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| Apr 16, 2013 at 7:34 | history | edited | Manishearth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 16, 2013 at 7:33 | comment | added | Manishearth | @Rob: True. Also, advanced potion books might leave some stuff up to the student, akin to the infamous "left as an exercise for the reader" found in math and physics books. | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 7:25 | comment | added | Rob | I wonder if parts of the instructions for some potions could be akin to "season to taste", e.g. "add just enough powdered bats ear". I can't remember if any specific potion recipes are called out in the books (it's been a while since I read them!) but instructions which rely on the skill and prior experience of the potion maker could be quite common in the method for a potion... | |
| Apr 16, 2013 at 6:33 | history | answered | Manishearth | CC BY-SA 3.0 |