LuLu smiled at the proffesers entrance it was all over the top she loved it and the door and stuff it was cool, she formed the b and d shape with both of her hands... Dinners and fancy stuff wasn't really her thing but she had a pretty good idea what b and d was, Her hand went up into the air

"Bread and Drink, Proffeser, It's Bread on the Left and Drink on the Right,'' R-right??

Leia raised her hand, she had been trying to remember what her parents friends had told her, "It's bread and drink isn't it professor? I'm not too sure where they go but I think bread goes on the left and drink goes on the right," she really hoped it was correct.

Tayla loved how everything looked like, and yes, she also loved the food! She smoothed the skirt of her scarlet dress and listened as the professor spoke.

It wasn't Tayla's first time to see a table setting like this. But she did find it confusing. She held up her hands making a 'b' and a 'd' as instructed, then she raised one hand to answer the professor's question.

"Bread and drink, Professor. Helps us remember which side each is."

Jory was admiring the settings the Professor had done for the lesson. It was like going to one of his Dad's formal dinner at his work.

He raised his hand to answer the question. "Bread and drink, Professor,'' he said sort of uncertainly. Then he formed a B with his left hand and a D with his right, just as instructed.

Cardigan was wowed by the decor of the room.Simply extravagant!Sheheld up her hands and made a D and a B.It was a little confusing,though.She wasn`t sure what it really meant;how it worked.So,she just crossed her heels,smoothed her hair,and listened for the correct answer.

Minerva found an empty chair and sat down. The professors dress was so pretty and her shoes were fantastic Minnie thought. She began to speak about everything going on and Minerva raised her hand. "Professor does the D mean the drinking glass and the B mean bread."

Oh, everyone looked so lovely. The door made one final announcement and in had walked their Professor. She had said to go ahead and sit. Jezzabelle sat down and sighed. Nope, she had to pull her chair out on her own. No guy to do that for her. as the Professor went on about dinner etiquette she payed the closest of attention. And then the first question was asked. She thought about it for a while and then raised her hand, "Does it mean before dinner and during dinner?" It kinda made sense. Maybe not complete sense.

Selina was in a foul mood. That bloody door had taken away two points to Gryffindor because she knocked on the door. It was not her fault that she did not know that the door was enchanted. They didn't even have a sign or anything and she didn't know if class was being held in session. Because it makes SO much sense to announce yourself to a door... yeah right.

But she swallowed her pride and sat at the red table with all of her friends. When the first question was asked Selina looked around the room for some kind of indication. B and D? Nope no idea. Might as well give a guess. So she rose her hand and said, "B stands for beginning because that is what you start with and D stands for Dinner because that is what we are eating?" Eh, worth a shot.

Tearing her eyes away from the awesome decor around the room, and turned around when the door announced Professor Cerulean. She rather liked her...she was nice. and not to mention she really enjoyed that chicken dance last term. Hihi.

Then she, along with everyone else, turned back to face their table settings and and opened her hands and formed a 'b' and a 'd'. The technique seemed familiar...so oddly familiar...in fact, she could practically hear her mother instructing her as she did the same thing...

Taking a giant leap of faith, the Slytherin raised her hand to answer and said "It stands for bread and drink, right Professor? The side where the 'b' is where your bread is supposed to be and the 'd' stands for which drink is yours."

Vlimia was quite perplexed as to why there was so much on the table. All you really needed was one glass, a plate, a spoon (possibly), a fork and a knife. Not all these different sizes and stuff. She did the 'B' and 'D' thing with her hands, but she was confused as to what they meant. Vlim raised her hand anyway. "Maybe it means Bring Dinner?" She said unconfidently once chosen. "Or possibly BreaD?" Vlim said just as confusedly. She had tried...

Sierra raised her eyebrows ever-so-slightly at the Professor Cerulean's excitement. Yeah, sure. Just what she always wanted to be--a princess. Psh. Yeah, right. Sierra grew up wanting to be just what her father was--a true, Slytherin SNAKE. Who cared about tiaras and and pretty dresses when you had a wand and a drive to succeed.

Nevertheless, Sierra sat there, all dressed up in her formal attire, listening to the professor. Why was Sierra here again, in a Muggle Studies class? Oh. Right. Because her father was the new Minister of Magic, and Professor Lafay thought it'd be a wonderful idea for his daughter to know the ways of all the people. Blahh. Well, at least there was food, and at least what they were learning was important in the Wizarding World, too.

She followed along, although things were moving along kind of quickly with screens popping up everywhere. She made the B and D formations with her hands, looked them over carefully to try and figure out what they might mean, and then hesitantly raised her hand. "Maybe it's for bread and drink?" she suggested. "Does it tell you that your bread is where your hand formed the B, and your drink is where your hand formed the D?" It was the only thing that made sense to her. What else on the table could the letters stand for?

Nodding at the door, Elise lifted up her skirt slightly as she into the room, trying hard not to trip over anything. Especially not her dress. One foot after the other. Merlin, heels were tiring.

Noticing the section all blue-ey, she found her housemates and sat down.



Imitating Professor Cerulean, Elise raised her hand, a little confused. Muggle studies was never quite her strong point. That was Herbology.

"Are the Babies and Ducks?" she asked, saying the first thing that came to mind. "We're not actually having babies for dinner, are we Professor?"

If they were, El would probably run out screaming. Not good.

The professor smiled at the girl. "No the b stands for the bread dish and the d stands for drinks...and no we are noting having babies of any type for dinner..."


The professor beamed at the student, "Well we'll be getting our first course shortly, but the b stands for bread dish and the d stands for drinks..."


Gemma smiled at the boy's answer, "I like your thinking...and your words but actually the answer is opposite of yours...the b is for bread plate and the d is for drinks...."

The young professor laughed a little bit at the girl's answer, "Well, I'm sure many people think the same way you do with all of the items on the table, but trust me the meal is going to be delicious!" she said with a little nod up and down.

Gemma was always happy to hear an answer from one of her favorite Gryffindors. "Kurumi, I like your answers...but actually the b stands for bread dish and the d stands for drinks...it helps you remember which of these is yours...but way to think outside of the box...."


The professor shook her head up and down at his answer..."Well...um...kind of..." she said and then waited for another student to give the full answer.


Her face lit up when the young girl started singing/say singing a familiar song..."You are correct Zhenya! And I must say that I am impressed that you know that song that goes along with it. Someone has already taught yu some etiquette! Kudos to them and to you!"

Gemma smiled at the girl, "Well kind of...." she said with a tilt of her head and then she went to the next answer...the professor would explain the correct answer shortly.

The professor smiled at the girl's answer..."Good thinking, but just wait for the answer..."



Gemma shook her head excitedly up and down, "Yes you are correct. The B stands for the bread plate which is the little plate to the left of your plate..." she flicked her wand at the plate on the left side levitated for a few seconds and then placed back down softly. "And the D stands for drink because your drinking glasses can always be found at the top right of your plate..." she flicked her wand at the two clear stemmed glasses levitated as well...but they stayed up a little bit longer. "I almost forgot to get you all drinks..." she flicked her wand just a little bit and a pitcher full of tea and a pitcher full of water started working its way around the room filling up the glasses. "Tonite you'll be getting two different drinks. You'll get water and then you'll get tea. Feel free to add sugar to your tea if you prefer..." she said waiting for the glasses to become filled. "O and you can have drinks whenever you want...the only real etiquette with the drinks is that you don't gulp them down and you don't have to point your pinky out as you drink..." she said with a little giggle.

Once all of the glasses were filled, a picture showed on all of the screens.


The professor went over each item on the diagram holding up each one from her table and as she held hers up the matching items levitated shortly off of each round table. So when she held up the salad fork, all of the salad forks in the room levitated slightly off the table.

Then she continued, "Tonite we are going to have a seven course meal." she smiled as she said it knowing that her stomach was rumbling. "Can anyone name ONE of the seven courses of a meal?" she asked as she flicked her wand to clear the screens hanging from the roof. "And don't forget to raise your hand before answering please."

OOC: Remember to raise your hand before you answer. You can have crazy answers if you would like...Gemma and I love creative answers....And as always remember she is always watching you! But remember she doesn't handle rudeness towards Muggle ways very well, so you might want to keep those prejudices to yourself unless you want face the consequences!

Isabelle raised her hand. She of course knew what a seven course meal was from all of those times that she went out to eat at fancy places in the Muggle world with her sister. "Professor the first course would be the appetizer. Next you would have a soup for your second course. Thirdly comes a salad which goes on your salad plate. Fourth is a sorbet, which has the purpose of cleansing the plate. The fifth course is generally either fish or poultry. There are many possibilities for the sixth course which can include, red meat, fish or poultry with vegetables. Finally the seventh course is saving the best for the last, and it is the dessert," Isabelle said as she explained the courses of a meal. She was excited to be eating all of this food, YUM!

Politely while she was waiting for other answers she took a couple spoons of sugar and stirred them into her tea using the teaspoon. She set the teaspoon back down on her saucer and took a polite sip of it. Then she giggled quietly and took another sip with her pinky finger pointed out before setting it back down on her saucer.

Elise sighed in relief. No babies. Good, cause... eating babies was just wrong. WRONG! So... B was for Bread and D was for drink. M'okay! She could handle that, she was a Ravenclaw!

Seven courses? The last time she'd had a seven-course meal was at her brother's wedding. And that was... about 3-4 years ago. Before mom died. So... the seven courses. Closing her eyes, Elise recalled the food menu.

Appetizers, soup like Shark's Fin, salad, sorbet to cleanse the palate, meat like poulty, meat like red meat or fish and dessert.

Raising her hand, Elise beamed. "Professor, there's DESSERT! Like ice cream!" The best part of the whole thing.

Cornelius didn't seem to realize that Eino was just speaking to the door because he could, assuming that the other student had understood what was going on without needing to touch the door. He flashed him a small smile and greeted him with a wave, but before much talking could be done, they were both allowed inside. And then all of the decorations became a bit of a distraction. He hadn't expected this much of a similarity to some kind of dinner party, but the Muggle Studies Professor had gone all out. Smiling as he mostly seemed to do, Cornelius strolled over to the Ravenclaw section alongside Eino and sat down in the seat beside his first Ravenclaw friend.

Glancing around at all the pieces of silverware and glasses, he immediately realized that muggle manners weren't as easy as they seemed. Well, sure, he was half muggle, but it's not like he went out to dinner parties all the time. As the professor asked them to make a b and a d with their hands, he did as he was told, holding up his two hands before him and glancing around at the things that they seemed to sit directly in front of in his line of vision.

Raising his hand, he turned to the Professor to suggest, "Butter... he started, deciding that the plate that hovered near his 'b' hand looked as though it could be a place for butter to sit. "...and drinks?" It seemed logical, his 'd' hand seemed to be near a glass?

Lewis wasn't quite sure if it was considered 'proper dinner etiquette' to put a piece of parchment on the table and take notes, but he did it anyway. How else was he supposed to remember all that after all? Especially the B and D part, he had never heard before. Interesting...

Moving his parchment a little as he turned around to face the professor again, Lewis accidentally shoved some of the cutlery off the table. Clatter! He blushed scarlet, he quickly bent down to pick the two spoons up again. Now, where had they been?! Trying not to pay any attention to himself, he glanced at the person sitting next to him and their table setting. Right, smaller spoon on the left.

Seven courses?! He knew those. Yes, yes, he did. Or at least he thought he did. Aww, but they were only allowed to say one? "I think first come the Appetizers." Lewis said, with his hand raised high up in the air. Yup.

SEVEN MEALS? ...seven?....seven....O_____________o

His stomach was rumbling even at the thought of getting a SEVEN meal course dinner. This was...heaven on earth for him! Daichi's eyes widened with a twinkle in them when he heard the Professor talking. He got the whole B and D things and he giggled softly when someone mentioned Babies.

"Soup is one of the courses, right Professor?" he asked as he held a hand high in the air.

SEVEN COURSE MEAL!!!

Seven course meal? Wow. Raven wondered how could the muggle ate all of them. She raised her hand and answered some of them.

"One of them is.. Dessert." she said.

Great. Evelyn looked a little smug when the professor said her answer was right. She just hoped that the lesson would get a little more interesting when they were asked to name one of the seven courses of a meal. Gosh.

Um. Evelyn raised her hand and said, "Dessert." She loved desserts. It was the best part of a meal.

Alec blinked. Seven course meal? They were going to have a SEVEN COURSE MEAL?! Here? In this... could this even be called a classroom? No classroom looked this fancy and dandy.

But it was only question time now so he wouldn't have to worry about getting something on this suit of his. Even if the tie around his neck made him feel like he was being suffocated. And the question was to name a course of the seven course meal. That wasn't too bad right now.

The only problem was that his favourite course had already been said. Maybe dessert was a Hogwarts favourite or something. But seeing as his second favourite hadn't been said yet, Alec raised his hand. "Professor, i think one of them is the main course," Maybe he should get a medal for saying 'Professor' and not 'Miss'. "And it has food like vegetables and meat and fish!" That was important too! Not as important as Dessert but still up there in the importance scale.

Catching up!
 

Presley would have laughed as Professor Cerulean came in talking about feeling like a princess, if it wouldn't have been rude. At home, Presley was always announced as she came in. It made her feel normal. But she supposed everybody was different.

Ettiquette? Because none of them knew that, right? Presley followed instructions, but allowed everyone else to answer as she felt she had an unfair advantage, growing up in a home where this was common practice.



Name one course of a seven course meal. Presley knew very well all of the courses in order were 1. appetizer 2. soup 3. salad 4. seafood 5. main course 6. dessert 7. cheese and fruit. But she'd been asked to name one. So of course, she tried to pick the one that most other people wouldn't know. Or were least likely to know. She raised her hand. "The seventh course usually consists of cheese and fruit, to help clear the palate." she grinned, parroting her father directly. She had absorbed a little of what he'd had to say over the years.