My second crack at Fruit Salad, this time with apricots for the salad and pits for the syrup.
Recap of the ingredients: Watermelon, honeydew melon, blueberries, apricots, a vanilla syrup with apricot pits infused in it, and a garnish of mint leaves.
For the occasion, last weekend, I had a birthday shindig that a number of visiting relatives came for. My actual birthday is tomorrow, but for the convenience of relatives who drive way out of town to visit, we always try to have those on weekends regardless of when the actual date is. (Side note: since I got laid off my first job on a previous birthday that doubled as a Friday the 13th like this one tomorrow will be, I'm mildly apprehensive about it since it's the only classic superstition I have practical reason to believe in)
I'd say this was a step up from my previous Fruit Salad since I was actually able to locate and acquire apricots this time. The ingredients themselves are not that cheap these days, but for a single person's use, this will last about a week and a half to a full week. In the book, every recipe has an NPC blurb who gives praise to the recipe, often people whom said recipes are Loved Items in the game proper. This one has one from Haley about this being much better than the "overpriced" ones in Zuzu City and easy to make too. I agree this is easy enough to make, but to make it even easier, next time I make this, I will try to get a melon scooper to make actual balls out of the watermelon and honeydew.
