Anna sighed, deciding now was just as good of a time as ever. She picked her up her fork and poked at her duck a bit, trying to decide exactly how to go about eating it. It wouldn't be so hard, except...it had a little part in the center that looked like a rack of ribs, still in the same position and in tact as they were when the duck was still alive. Then there was the little part sticking out of the front of it that looked similar to a spot where the neck may have once been. What on Earth did the house elves do to this thing? Behead it, defeather it, rip its little legs off, then throw it in? Eww.

It can't be that bad, though. Anything the professor would serve them had to be good. Then again, if the duck was anything like the silverware Gryffindor had been provided with this year, then all students beware. Gryffindors were brave, were they not? With that thought in mind, Anna cut into her duck, speared a piece with her fork, and then took a bite. She chewed slowly, halfway because she wanted to get a feel for the taste and halfway because she fully expected a feather to be still on there somewhere.

Wow. It was actually good. All things considered, ducks weren't half bad. Anna speared another piece and popped it in her mouth, nodding to the girls around her that it was safe to proceed. No caution needed.