scribbled on his notes the location of the seconds hand when the seven minutes started, JUST in case.

And now it was just to wait, with the three jabberknoll feathers in hand for step 8 at the seven minutes.