Day 10 of Spring is relatively quiet. Thanks to Mist and Erik's requests, Raguna wakes up with turnips on the brain. Luckily for him, it's just the right time for his next set of turnips to be harvested. He saves a pair to give to Anette so that they can be mailed off to their destinations (even though Raguna and Mist are practically neighbors, as are he and Erik).
After trying to run alongside Anette to Mist's house upon realization that he had only given her one of the turnips (that she had postmarked for Erik), he handes the other one to her just as she was giving Mist her mail. At least she's got it now, Raguna thinks to himself.
Back at his own mailbox, Raguna receives a letter from Selphy, and a note about the mild climate in the Green Ruins, which would seem like the perfect place to grow spring-time vegetables underground. For the time being, he concentrates on mining for more iron in the Whale Island cave, as bamboo shoots and other materials are lacking today.
When he finishes with his cave exploration, Raguna goes to the library to visit Selphy, who has cleaned up a bit of the mess she made when she first moved in. She even had time to organize the books she was finished reading so that she could sell them to Raguna! How nice of her. One such book is a recipe on how to make "hot pot" meals, which Raguna immediately snatches up for a rather small fee.
Erik is thankful that he got his turnip by mail that he gives Raguna a growth formula, guaranteed to make one of his crops grow three days faster. (Plants on steroids? The DEA ought to investigate this guy).
With the remainder of his time, Raguna goes off to Lake Poli to shake down a few of the orchard trees for their cherries, and then decides to sell them. While the cherries are indeed tasty, the health 2 benefits don't really justify keeping them around without a decent recipe to use them for. Mmm...cherry pie...
What Raguna does have a recipe for, however, is pickled turnips...and a few other things. He then recalls the recipe book he bought from Selphy and heads over to Rita to get some other ingredients (milk, eggs, flour, and all that good stuff). Much like the pickled turnips he had been making, the pot recipes are simple and only require a few ingredients. He's already had a bit of practice, so the boiled milk, udon noodles, and egg bowl come out without much difficulty.
Tomorrow's agenda: back to the Green Ruins to find out a way to get through (or around) those locked doors, because climbing the beanstalk to the Whale Island cave takes time.
