Salmon Recipes

Now that September is here, many valuable summer bugs and fish are out of season. That’s disappointing, but I realized I had never cooked two of the food recipes that require salmon. Now that salmon have returned this month, I was able to get those done.

Poke. Ingredients: Salmon, tomato.

I made some poke, and I also made a salmon sandwich that I gave to Ankha. She loved it.

Ankha: Thanks so much, darling. My tummy thanks you as well, I hate it!

She gave me a shop uniform shirt to thank me.

On Tuesday, Pascal popped up from under the sea to ask me for a scallop. I gave him one, and he told me some words of wisdom about music just being air that’s dancing.

Pascal: Music is just air gettin' its dance on, maaan. We're all breathing shy songs that want to cut a rug.

He gave me a pearl for the scallop.

On Thursday, Static was telling me about his journal that he writes in. He said when he doesn’t have anything in particular to write down, he just jots down some puns! No wonder I like him so much!

Static: If I got nothin' to write about, some nights I'll just jot down a few choice puns, in my tail.
Sounds like something I would do!
Just…without the tail.

Hans the abominable snowman was camping at the campsite for the 2nd time. But I still was not interested in having him chill in Forest.

Hans: Hey, you're a local, right? The name's Hans.

Yesterday, it was raining when I started up the game. But it stopped within minutes, and a bit later, I spotted a rainbow in the sky! This was my 3rd rainbow I’ve seen in Forest.

Posing with a rainbow.

Tonight, K.K. Slider was in town for his weekly show. I asked him for a random song, and he performed “K.K. Mambo” for me and June.

K.K.: right on. I'm tuned up and ready to roll. Who's in the mood for a little K.K. Mambo?

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

  • On Monday, I sold 32 bugs to Flick for 258,750 bells. That will probably be my last huge haul for him until next summer.
  • Wednesday, I returned a lost item to Merengue. She rewarded me with a suspender outfit.
  • I helped out Gullivarrr yesterday, and he sent me a sea captain’s coat.
  • Today, Louie was sick with a cold. I gave him some medicine, and he handed over a flashy jacket in return.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I’ll see you all next time!

Pascal and Resetti

On Sunday, Pascal popped up to ponder how hard it is to have an unbiased opinion of your own brain.

Pascal: You ever thought about how hard it is to have an unbiased opinion about your own brain? Maaan, don't.

That is a good point, but my brain is just surprised that I keep encountering new quotes from Pascal 5+ years into playing this game daily.

Somehow, I manged to catch three banded dragonflies in one day on Sunday. The thrill of seeing, and chasing down, banded dragonflies is probably the only thing in the newer games that approaches the excitement of seeing a UFO in City Folk and Wild World.

Me, after catching my third banded dragonfly of the day: I did it!

On Monday, I ran into Pascal again while diving. He gave me another good quote that I haven’t yet posted on the blog before.

Pascal: Friendship isn't a boat you crew alone. You never know when you'll need all hands on deck for a storm.
What if you only have a kayak?

Today, I ran into Resetti at the Roost. He was declaring victory over reset buttons, since they’re basically obsolete now. (I guess he doesn’t know you can still reset, even if there isn’t a designated reset button.)

Resetti: My old enemy, the reset button... Didja know they're basically obsolete? Ha! Looks like I won!
Except for the fact that you’re basically obsolete too. Yeah, I went there.

But then he got a bit more reflective, wondering if a reset button is actually a good thing! Wow, I never thought Resetti himself would say such a thing. 😛

Resetti: But now that I'm a little older, I get to thinkin'...what if reset buttons are actually...good?
OK, who are you, and what have you done with the real Resetti?

If you haven’t seen it yet, I recently posted an hour-long gameplay video of my bug and fish hunt from last week. Here it is:

And here are a few other quick notes about the past week:

  • On Monday, K.K. Slider performed “The K. Funk” for me and Louie.
  • On Wednesday, I sold 26 fish to C.J. for 357,750 bells.
  • I also separately sold my fish from last week’s fish hunt, and my calculation given in the video was correct.
  • Tonight, K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Condor” for me and Ketchup. One of my favorites!

Horseshoe Door Decoration

Last Saturday, I paid Katrina to tell my fortune. She told me that my luck with money will diminish.

Katrina: From this vision, I deduce that your luck with money...will diminish...

So I paid her the 10,000 bell purification fee. The next day, she sent me the horseshoe door decoration! I now have all four of Katrina’s special lucky items!

The horseshoe door decoration on my door, as fireworks explode in the background.

However, I’m still going to keep trying for more of her items because I need more mini dharmas for crafting.

The third fireworks festival of August was held last Sunday night, and Louie wanted to make smoothies out of the fireworks smell. I guess they would have a nice smoky flavor.

Louie: Is it weird that I love the smell of fireworks? I wish I could make a smoothie with that smell...

Isabelle gave me a flower bopper to wear, so I put it on as I sat and enjoyed the fireworks for a bit.

The August Bug-Off was held today, but unfortunately, I missed it. I started up the game too late to participate. But Peanut told me it was a lot of fun, and an awesome day.

Peanut: Ohmigosh! That was so much fun! I got to see all kinds of bugs! What a, just,awesome day!

It sounds like I missed a good one. Oops.

Outside of Resident Services, Bones was standing in the doorway, staring at a moth. I was trying to get inside though, so I opened the door. However, the door seemed to pass through him as if Bones had no bones. 🦴

The Resident Services door passes through the body of Bones.

I ran into Flick in the Roost, and he actually seemed surprisingly rude.

Flick: Hm. You again.
Wow, what crawled up your butt and died?

Here are a few other quick notes about the past week:

  • Last Saturday, K.K. Slider performed “Surfin’ K.K.” for me, Agent S, Merengue, and Louie.
  • On Tuesday, I sold 26 bugs to Flick for 173,250 bells.
  • I went on an hour-long bug hunt Tuesday night. I’ll be posting a video of that soon.
  • On Thursday, I received another bad fortune from Katrina. I paid for purification, and she sent me another gold turtle figurine.
  • I helped Gulliver yesterday, and he sent me a coin headpiece today.