She too made a face as uncertainty made her question his method versus the one her mum explained to her via owl. Lyra's cleaned hands hovered over the tomatoes for a moment and very slowly she turned her head to look at him.
"Uhm... well we.. mashing? You think? I don't know.. maybe? How about you ma- oh no," and realization hit her. Mum said something about removing seeds too! Well they were wizards so..
"You could, but after we'd have to remove the seeds by magic? And no, I haven't really. I've been dying to though. Maybe I will for the holidays? Italy sounds divine, doesn't it?"
And Lyra began to gingerly use her fingers to scoop the seeds out of the halves, her nose scrunching as she did so.